Colombo, April 27 (Daily Mirror) - Alexis Taylor, Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), together with U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung, met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and other senior government officials to discuss USDA support for Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector, a statement from the US Embassy said. Under Secretary Taylor’s visit underscored the American people’s ongoing commitment to supporting the […]

Kaduwela, April 27 (Daily Mirror) - A 30-year-old man was arrested by the Biyagama Police in Kaduwela for possession of a substantial haul of narcotics.  Police said the suspect was carrying 15 kilograms of ICE, 14 kilograms of hash and 941 grams of heroin at the time of the arrest.

Colombo, April 27 (Daily Mirror) - The claims over children being sent from Sri Lanka to Malaysia, which raised concerns of many regarding the fate of the children being sent abroad, took a fresh turn when the police found that the children were sent for higher education purposes, the Daily Mirror learns. The Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) following preliminary investigations on the suspected local facilitator of the international child smuggling syndicate, a 14-year-old boy […]

Colombo, April 26 (Daily Mirror) -  Ahead of the presidential election, the government has allocated Rs.100 million for each divisional secretariat area for development projects and instructed the ruling party MPs to accelerate implementation of them, Daily Mirror learns. President Ranil Wickremesinghe called for a meeting of the ruling party legislators on Thursday to discuss the matter since the execution of development projects takes place at a snail’s pace, according to an MP who was […]

Expert committee spells out instructions and directions to be followed when permitting palm oil cultivation in identified Mahaweli and specified other areas By Nishel Fernando The government has been sitting on an expert committee report on how to permit oil palm cultivation in identified Mahaweli areas and other areas, without deciding for nearly five months. According to the Agriculture and Plantation Industries Ministry, the ministry forwarded the report to the secretary to the Cabinet of […]

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at major US universities, where several schools have called police on protesters, leading to the arrests of hundreds across the country. Follow for live updates.

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at major US universities where several schools have called police on protesters, leading to the arrests of hundreds across the country. Follow for live updates.

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 April 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces during the morning. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places over the coastal areas from Galle to Hambantota via Matara during the morning

Sri Lanka’s efforts to attract and leverage international investment into the exploration of oil and gas have once again been gridlocked by legal challenges in the Court of Appeal. Plans were underway to commercialise two blocks, adding to over 5,000 square kilometres with potential oil and gas resources in the Mannar Basin. According to the latest developments in CA (Writ) Application No: 392/2023, the court found that a prima facie case has been established by the petitioner Serendive […]