Category: Local News

A dead body with multiple slice wounds around the neck has been found near a house located on Galle Road in Mount Lavinia.

The government would enhance the penalties for destroying the environment under the new National Environmental Act currently in the pipeline, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday said, adding that penalties for such offences would be increased 10 times.

The ‘Nekath Seettuwa’, the table of Auspicious Times for this year’s Sinhala and Tamil New Year was presented to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House

The intelligence services have identified Naufer Moulavi as the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday terror attack, Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said today.

Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera says the former Assistant Superintendent of Police of Wennappuwa Eric Perera’s transfer was not politically motivated.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena expressed deep regret over the recent statement made by Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith about him.

Education Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris said that the Government sees the need to study the Constitution in depth and draft a comprehensive new Constitution as a matter of urgency.

The final report of the Cabinet subcommittee appointed to study in depth the facts and recommendations on the course of action contained in the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday attacks and the report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered the importation of Palm Oil into Sri Lanka to be banned with immediate effect.

The Court of Appeal has rejected the writ application filed by Ranjan Ramanayake’s legal counsel seeking not to remove him from his Parliamentary seat.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vested in the people the “Kanugahawewa Model Village” constructed by the Air Force at the request of the President after listening to the grievances of the villagers during the 04th “Discussion with the Village” programme held in Kebithigollewa.

The Public Health Inspectors (PHI) Union yesterday said the safety guidelines issued ahead of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year this month are not practical.

A new gazette notification will be issued soon preventing the sale of mixed coconut oil, Industry Minister Wimal Weerawansa said.

Minister of Irrigation Chamal Rajapaksa says the public should learn to live with wild elephants.

The CID has begun interrogating five persons linked to the three importers of contaminated coconut oil in a bid to get to the bottom of what is suspected to be a big time racket, which had continued for a considerable period of time.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his Easter Sunday message said they will leave no room for the culprits as well as groups, who are responsible for the dastardly attack on 2019 Easter Sunday to escape the long arm of the law.