The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) announced a new initiative to recover unpaid taxes from individuals by visiting their premises, after September 30 to collect taxes from those who have not paid ...

Sri Lanka’s National Cricket Selection Committee is expected to pick young fast-bowling all-rounder Chamindu Wickramasinghe and aggressive batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa for the upcoming West Indies series.

It has been proposed to appoint a female officer as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director, a first in the history of Sri Lanka Police. Police internal information disclosed that the ...

Several people were wounded and a police officer, 19, was killed in a shooting attack at a bus station in southern Israel Israel has issued fresh evacuation orders in southern Lebanon. Last night, it ...

The University of Kelaniya, under AIESEC Sri Lanka, a member of AIESEC the global youth-led organisation, Global Expansia 1.0 was held recently, at the Mahaweli Centre in Colombo. The semi-virtual ...

The Ministry of Defense has decided to temporarily take back all firearms and ammunition issued to civilians for self defense. According to the powers vested on the Defense Secretary by Section 6 (1) ...

A large explosion has been seen in Beirut, after the Israeli military warned people in a southern suburb to evacuate A BBC reporter on the ground reports hearing six blasts, as drones buzz overhead It ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura last afternoon (05) to pay homage and receive blessings. Upon his arrival at the historic Anuradhapura sacred ...

India’s ruling party is projected to have lost two key provincial elections to the main opposition Congress party and its allies, exit polls showed, suggesting another setback after the party fared ...

A section of R.A. De Mel Mawatha in Kollupitiya that closed in 2005 for security reasons reopened yesterday (4) with the intervention of Ministry of Defence. One-way traffic is permitted for repairs, ...

Pakistan’s women’s cricket team, led by Fathima Sana, won their T20 World Cup opener against Sri Lanka by 31 runs at Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday. Chamari Athapaththu managed only 6 runs, and ...

The spectre of suicide has long cast a shadow over society. Though Sri Lanka has made strides in recent years to curb suicide rates, a significant number of people still attempt suicide each year. The ...