By Ariya Waidyasekera, Hambantota Corr

The Coast Conservation Department (CCD) has issued a stern warning against unauthorized construction along the coastal belt, saying anyone putting up such structures will be dealt with severely.

A spokesman for the CCD said those who set up unauthorized constructions will be fined between Rs 500 to Rs 2,500 when produced in court.

If the same person commits the same offence again he/she will be fined Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per day.

The spokesman said there were too many unauthorized constructions along the Southern coastal belt.

Sri Lanka Railways incurs a minimum loss of Rs 370 million per year, mostly due to its poor financial management, the All Ceylon Railway Employees' ...

The Ministry of Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs, has banned the sale of irreverent and scary masks during the Vesak season. The Secretary to the ...

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha (PS), Prasanna Ranawaeera, who was assaulted yesterday (23) and had to be hospitalized, alleged he was attacked ...

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Parliamentarian, Athuraliye Rathana Thera said, yesterday the government must be compelled to change its stand on the 13th ...

Colombo Mayor, A.J.M. Muzammil, has informed Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Planning, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Friedrich Naumann ...

An army corporal has been remanded till 30 May by the Trincomalee Acting Magistrate, S. Thiruchenthilnathan, for misbehaving with a woman passenger who was ...

One lane along Olcott Mawatha, Colombo 11 has been closed due to the protest carried out by JVP in the Punchi Borella- Maradana area against the increased ...

The Nawagaththegama Police have discovered 14 locally manufactured trap guns in a house in the Nawagaththegama area, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today ...

A resident from the Ambilipitiya area has been arrested by the Special Police Unit of the Walana Police for the possession of dry cannabis weighing 367 Kg ...

Thirteen persons who were injured after the bus they were travelling in had veered off the road and toppled in the Udapussellawa area in Walimada at around ...

Nissan has said it plans to recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide due to a faulty steering wheel.

There will be showers at several places in the Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces.

Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Prasanna Ranaweera has been admitted to the Kiribathgoda Hospital this morning, Hospital sources told Ceylon today ...

A French Naval Ship arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on Wednesday (22) with 56 naval personnel on board.