The government will not redraft the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, but will incorporate any changes proposed by the nine-member committee only during the committee stage of the debate, a top source said yesterday.

The Ratmalana Airport will be used for flight operations with the Maldives and some destinations in the southern parts of India, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said today.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given the approval to set up a slipway in Beruwala to launch large scale vessels, the President’s Media Division said.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs appear to have mixed feelings on the election of Ruwan Wijewardene as the Deputy Leader of United National Party (UNP).

A special urine test will be made mandatory for those who apply for heavy vehicle or commercial vehicle driving licences to check whether they are users of alcoholic or non-alcoholic intoxicants, State Minister for Transport, Dilum Amunugama said.

Newly appointed United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said today he was prepared to work with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) when it came to the activities in the opposition.

Relating to a video being circulated on social media where a senior official at the Condominium Management Authority (CMA) is allegedly soliciting sexual bribe from a female employee in 2015, the Housing Ministry has recorded statements from the rele

While rejecting the social media post on the alleged deforestation of forty acres in the Udawalawa National Park, Wildlife Conservation Department’s Director General G.C. Sooriyabandara said the area was not within the borders of the Udawalawa Nati

A resolution moved by the Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha to abolish provincial councils was passed by a majority of votes today.

Former Chief of National Intelligence (CNI) Director Sisira Mendis informed the Commission probing the Easter Sunday attacks that even though he had served in this post before the terror attack on April 21, 2019, the then State Intelligence Service (

Three firearms including a Glock 17 pistol manufactured in Austria belonging to imprisoned criminal Amith Sanjeewa alias ‘Kalpe Amith’ were recovered from Meetiyagoda by the STF today.

The Government Analyst’s Department has confirmed that there was no leakage of crude oil from the MT New Diamond Oil Tanker which caught fire off Sangamankanda Point recently, Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) Chairperson Dharshani Lah

A new mechanism is to be introduced where the number plates will not have to be changed when transferring the ownership of the vehicle outside the province, State Minister for Transport, Dilum Amunugama said.

Mr I.M. B. Premalal was appointed as the new Mayor of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipal Council unopposed, following the election of previous Mayor to parliament.

Plans should be devised to meet 70% of the country’s electricity demand using renewable energy sources by 2030, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said.

The report of the Committee appointed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to study the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, was handed over to the Prime Minister today.

Police today requested all motorcyclists and three-wheelers entering Colombo City to use only the left lane or the Bus Priority Lane tomorrow.

Former MP and Northern Provincial Council member M.K. Sivajilingam was detained by the Kopai Police to record a statement, Police said.

Four persons including two females involved in a large scale drug racket have been arrested with 52 kilos of cannabis and over 900 kgs of smuggled turmeric during a joint raid by the Police and Army at Uliyankulam in Mannar.

Former Ministers Rishad Bathiudeen and Lakshman Kiriella arrived at the Police Unit attached to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks to give a statement this morning.

The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka yesterday slammed allegations by Chinese virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan who has claimed that the novel coronavirus which has so far claimed hundreds of thousands of lives world over, was made in a government-controlled lab

The results of blood tests and X-rays submitted by applicants when seeking driving licences will no longer be required from today, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the party working committee that he is willing to resign from the leadership at any moment, party sources said.

Ranil Wickremesinghe will continue as the leader of the United National Party at least till early January despite his earlier announcement that he is ready to resign and appoint a new leader, senior party sources told Daily Mirror yesterday just afte

Former State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene who was elected as the new Deputy Leader of the UNP said he will compete for the party leadership as well in the future.

Government is to make a major shift in the agriculture sector to increase the usage of organic fertiliser from one per cent to 30 per cent within three years, Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage said today.

The committee chaired by Minister of Education Professor G. L. Peiris which was appointed to look into the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, will study it in depth before making recommendations, Minister Peiris today said.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today urged the government to withdraw the gazetted 20th Amendment to the Constitution as it had already created issues within the government itself and to bring in a new legislation to rectify the technical issues in the

The Transport Ministry is to introduce the driving licence including the Driver Improvement Points which was known as Drivers’ Demerit Points System in the future, State Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama said

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that the proposed 20th amendment to the Constitution may negatively impact on the independence of key institutions, including the National Human Rights Commission.