Further consideration of petitions against the draft on 20th Amendment to the Constitution was postponed till tomorrow (30).

The body of a 15-year –old school girl was found close to a stream in Desford area which supplies water to Kothmala Oya today (29), Nanuoya Police said.

A stock of 946 kilos of smuggled turmeric had been seized by the troops of the Commando regiment and 54 Division during a raid at Kondachchi in Mannar today, the Army said.

The Attorney General has informed the Supreme Court today that the Government has decided to add several amendments to the 20th Amendment to the Constitution at the committee stage in parliament.

The Cabinet has given approval for the proposal to ban cattle slaughter in the country, Cabinet Spokesman and Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

Former Basnayake Nilame of Dodanwala Natha Dewalaya Anura Lewke, who is the owner of the Buwelikada building in Kandy which the collapsed last week killing three including an infant, has been arrested this morning, the Kandy Police said.

The Petitions against draft 20th Amendment to the Constitution was taken up by the Supreme Court today.

Three persons including an Excise officer have been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) with 653 grams of the synthetic drug known as ’Mandy’ valued over Rs. 10 million.

The Gazette issued announcing the maximum retail price for coconut, would not help canteen owners, All Island Canteen Owners’ Association (AICOA) Chairman Asela Sampath said.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Mohamed Mihal yesterday told Deputy Solicitor General (DSG) Dileepa Pieris that the Magistrate Court has no jurisdiction to detain the skipper of MT New Diamond Crude Oil tanker, Sterio Ilias.

Negligence made by the Police Department had assisted Zahran Hashim and his team to move around freely without getting arrested, former IGP Pujith Jayasundara yesterday admitted at the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks.

The government appears to have initiated legislative action to declare 18 as the legal marriage age for all the ethnic groups according to three private member’s bills announced in the gazette notification.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will only support a move to rectify shortcomings of the Provincial Council (PC) system but would not approve an abolition of the 13th Amendment, one of the party’s MPs said yesterday.

Commenting on the recent severe criticism by Prof A.H. Sheriffdeen on the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) staff over their failure to promptly treat a 10-year-old boy with a ruptured appendix, the Paediatric Surgeons collective at LRH said the events th

The National Police Commission (NPC) today said that the Commission had only informed the Acting IGP to consider appointing a female Police Officer to the post of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for the first time in the history of the Sri L

The government expected to submit the initial draft for a new Constitution to Parliament within six months, Education Minister Professor G.L. Peiris said today.

The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) has sought approval to import 100 ’low- floor’ Air Conditioned buses to operate in Colombo and its suburbs as a solution to the traffic congestion, its Chairman Gemunu Wijeyaratne said.

Defusing tension in the Indian Ocean, economic development, further strengthening of trade links between the two countries, issues related to plundering of fishery resources of the northern seabed of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka’s successful handling of Co

Former Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman arrived at the Police Unit at PCoI on Easter Sunday Attacks a short while ago to give statements.

The next Anglican Bishop of Colombo will be Fr. Dushantha Rodrigo, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announced today.

A total 21 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court today against the 20th Amendment to the Constitution which was tabled in parliament by the government.

Bangladesh’s tour to Sri Lanka, scheduled for later this month, has been postponed to next year. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had been unable to reach a compromise on the period that the visiting Bangladesh team wo

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Deputy General Secretary Sujeewa Senasinghe has resigned from his post in line with his decision to bow out of politics.

Clarifying on a fear prevailing in society that the Coronavirus could be transmitted via food imported from foreign countries, Chief Epidemiologist of the Epidemiology Unit, Dr Sudath Samaraweera said there was no risk of the virus spreading via impo

The people in the North today (28) staged a hartal in protest to the ban issued by the Northern Provincial courts banning the commemorating a former LTTE member Thileepan.

Veteran actor and comedian Tennyson Cooray passed away at the age of 68 while receiving treatment at the National Hospital, Colombo a short while ago, sources confirmed.

A survey for updates on all traffic light signals would be carried out aiming to reduce traffic congestion in Colombo, Traffic and Road Safety Director SSP Indika Hapugoda said.

A special police team in Negombo had arrested three persons including a tuition teacher who were transporting a stock of Kerala ‘ganja’ and heroin worth more than Rs.5 million, in a motor car, on Saturday (26).

The Captain of the oil tanker MT New Diamond arrived to appear before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court this morning.

Several MPs of the opposition will raise their hands in support of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, but without crossing the floor of the House to join the government, Daily Mirror learns.