The Ministry of Environment has decided to designate eight mangrove ecosystems in the Puttalam District as new protected reserves this year.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed M. K. Saman Sri Ratnayake as the new Chairman and a member of the Delimitation Commission, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Four suspects, including two women, have been arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting the fatal shooting that occurred in the Palliyawatta area of Kadirana, Wattala.

The motion of no confidence submitted by the Opposition against Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara has been defeated in Parliament today (24).

A large consignment of heroin along with other narcotics, for which court proceedings have been completed, is scheduled to be destroyed tomorrow (25).

The Department of Examinations has announced that the 2026 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) Examination will be held from August 10 to September 5 at 2,532 examination centers across the island.

Minister of Justice and National Integration, Attorney-at-Law Harshana Nanayakkara, has stated that Sri Lanka’s prisons are currently overcrowded, holding nearly four times the number of inmates they were designed to accommodate.

The Lalith Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund has announced that the final selection list of recipients for the 2024/2025 Mahapola Scholarship has been forwarded to the respective universities...

Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has ​resigned citing serious health issues, his office said ‌on Friday.

Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, held separate bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of the Netherlands, Canada and Singapore on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Manila, the Philippines.

The government has initiated the first comprehensive review of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees' Trust Fund (ETF) since their establishment decades ago, Deputy Minister of Labour Mahinda Jayasinghe said.

Sri Lanka Police are continuing investigations into the shooting incident that occurred during a kid’s birthday party held at a function hall in the Palliyawatta area of Wattala last night (24).

A former Chief Secretary of the Southern Province has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over procurement-related corruption allegations.

The Colombo High Court today (24) ordered that the case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, be taken up for further hearing on August 20.

More details have been revealed regarding yesterday’s shooting incident in Dematagoda during which one person was injured and later hospitalized.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will soon make a decision on whether to launch a “massive attack” on Iran after the conflict in the Middle East extended to a new battleground in the Red Sea.

Iran on Thursday (local time) rejected a renewed ceasefire proposal from US President Donald Trump, which was delivered through Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi amid the escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran...

The Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) says it has purchased a total of 5,390 metric tonnes of paddy thus far under its 2026 Yala season paddy procurement programme.