A prison officer who opened fire to prevent inmates from breaking through the main gate of the prison and escaping during the recent riot at the Negombo Prison has reportedly received death threats from the prisoners.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed S. A. Nimal Saranatissa as the new Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), according to the President's Media Division (PMD).

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Parliament of Sri Lanka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the use of population data and evidence in policymaking...

A deadly fire at a shoe factory in eastern China on Thursday (Jul 9) resulted in “heavy human losses”, President Xi Jinping said, as dozens of fire and rescue personnel raced to extinguish the blaze.

The Employees’ Trust Fund Board (ETFB) has announced that all employers employing 15 or more employees will henceforth be required to submit Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) contributions and monthly returns exclusively through electronic means.

The Second Reading of the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament with a special majority this evening (09).

A businessman who had operated a store selling jewellery, ornaments and trinkets crafted using the body parts of protected wild animals to local and foreign tourists, has been fined Rs. 2.1 million.

A special technical project to clean the Beira Lake by introducing seawater into the lake is set to be launched as an immediate and short-term solution.

Responding to reports that two prisoners have died after being transferred from Negombo prison following violence earlier this week that left at least 28 people dead including at least seven prison officials, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, expressed deep alarm...

The Hatton Magistrate’s Court has ordered the destruction of 1,740 kilograms of dhal deemed unfit for human consumption and seized during an operation in Kotagala.

Germany has recorded an estimated 5,120 heat-related deaths so far this year, most of them in late June when weekly average temperatures far exceeded 20 degrees Celsius, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health ⁠said on Thursday.

The third meeting of the Cabinet subcommittee appointed to develop 25 Technical and Vocational Colleges under the Department of Technical Education and Training was held today (09), with discussions focusing on modernising vocational education in Sri Lanka.

Eight Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) in the Colombo District have contracted dengue fever while carrying out dengue prevention and control operations, officials revealed.

Although cryptocurrencies are not recognized as legal tender in Sri Lanka, income generated through cryptocurrency transactions and related activities will be treated as “other income” by the Inland Revenue Department, the Deputy Minister of Finance Anil Jayantha Fernando said.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by former Minister Wimal Weerawansa, upholding a previous court order directing him to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation to the General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva for violating his intellectual property rights.

US strikes on five Iranian provinces over the past two days killed at least 14 people and injured 78 others, the Iranian Health Ministry said Thursday.

The prison administration has decided that it is no longer suitable to keep inmates at the Negombo Prison premises following the unrest that occurred within the facility on July 5 and 6.

The four individuals who were produced before court earlier today (09) in connection with the murder of a female physiotherapist in Nuwara Eliya have been further remanded.