Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has been restrained from demonstrating against the government by a court order obtained by the Kaluwanchikudy Police, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran said.

The Examination Department today announced the dates for the 2022 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L), Advanced Level (A/L) and Grade Five Scholarship examinations.

The case against former Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and five others under Money Laundering Act was today fixed for further trial by Colombo High Court.

Actress Anusha Sonali has passed away while receiving treatment at the Kalubowila Hospital.

Five trains operated this morning during the ongoing 24-hour Railway Trade Union (TU) Action, Media Spokesman of Sri Lanka Railways A.D.G. Seneviratne said.

A total of 410 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive cases were reported from the country in 2021, but there was a slight decline in the number of reported cases in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019, the National STD/AIDS control programme said.

Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran has prepared a No-Confidence Motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, which will be submitted to Parliament when the House convenes next.

An online reservation system was introduced by the National STD/AIDS Control Programme that aims to provide the most convenient means for people to make reservations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing.

The United Trade Unions and Mass Organisations (UTUMO) yesterday said government, semi-government, and private sector workers will stage a token strike today (28) in protest of the government.

The disagreement between the 40 dissident MPs of the government and the opposition parties on a common agenda to run the country stands in the way of unseating the current rule through the adoption of a no confidence motion, Daily Mirror learns.

Director-General of State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major General Suresh Sallay in a letter to the IGP has requested the police chief to conduct an impartial inquiry into the allegations made by SJB MP Manusha Nanayakkara in Parliament recently agai

The European Union (EU) today handed over the Geographical Indication (GI) certification to Ceylon Cinnamon, as the Sri Lanka’s first GI-certified product.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said he will go out of politics if he is unable to keep up his policy of forming a government with a real people’s mandate rather than doing so through political deals.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has to lift the travel ban imposed against Social media activist and the admin of ’#GoHomeGota2022’ Facebook page Thisara Anurudhdha Bandara.

The Railway Train Controllers’ Union (RTCU) today decided to join with the 24-hour countrywide state services trade union action tomorrow, RTCU Secretary Damith Nilusha said.

The no confidence motion that had been brought against the government will not meet people’s expectation as long as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa remains in office, United National Party (UNP) said today.

The Conservative Party is investigating claims a Tory MP watched porn on his mobile phone while sitting next to a female minister in the Commons chamber.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had never asked him to step down and he was sure he would never do so.

The Kegalle Magistrate today ordered the IGP to arrest and produce the police personnel who gave orders to open fire in which an unarmed protestor was killed in Rambukkana.

The power cut schedule from tomorrow (28) to Saturday (30) for three hour and twenty minutes was announced today, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said.

COPE Chairman Charitha Herath said today that state institutions should be prepared to send a significant portion of their earnings to the State Treasury.

The Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) has launched a probe into an incident where a private-owned bowser bearing registration No. WP CY 3250 which was to unload in Polonnaruwa had entered the Colombo Port City premises instead.

A fire has erupted in a building at St. Joseph’s College in Maradana a short while ago, Police said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed all party leaders in government including MPs who are independent in parliament that he is ready to form an all-party government.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, according to a source with knowledge of proceedings.

The remains of the victims killed during the explosion in Sainthamaruthu in 2019 were exhumed this morning to obtain another DNA sample to find out whether the body of Pulasthini Rajendran alias Sara Jasmine was among them.

With the recent price hike of the 12.5 kg Litro gas cylinder, the All Island Canteen Owners’ Association (AICOA) is in dilemma whether to increase the prices or to maintain prices at the own discretion of the bakers to cover their expenses.

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has decided to collect all possible income through navigation, stevedoring and income from terminals from shipping lines in US dollars instead of Sri Lankan rupees with effect from June 1, 2022, Ports and Shipping Min

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is ready to support an interim government without President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP Kabir Hashim said today.

A 24-hour trade union action will be launched at midnight today in solidarity with the people’s struggle, the Railway Trade Union Alliance (RTUA) said