Battaramulle Bunty , who is an accomplice of notorious underworld figure Angoda Lokka , has been arrested in Thalangama while in possession of heroin and cash.

5 Jul 2020 (12:46 PM)

Former Northern Provincial Councillor M. K. Shivajilingam has been arrested by Valvettithurai Police for avoiding court proceedings. MORE..

5 Jul 2020 (12:14 PM)

Sri Lankan cricketer Kusal Mendis has been arrested over a fatal accident in Panadura, police said. MORE..

5 Jul 2020 (10:41 AM)

Four more naval personnel who had contracted COVID-19 and underwent treatment in hospitals, have been discharged after full recovery from the virus, confirmed by PCR tests. MORE..

5 Jul 2020 (10:30 AM)

The Department of Meteorology says several spells of showers will occur in Western, North-western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Southern provinces. MORE..

5 Jul 2020 (10:20 AM)

Printing ballot papers of all districts for the General Election 2020 has been concluded, says the Department of Government Printing. MORE..

5 Jul 2020 (8:38 AM)

A Briton who converted to Islam and later plotted to bomb three busy places in London of the kind carried out in a Sri Lanka church in 2019, was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment, Scotland Yard said following a judgement in the widely-followed case. MORE..

5 Jul 2020 (1:26 AM)

More than 3,000 contraband have been seized from 28 prisons island-wide within the last four weeks, says the Department of Prisons. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (11:19 PM)

The Ministry of Health says five more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka as of 7.30 pm today (04). MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (9:51 PM)

Laws will be brought forward to prohibit the sale of the country s resources, says Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (6:25 PM)

Attorney General Dappula de Livera says the public trust in the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) has dropped due to the recent turn of events involving its officers with possible links to drug traffickers. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (6:00 PM)

The Ministry of Education says that all arrangements have been made for reopening schools following the Covid-19 outbreak. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (5:00 PM)

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the alleged incidents of political victimization has decided to issue summons on seven persons including parliamentarians of the former government. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (3:32 PM)

The Ministry of Health says 22 more individuals, who had tested positive for the COVID-19, recovered from the disease today (04). MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (2:44 PM)

A man has died after being brutally assaulted inside a house located in Morayaya. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (2:19 PM)

The police failed to record statements from the persons accountable for fixing the final at the 2011 ICC World Cup, former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage alleges. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (1:47 PM)

Agriculture will be the country s priority after resolving the number of persisting issues and shortcomings affecting it, says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (11:54 AM)

All screenings at the Planetarium will resume from July 07, says the Director (Sri Lanka Planetariums) of the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovations. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (10:37 AM)

Two more Covid-19 infected patients from the Sri Lanka Navy have fully recovered and have been discharged from hospitals. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (9:57 AM)

Several spells of showers will occur in Western, North-western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Southern provinces, says the Department of Meteorology. MORE..

4 Jul 2020 (9:43 AM)