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Law & OrderSubashini SenanayakeTags: Print EditionCustoms have seized 350 kilos of cocaine worth over Rs. 6 bn from a consignment of scrap metal which was to be re-exported. The consignment of cocaine was found in a container with…

LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionThe new apron, taxiway and access road constructed at the Colombo International Airport, Ratmalana(CIAR) spending Rs.220 million will be opened on March 27. This is one of major infrastructure…

LocalTags: Sri Lanka92% of school text books for year 2022 distributed to students, said the P. N. Ilapperuma, Commissioner General of Educational Publications,   He said this yesterday addressing a press conference at the Government…

Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe Supreme Court yesterday directed the Attorney General to produce a report on the composition of the current Cabinet on or before May 4. The order was made by the Supreme Court when…

For real return to savers:BusinessDinesh PereraDr Indrajith CoomaraswamyTags: Print EditionFormer Central Bank Governor Dr Indrajith Coomaraswamy noted that the interest rates in the country would have to more than double to provide a…

SportsTags: World numberAshleigh BartyTennisAustraliaWorld number one Ashleigh Barty has shocked the sporting world by announcing she will retire from professional tennis at just 25.   The Australian made the announcement on social…

WorldTags: Print EditionUKRAINE: Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv early Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol raged…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneNuland with Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris.Tags: Print EditionUnited States Under Secretary of Political Affairs Victoria Nuland yesterday welcomed the first steps taken by the government of Sri Lanka in…

LocalTags: COVID19coronavirusSri LankaDeputy Director-General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath urges the public to get the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine before end of March. A total of 281 COVID-19 positive cases were…

WorldMembers of Israeli ZAKA emergency and response team at the scene of the stabbing incident.Tags: Print EditionISRAEL: A knife-wielding man killed four people at a busy shopping center in Israel on Tuesday, according to police.…