The Attorney General is to indict 12 former armed forces personnel in the Colombo High Court next week on charges of the abduction and torture of journalist Keith Noyahr. The indictments are being ...

A garment factory in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone that employed about 2000 persons has been closed down indefinitely from today (20). The factory, identified as 'NEXT,' was a British investment and ...

Intelligence agencies have found politicians from several political parties have been involved with organised criminal gangs, Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today. Minister ...

The Highways Ministry will appoint a committee to analyse a claim of US$190 million (Rs 56 billion) from the Metallurgical ...

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), in which the government has a majority stake, now comes under the purview of the National Audit Office (NAO) of the Auditor General’s Department, after a recent transformation ...

Attempting to extract one line — such as “the war was fought for peace” — and analyse it in isolation can yield countless interpretations. Indeed, while that phrase may not sit easily with all ...

Heavy rains accompanied by wind speeds exceeding 60 km/h have caused chaos across many areas in the country and left the fishing community among the worst affected. With the Met Department issuing ...

Yazmin Usaith has shattered expectations. The 20-year-old middleweight boxer from St. Sylvester’s Boxing Club in Kandy recently claimed an Asian silver medal at the ASBC Asian Under-22 and Youth ...

Lankan fans gathered to bid their final farewell to veteran actress Malini Fonseka, arguably the queen of Sinhala cinema, in a heartfelt tribute. Songs from her films were played on a screen projected ...

The recent reports of a ‘bikini’ ban in the Arugam Bay area caused such a commotion, particularly on social media, that it ...

As time progressed, Lasanthi and Chandana started to improve their home. Chandana was from a ‘well off’, ‘high-class’ family ...

An annual participant of Sancharaka Udawa, ‘Thema Collection’ made history this year by unveiling Sri Lanka’s first-ever ...