Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday called on trade union leaders not to trigger the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the country. Speaking...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Talks between Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and representatives of the teachers unions had ended inconclusively yesterday, Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) head Joseph Stalin...
By Ifham Nizam The Philatelic Bureau of the Department of Posts of Sri Lanka yesterday issued two new postage stamps in the denominations of Rs. 15.00...
By Norman Palihawadane Four persons were killed in traffic accidents at several places on Tuesday, police headquarters sources said yesterday. One person died in an accident...
Death of MP’s underage worker By Norman Palihawadana Police investigating the death of 16-year-old Ishalini, a domestic worker at SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s Baudhaloka Mawatha...
Senior official’s wife’s position disputed by Rathindra Kuruwita Out of the 2,930 specialist doctors in the country, 24.7% (726) were to be transferred in January...
SJB MP Patali Champika Ranawaka last week presented a private member’s bill to Parliament aimed at codifying a contempt of court law for the country. The...
The Anamaduwa Police yesterday took into custody a monk for allegedly assaulting a nurse who was obtaining a swab sample from him at the Base Hospital...
Authorities turning blind eye to mechanised gem mining By Rathindra Kuruwita Some powerful businessmen in Ratnapura were engaged in unauthorised mechanised gem mining with the...
Sri Lanka has proposed holding the BIMSTEC summit in early December. This will be the fifth such summit of the grouping. Sri Lanka is the currently...