The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order on the Prison Commissioner and on the Superintendant of Welikada Prison to produce former Power and Energy Deputy Minister and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidate for Ratnapura District Prema

Parliament will take up an adjournment debate on the annual report of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), performance report of the Ministry of Finance and the mid-year fiscal report tomorrow.

UNP is opposed to the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution and will fight against it, as the party sees it as an attack on democracy, its Deputy General Secretary Ruwan Wijewardene said over the weekend.

A fire has erupted again inside the oil tanker MT New Diamond as a result of extreme temperature and high wind, Navy Spokesman Captain Indika de Silva said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has today instructed to remove the 15% import tax on gold and the 14% income tax on the profits of gem and jewellery manufacturers, the President’s Media Division said.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentary Group today unanimously decided to defeat the proposed 20th Amendment in Parliament, once it is presented.

The ‘Immunity of President from suit’ as proposed in the 20th Amendment to the Constitution is not for the President’s benefit but to provide an uninterrupted service to the people, SLPP Chairman and Minister Professor G.L.Peiris said today.

Sri Lanka ranked 92 behind countries like the US, India and Brazil among 100 safest countries for COVID-19, Forbes reported yesterday quoting a ranking issued by the think tank ‘Deep Knowledge Group’.

Despite the fire onboard the crude oil tanker MT New Diamond brought under control, the Sri Lanka Navy and other stakeholders continue disaster management operations until the risk of the ship catching fire again was completely eliminated, the Navy s

There is more likelihood of minor earth tremors taking place in the buffer zones of the Mahaweli Reservoir in the near future, Professor C. B. Dissanayake of the Geological Faculty of the Peradeniya University said.

The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order directing Commissioner General of Prisons to allow convicted MP Premalal Jayasekara to attend Parliament sittings.

The Police have arrested a total of 1,280 suspects over various offences including possession of narcotics and liquor during special police operations carried out in the Western Province within the last 24 hours.

Acting IGP C.D. Wickramaratna and JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived at the Presidential Commission appointed to look into the alleged political victimization during the previous government’s tenure a short while ago.

Former Foreign Secretary and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Palitha Kohona has been named as the Ambassador-designate to China.

Organiser of the ’Wayamba Handa’ Environment Organisation, Ajith Gihan said that nearly 100 acres of forest had been destroyed in Eluwankulama, Wanathavilluwa with the support of a provincial politician.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Politburo headed by former President Maithripala Sirisena will meet this evening to discuss the proposed 20th Amendment, informed sources said.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M. A. Sumanthiran yesterday said the proposed 20th Amendment to the constitution will create an all-powerful Executive President.

The fire onboard the oil tanker MT New Diamond has been completely doused, Navy Commander Nishantha Ulugetenne said today.

As United National Party stepped into its 75th year today, the party’s Deputy General Secretary Ruwan Wijewardene urged all party members to come together for the struggle to safeguard the party and its identity for another one hundred years.

Complaints of organized groups using social media to advertise and defraud money have been reported to the CID’s Computer Crimes Investigation Unit, Police said.

Attorney General Dappula De Livera today held a meeting with the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy , Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority , Director General of Merchant Shipping and Chairman of the Marine Environment Protection Authority to review

The All Ceylon Egg Producers’ Association has decided to reduce the price of an egg by Rs. 2 with effect from Monday.

The Meteorology Department today advised single-day and smaller fishing (Dingy) boat owners not to venture into sea areas until noon on Monday because of the increase of wind speeds.

At least 100 under-aged couples have been arrested by the Anuradhapura Police for behaving in an improper manner in public places in Anuradhapura this morning.

A team of British experts had arrived at the Mattala Airport on a special flight this morning to investigate the incident of the New Diamond ship which caught fire in the East Coast of Sri Lanka.

The Police Constable attached to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD), who was wanted over the seizure of 23 kg of heroin in Sapugaskanda recently, had been arrested in Tamil Nadu, India.

With a record jump of 90,600 cases in the last 24 hours in India, the caseload from coronavirus reached 4,110,839 on Sunday.

Sri Lanka Customs yesterday handed over a large stock of illicit cigarettes worth Rs.133.6 million which was smuggled into the country last year, to be destroyed at the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) crushers.

The application submitted by the Batticaloa Campus to provide local degrees was rejected by the Higher Education Ministry on April 5, 2019, due to the failure of the institute’s authorities to prove its independent financial viability to manage the

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has expressed his gratitude to the Sri Lanka Navy, Air force, Sri Lanka Ports Authority and the Indian Defense Forces for their efforts in controlling the fires in MT New Diamond.