Business tycoon Dhammika Perera who was appointed a National List MP of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is tipped to be appointed Cabinet Minister soon, Daily Mirror learns.

The Election Commission is getting ready for the conduct of the local authorities’ election within a period of six months starting from September 20, this year in keeping with the law, an official said.

London-based leading tour operator TUI made a fresh announcement this week that it has decided to extend the cancellation of holidays to Sri Lanka until the end of the month.

While the government is looking to firm up the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), so that it can reach out to the other potential sources of finances to pull the economy out of the current crisis,

Export-Import Bank of India has on behalf of the government of India, extended a $55 million short term line of credit to the government of Sri Lanka for financing procurement of urea fertiliser, the trade finance institution said in statement.

The elections commission today issued an Extraordinary gazette notification announcing Dhammika Perera as a national list MP of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).

The struggle that claimed the life of innocent parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala is no longer an innocent or peaceful struggle, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.

A consignment of apples that was not cleared by the owners was handed over to the Dehiwala Zoological Department today by Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.

The Education Ministry today declared Monday (13) as a school holiday for all government and state-approved private schools

The Litro Lanka Limited Chairman Vijitha Herath has resigned from the post with effect from today.

Monday, the13th June has been declared as a special government holiday, the Ministry of Public Administration said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that new approaches should be found to attract tourists, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The government should take the full responsibility for the collapse of rule of law and failure to adhere to spiritual values, which led to recent incidents of murders and arson in the country, former Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said t

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) today announced that a statement made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe in Parliament on Wednesday (8) referring to the BASL regarding a meeting with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is inaccurate and not a tr

The name of Sri Lanka business tycoon Dhammika Perera was submitted to the Elections Commission (EC) for the National List Membership of Parliament by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today.

The prevailing Acts in Parliament should be utilised to compensate Parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala and others who were murdered during the violent incidents reported in the country on May 9 and afterwards in addition to the commission appoint

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today told Parliament that he had sought the assistance of Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) to conduct an impartial investigation on the incidents of May 9, 2022.

There is a risk of dengue fever spreading again in the country and the number of patients reported from the Western Province (WP) is increasing, National Dengue Control Unit Director Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasized the need to maintain more efficient and quality public transport services to attract passengers, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Two passengers on board a car died when their car crashed against a train in Ariyalai, Jaffna last night (June 9), the Jaffna Police said.

The Central Bank (CB) this week issued fresh direction to banks, completely rescinding all previous instructions hitherto been in effect since December last year, imposing caps on foreign currency deposits and swap transactions, as they have become f

Loan rejections are expected to hit an extremely high level in the ongoing quarter as banks have tightened credit conditions as they grow extremely skittish over the ability of applicants to service their facilities amid the economic crisis that has

An extraordinary gazette notification was issued with amendment to the duties and functions of the Ministries of Technology and Investment Promotion and Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment.

The mayor of a city in Mexico has been left embarrassed after a new bridge during it’s inauguration collapsed, sending him and more than 20 people into a ditch. According to reports eight people were injured with broken bones.

Astronomers have revealed details of mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy, picked up by a telescope in Canada.

UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer-Hamdy said 22 per cent of the Sri Lankan population or 4.9 million people live in need of food assistance at the moment.

Former Minister Johnston Fernando who was surrendered before the Fort Magistrate this evening was granted bail in connection with the Galle Face attack case.

SLPP MP Basil Rajapaksa who stepped down from his parliamentary seat today said that he had not passed the ball to anyone else by his resignation and added he did not even have a ball.

LITRO Gas Lanka Ltd has announced that there will be no domestic gas distribution tomorrow.

An IMF team will arrive in Sri Lanka on June 20, to begin discussions on the staff level agreement, political sources told Daily Mirror a short while ago.