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Chandrika bestowed with Medal of "Commandeur de la Légion D'Honneur"

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has been awarded with the Prestigious Medal of...

SLFP removes 8 members of the '16 group' from electoral organizers

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party Central Committee has removed eight members of the '16 group' from thei...

House suspends Weerawansa, Prasanna for breach of Code of Conduct

The House on Friday suspended two Joint Opposition Parliamentarians Wimal Weerawansa and Prasanna R...

CWC delegation meets Tamil Nadu Minister Sengottaiyan

A delegation of the Ceylon Workers' Congress led by its Leader Parliamentarian Arumugam Thondaman m...

US Govts Millennium Challenge Corporation officials call on PM

A delegation of the US Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), headed by Chief Operati...

Four young monks advised to restrain from distortion of Buddha Dhamma

Most Venerable Mahanayake of Malwatte Chapter Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera has struck...

President in Gomarankadawala, inaugurates renovated tank

President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated a renovated irrigation tank in the village of Bakmeegama...

Four storey building declared open in Maligawatta Darussalam Maha Vidyalayam

The new four-storey building constructed at the Darussalam Maha Vidyalaya in Maligawatta under the...

AIADMK charges DMK for complicity in alleged massacre of Tamils in Eelam war

The AIADMK has raised the issue of the DMK's "complicity" in the alleged massacre of Tamils during...

Proposed Counter Terrorism Bill a significant, welcome improvement: CPA

Centre for Policy Alternatives has stated that the proposed Counter Terrorism Bill, if enacted in t...

Anura Dissanayake calls on Mahanayaka of Malwatta Chapter

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake called on the Malwatta Mahanayaka Thera Most Ven.Thibbotuwawe S...

Colombo City Centre Mall declared open

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe was the Chief Guest at the ceremonial opening of the Colombo Ci...

NPC orders sending Nalaka on compulsory leave on Minister's recommendation

The National Police Commission (NPC) today ordered IGP Pujith Jayasundera to send DIG Nalaka Silva...

CPRP on plight of Tamil prisoners on hunger strike

The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has urged the government to look into the p...

Govt awaits reports of CID inquiry into alleged assassination plot: PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has stated that the Government awaits the report of the CID inq...

Dinesh Gunawardena expresses concerns over inquiry into alleged assassination plot

Joint Oopposition Leader Dinesh Gunawardena has expressed concerns over the investigations into the...

Tamil Nadu Education Minister presents books to Jaffna Public Library

Tamil Nadu Education Minister Chenkottaiyan presented five thousand books to the Jaffna Public Libr...

J.R.Jayewardene's birth anniversary commemorated

The 112th birth anniversary of former President late J.R.Jayewardene was commemorated at a sim...

Appointment letters handed to Development Officers

Northern Province Governor Reginald Cooray was the Chief Guest at the event held on Monday, Septemb...

Free 'Bandula' elephant from the Dehiwala Zoo...Maneka Gandhi to President

Indian Union Minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has urged President Maithripala Siri...

President graces Anagarika's 154th birth anniversary

President Maithripala Sirisena graced the 154th birth anniversary of Buddhist revivalist and writer...

India - Sri Lanka ink MoU for Temperature Controlled Warehouse in Dambulla

India and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the High Commission of India, Col...

Parliament must be a model of efficiency: President

President Maithripala Sirisena has observed that the Parliament must stand out as an example of eff...

Sumanthiran meets prisoners on hunger strike in Anuradhapura prison

Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M.A.Sumanthiran visited the Anuradhapura prison on Sunday a...

House suspends Weerawansa, Prasanna for breach of Code of Conduct

The House on Friday suspended two Joint Opposition Parliamentarians Wimal Weerawansa and Prasanna Raanweera from attending parliamentary sessions for a stipulated period for breach of Code of Conduct for Members
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Provincial News

Batticaloa Mayor calls on EP Governor

Akkariappathu Technical College holds Certificate Awarding Ceremony

Doctorate in Law conferred on Kandy Magistrate Fareekdeen

Trinco Demo on teacher shortage in Pathavy Sripura Vidyalaya

Amaraweera graces the 20th Conference of Department of Agriculture

Denzil Kobbekaduwe's 26th death anniversary

Trinco Shanmuga Emeritus Principal honoured

'Building Brains, Building Futures' Workshop inaugurated in Jaffna

Ramakrishna Mission President accorded welcome in Kallady

'Tourist Rest' at Sambaltivu Junction

Eechanagar Children's Park declared open

Dialysis unit declared open in Kilinochchi hospital

Al Hazna MV Prize Day in Pallegama

VanHorn graces Women Empowerment Award ceremony in Kandy

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