UNP working committee member and journalist Dinouk Colombage has commended the remarks made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the event held to mark the National Science Day and Science Week in Sri Lanka to coincide with World Science Day for Peace and Development at Temple Trees yesterday (10).

In keeping with the traditional practice in Sri Lanka of holding religious ceremonies to mark the passage of three months of a person’s passing, the "Samaraweera Foundation" has made the following arrangements to honour and remember former minister Mangala Samaraweera.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith filed a petition with the Sri Lankan Supreme Court against the government's appropriation of the Muthurajawela wetlands.

The foreign gas supplier for Litro Gas has written to Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, refuting recent claims made by the Chairman of Litro blaming the supplier for the current gas shortage in the country.

The death toll from the adverse weather conditions has increased to 20, and another five people are missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in its latest report.

Acknowledging that climate change is a global issue and one which threatens the progress and development of Sri Lanka, The United National Party (UNP) has welcomed the pledges taken by the world leaders at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as 'COP26' held in Glasgow, Scotland.

With the paddy cultivation in the Maha season already underway and the government struggling to address the severe shortage in fertilisers and agrochemicals under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's organic farming only policy, farmers across the island are now releasing their frustrations through protest campaigns.

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says legal action will be taken against unvaccinated persons who visit public places.

Disregarding average market prices, PCR testing kits had been bought from a bidder who quoted a higher price at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, thus causing a financial loss of more than Rs. 125 million, the Auditor General’s 2020 Report has revealed.