Power supply disruptions across the country may take around three days to be fully restored, according to Nandana Udayakumara, President of the Technical Engineers and Electrical Superintendents’ ...

The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors currently kept in two mobile cold storage units at the Galle National Hospital have been ordered to be handed over to officials of the Iranian Embassy in Sri Lanka.

Commuters and parents are facing renewed financial pressure as transport providers announced fare increases following the latest fuel price hike. The National Joint Three-Wheeler Drivers’ Union and ...

Post-mortem examinations conducted on the bodies of 84 Iranian sailors recovered from a sunken vessel have revealed that they died from fractures caused by an explosion, internal injuries and drowning ...

Tensions flared outside Dickoya Hospital yesterday as residents and estate workers staged a large-scale protest over allegations that three hospital employees sexually abused the body of a young woman ...

An Iranian passenger vessel has reportedly become stranded in sea areas off Panadura, multiple sources said. Sources said the vessel will not be brought to a Sri Lankan port. However, following ...

The Ministry of Education has begun distributing smart boards required for the new education reforms to schools, and any collection of money from parents at school level for this purpose must be ...

Testimonies before the Parliamentary Committee probing allegations against suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon concluded yesterday (1 July). Expressing gratitude to all ...

The Government has recently appointed a group of civil activists to Prison Monitoring Committees, a move that has triggered public discussion after popular model and actress Stephanie Siriwardhana was ...

The government has unveiled plans to modernise Sri Lanka’s public transport sector under Budget 2025, introducing a fleet of advanced buses to improve urban mobility, President Anura Kumara ...

The Pathfinder Foundation has established the ‘Entsuji Room’, a dedicated Japan-themed space at its headquarters at Riverpoint, Peliyagoda, as the first step towards setting up a Japan Studies Centre.

The Department of Examinations has released the district-level cut-off marks for the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination. The results of the examination, which was delayed over the leak of three ...