All commission reports including the report of the presidential commission probing the Easter Sunday attack and the commission which looked into political victimisation will be presented to Parliament, Justice Minister Ali Sabry said yesterday.

Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to expedite the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka.

US President Donald Trump has been suspended from his Facebook account for at least two weeks - and possibly indefinitely.

Three more Covid-19 related deaths were reported today taking the death toll to 222, the Government Information Department said.

Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) yesterday said that there is an increase in phishing and social engineered attacks targeting the Government and Private sector organizations in the country.

Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith together with Venerable Pahiyangala Ananda Thera today expressed his displeasure over the alleged move to set up a tourism zone in Muthurajawala Park which is said to comprise a golf court and crocodile

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 18-member De-Regulation Commission for the simplification of the existing laws and regulations in the interest of the people, the President’s Media Division said.

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subramanian Jaishankar has extended an invitation to Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to visit India, the Opposition Leader’s office said today.

The airport will reopen from January 21 despite challenges, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.

An effective mechanism is to be introduced to stop the transmission of COVID-19 virus from the visiting tourists to the locals, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

The Criminal Investigations Department which was scheduled to produce detained Attorney at Law Hejaaz Hizbullah this afternoon before the Fort Magistrate did not produce him and informed the court that he had been tested positive for Covid 19.

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi today asserted that the decision taken by the experts’ committee to cremate all COVID-19 related dead bodies will not be changed on any social, religious, political or personal grounds.

President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that he would leave office on January 20 for the first time Thursday, pledging an orderly transfer of power after Congress affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.

Sri Lanka Customs Narcotic Control Unit today seized, what turned out be the largest haul of ’Ecstasy’ pills in the country’s history so far, believed to be worth over Rs.140 million from a personal package sent from Belgium.

A flight carrying 183 more Ukrainian tourists landed at the Mattala International airport today.

The Sri Lanka Army today established the Agriculture and Livestock Corps Unit under the directive of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Under the new Covid-19 health guidelines issued for managing tourists, all persons accompanying tourists including tour guides, safari jeep drivers, bus drivers, other drivers, assistants, translators, unless attending in full PPE, should undergo 14

The Elections Commission requested the people to ensure that their names are in the 2020 electoral register.

A 48-year-old man from Caldera Road in Dehiwala was arrested for providing false information to 119 emergency hotline to mislead the police.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the Colombo District from the second wave since October 4, 2020, exceeded 19,000 with 206 cases reported in Colombo alone yesterday.

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr.subrahmanyam Jaishankar said India he was carrying back with him Sri Lanka’s interest in accessing vaccines against COVID-19 from India.

The UK has reported a further 1,041 people have died with coronavirus, the highest daily death toll since April.

Sri Lanka’s former Russian Ambassador, Udayanga Weeratunga who has stirred controversy in recent days over his project to bring in Ukrainian tourists to Sri Lanka, yesterday slammed Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA)

Donald Trump has been suspended from Twitter after tweeting to supporters who attacked the US Capitol.

According to the investigation carried out by the Epidemiology Unit, the most possible way through which the COVID-19 virus could have entered Sri Lankan resulting in a second wave in the country is from the Ukrainian airline crew that was quarantine

Sri Lanka’s economy has fared better than many other countries in the globe in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as its economic growth had been -3.9% in the 4th quarter compared to approximate global economy growth has been -5% Prime Minister

The US Capitol locked down Wednesday with lawmakers inside as violent clashes broke out between supporters of President Donald Trump and police.

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardane with his Indian counterpart, said to the media that the two sides discussed defence and security related matters, as well as the issues related to maritime and fisheries sectors, as littoral states of the Indian Oc

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga who is involved in bringing tourists from Ukraine said yesterday he would bring in more tourists from the countries belonging to the former Russian federation if others did not stand in his w

Violent supporters of President Donald Trump have breached the Capitol in Washington, as lawmakers met to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s poll win.