Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said the Government is ready to hold discussions with the protesting youth at Galle Face Green.

Six men with at least 300 kg of heroin and 25 kg of Methamphetamine also known as ICE, were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy during a search operation conducted off the Southern coast.

China on Tuesday reiterated that it is doing its ’’utmost’’ to provide assistance to debt-ridden Sri Lanka

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today said that his government is committed to ensuring justice to all the victims of the Easter Sunday attack and enforcing law against all the responsible parties, by means of due and proper investigations.

Four bowsers with more than 17,000 litres of fuel, parked inside the premises of a vehicle service centre at Bopitiya in Pamunugama were taken into the custody today, police said.

At least 16 people have been injured in a shooting during morning rush hour at a New York subway station.

Some 735 suspects have been arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attack, Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said.

The 11 alliance members who have sat independently in Parliament have refused to meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for discussions on an interim government, the Daily Mirror learns.

The World Bank has granted approval to release an immediate grant of US$ 10 million to purchase emergency drugs, Finance Minister Ali Sabri said.

The Finance Ministry today announced it would default on its US$51 billion external debt pending a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Shantha Bandara, who was sworn in as State Minister for Promoting the Production & Regulating Supply of Organic Fertilizer yesterday, was removed from all positions of the SLFP, SLFP National Organizer MP Duminda Dis

The Ministry of Defence yesterday denied social media reports that incumbent Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva is holding the present appointment without legitimate service extension.

A 15-year-old boy who was bathing in the Maneruwa Lake in Anuradhapura was dragged away by a crocodile last evening.

A fresh consignment rice weighing 11,000 MT from India, reached the Colombo Port today, the High Commission of India in Colombo said.

Sri Lanka is not caught in a debt trap by China, according to its ambassador in Beijing, as the Indian Ocean island nation seeks help to overcome its most severe economic woes in decades, a situation leading to public unrest and a political crisis fo

Sri Lankan hip/hop rap artist Shiraz Rudebwoy had died during the protest at the Galle Face Green last night due to a sudden illiness.

There might be a shortage of paddy during the Yala season due to the fuel and fertilizer crisis, the United Rice Producers’ Association (URPA) said.

Former Prime Minister and United National Parliamentarian Ranil Wickremesinghe warned that Sri Lanka could run out of fuel in the second week of May or later in the month, after the current Indian credit line is exhausted, plunging the country furthe

Weighing in on the recent rupee float, which has caused severe hardships to people, as prices rose by many multiples within a matter of weeks, the newly-appointed Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said how it was done raises questions at

Sri Lanka’s essential food importers are struggling to settle US $ 50 million owed to their suppliers, imported under credit terms, due to the ongoing foreign exchange shortage while facing large exchange losses, owing to the depreciation of rupee.

While stating that Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves would dry up further after the Sinhala New Year, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said what Sri Lanka needs today is not a change of government but a change of systems including va

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga who played a key role cobbling together an alliance to install the previous Yahapalana government came to the forefront yesterday by calling for a meeting with the political parties and groups oppos

SLFP MP Shantha Bandara was sworn in as State Minister for Promoting the Production & Regulating Supply of Organic Fertilizer, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The prevailing rainy conditions are expected to prevail as the low-level atmospheric disturbance still persists in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, the Department of Meteorology said today.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) requests the government to implement a transparent mechanism to import medicine and medical equipment as the donors have no trust in the government or with the Health Ministry.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that every second the youth protested, the country was losing vital dollars and the government would take all possible measures to address the current issues since the other parties refused to accept the re

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today said its MPs had already begun placing signatures for an impeachment motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa while the placing of signatures for the no confidence motion against the government is also continuing

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is currently incurring a loss between Rs. 800 and 1,000 million by selling fuel in the country on daily basis, CPC Chairman Sumith Wijesinghe said.

Pakistan’s National Assembly is likely to elect Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s 23rd Prime Minister Monday after his predecessor Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote two days ago.

There will be no scheduled power cut on April 13, 14 and 15 on account of the up coming Sinhala and Tamil New year as well as Good Friday, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) chairman Janaka Ratnayaka said.