President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said the Power and Energy Minister would assign a team of engineers to investigate the activities of the Norochcholai Power Plant.

Parliament is likely to be dissolved on March 2 so that the general elections can be conducted by the end of April, a top government source said yesterday.

Power, Energy and Commuter Transport Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera had a shocking experience yesterday when he witnessed the dismantling of brand new and unused locomoti

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said no air force in the world has experience on air strikes against the terrorists than the Air Force of Sri Lanka.

While stating that they want a legitimate change of leadership in the UNP, the MPs who are currently lobbying for a change in the party yesterday said they were hopeful that party leader Ranil Wickre

The official jeep in which Minister S. M. Chandrasena was travelling had collided with a motor cycle, on Thursday night in Kahatagasdigiliya killing the rider and seriously injuring his wife and daughter.

The Colombo High Court yesterday sentenced former Akuressa PS Chairman Saruwa Liyanage Sunil to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2012.

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has found t

Officials of the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday requested the Kurunegala Magistrates’ Court to order Doctor Shafi Shihabdeen to return the recordings of the CCTV camera found at his house w

UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra yesterday claimed that the leaked second phone recording clip said to be of her and MP Ranjan Ramanayake was maliciously edited and vowed to take legal action agains

The Central Committee (CC) of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) decided to remove former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga from her post as the party’s organiser of the Attanagalla electorate in the Gampaha district.

The ban on operation of drones within Sri Lankan airspace has been lifted, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.

China has sought to improve its bilateral relations with Sri Lanka to form comprehensive strategic partnership, Daily Mirror learns.

Nugegoda Magistrate U.K. Palpola yesterday ordered the Attorney General to report to the court after examining whether the audio recordings of former state minister Ranjan Ramanayake were release

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday made an inspection visit to the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). The President’s office said, “the President took a review trip on operation, facilities and passenger services and met the officers a

Attorney General Dappula De Livera yesterday directed the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) Director to record statements from the judges who were involved in the telephone conversations with UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake.

A massive trove of “artifacts” has been shipped to Ripley’s Believe It or Not, a company known for its unusual objects, which were reported to have been shipped from Colombo, Sri Lanka, according to the shipment’s bill of lading, Live Science

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake had revealed that there were numerous recordings of conversations with current government members in his possession although he has not released them to the public ye

UNP will not be divided if things are done in a democratic manner, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought Chinese investment for construction of the Kaduwela-Meerigama stretch of the central expressway and the expedition of work on the extension of the southe

First-ever locally manufactured L7e model vehicle with four wheels ‘Quadricycle’ was introduced by State Minister of Industries Dayasiri Jayasekara at the Department of Motor Traffic yesterday.

The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) yesterday evening decided to interdict Baddegama Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala on complaint in connection with the controversial phone recordings of MP

The fifty two MPs who claimed they have elected Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa as the new leader of the UNP yesterday said they will seek the party’s working committee approval for the new appointment.

Following reports of the Wuhan Pneumonia being detected in two people outside China, the World Health Organization has informed the Health Ministry in Colombo and other countries which are frequ

Point Pedro Police, together with Military Police of the Army are conducting extensive investigations into an alleged clash that occurred between some youngsters and a group of soldiers on mobile patrol in the general area of Vadamarachchi, East Naga

Even though Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake’s recording of phone conversations was immoral and unacceptable, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said yesterday it revealed the true nature

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided not to nominate Buddhist monks from the alliance including Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the forthcoming General Elections, Kandy District Parliamentarian

Attorney General Dappula De Livera has directed the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) to record a statement from the lawyer of UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake for criticising the court order given to remand him.

UNP Parliamentary Group meeting which was held yesterday at its Headquarters Sirikotha ended up abruptly without a decision as to who would become the next leader of the party.

Tamara Jayanthi, (centre) wife of the award-winning artist Jayalath Manorathna with her grandchildren paying last respects to her husband at the funeral held in Boralesgamuwa Public Cemetery last evening. A distinguished gathering of artists, actress