By Dinasena Ratugamage Mannar District government officials and regional politicians agreed on Tuesday (31) that a crematorium should be constructed fast, considering the urgent requirement at...
Envoy suggests powwow with Catholic Bishops Conference Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, on Tuesday (31), briefed His Eminence Archbishop Brian Udaigwe, Apostolic Nuncio (the Vatican Ambassador)...
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has raised concerns over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to declare a State of Emergency. “This spells a great danger to the...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Vaccination was not a silver bullet, and it had to be supplemented by other initiatives to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, Prof Manuj Weerasinghe,...
Hoarded sugar stocks belong to three importers -Minister By Shamindra Ferdinando State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna, yesterday (31) said that a large...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Developed countries were hoarding close to 4.5 billion doses of Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines and those vaccines would expire soon, Prof. Neelika...
By Norman Paliahawadane In a special search operation, conducted in deep seas on Tuesday, a multi-day fishing trawler, carrying over 290 kilos of heroin, along with...
‘We still do not know what had happened to Sarah’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Director General, Legal Affairs at the Presidential Secretariat, Attorney-at-Law Harigupta Rohanadeera Monday night...
Lanka’s former Amb. in Teheran discusses Afghan crisis The latest US State Department announcement, quoted by Washington Examiner indicates that 99 countries, including the US, EU...
The Church of Ceylon on Monday commended the government for conducting the vaccination programme in an accelerated manner to cover all parts of the country. “We...