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LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionOnly a limited number of Private buses will operate today as a result of the fuel shortage, the Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) announced. It’s President Gemunu Wijeratne said nearly…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Issuance of Passports of the Department of Immigration and Emigration under normal and one-day services will resume from today, a release issued by the Controller General of the Immigration and Emigration…

LocalTags: Print EditionPower and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera yesterday requested the public not to queue up for fuel at filling stations until fuel station deliveries are completed. The Minister in a tweet said that three…

LocalTags: Print EditionDevotees thronged Temples Island wide to engage in religious activities to mark Vesak Poya Day yesterday. Here, devotees engage in religious activities at the Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya. Picture by Sudath…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Divisional Crimes Investigation Division of Gampaha has arrested four suspects in connection with the murder of Parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala on May 9, yesterday. According to the…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested an employee of the Moratuwa Urban Council (UC) in connection with the attack on the peaceful protestors at Galle Face and near Temple…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe curfew imposed countrywide in accordance with the provisions of Section 16 of the Public Security Ordinance will be lifted at 6.00 am today. It will be re-imposed from 2 p.m. today to 6 a.m tomorrow.  …

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday said it was against appointing former Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Prime Minister. JVP Leader Anura Kumara…

LocalRasula Dilhara GamageTags: Print EditionThe bodies of two of the three brothers of the same family in Jaffna who went missing while swimming in the Semmalai sea in Mullaitivu have been found in Nayaru area in Mullaitivu on…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe funeral of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala killed when their vehicle was attacked by a mob in Nittambuwa recently was held yesterday in Polonnaruwa. A group of people surrounded…