The experts’ committee report on the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement will be referred to the new Cabinet, Foreign Secretary Jayanath Colombage said.

Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said there was a trend of illegal immigrants entering the country from India posing a threat of spreading COVID-19 in the country.

The progressive features of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution will be preserved when abolishing it, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader, Minister Udaya Gammanpila said yesterday.

State Intelligence Service (SIS) had only identified active members of the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) at the time it received the foreign intelligence report on the terror attack on April 4, 2019.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said it was high time to increase agro harvests to strengthen the local economy and that it was necessary to encourage farmers to increase local potato production to meet the demand without having to import them.

The 38-year-old England’s James Anderson has become the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets.

The Education Ministry had decided to commence all schools including the primary sections from September 8 according to the recommendations of the Health Ministry, Education Ministry Secretary Prof. Kapila Perera said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the newly-elected lawmakers to unite in the major task of introducing the proposed constitutional reforms, eschewing personal agendas and political affiliations.

Appointing Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa as the new leader of United National Party (UNP) will be a better option than appointing former speaker Karu Jayasuriya to the post, SJB Kurunegala District MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha said today.

UNP working committee which met today concluded without a final decision on party leadership and decided to meet on first week in September to make the final decision.

Sri Lankan Ambassador-designate to Myanmar Dr. Nalin de Silva met senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, and discussed the strengthening of the longstanding friendly relations that date back to thousands of years in respect o

The CID today arrested a man who was found to be in possession of 11 kg of heroin at Kandegoda, Rathgama, Police said.

Colombo’s three main prisons; the Remand, Magazine and Welikada would be soon monitored by CCTV cameras, Prisons Commissioner and Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said.

The Supreme Court today concluded the trial against Gampaha District MP Ranjan Ramanayake for committing Contempt of Court and the delivering of the sentence was postponed.

SLPP Chairman Professor G. L. Peiris yesterday said that there was no official discussion within the government to create a ’Deputy Prime Minister’ post when making constitutional amendments.

The Court of Appeal today issued an interim injunction preventing the execution of the arrest issued against Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa and four others over the demolition of a historical building in Kurunegala until the hearing of the petiti

The mother of organized criminal Janith Madusanka de Silva alias ’Podi Lassi’ has been arrested for handling money earned from drug trafficking.

World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after last week celebrating his 34th birthday with a big bash mask-free.

A total of 296 Sri Lankans who were stranded in South Korea (SK) and Qatar arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning, BIA duty Manager said.

All trains including the office trains operating on the mainline were delayed after a Jaffna bound train derailed between the Maradana and Colombo Fort Railway Stations this morning, the Railway Control Room said.

A man who was taken into custody for stealing a hand cart while begging near the Kochchikade church has been found to be a millionaire residing in Pamunuwa Maharagama, according to the coastal police.

The daily passenger revenue of the Sri Lankan Railways has dropped from Rs.17 million to Rs. five million, Railways General Manager Dilantha Fernando said.

A new set of regulations would be introduced through the Vote on Account (VOA) to be presented next month, to further tighten protective measures of the environment, Secretary of the Environment Ministry, Dr. Anil Jasinghe said yesterday.

United National Party (UNP) should stop harassing the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) members if a discussion is to take place for a merger, SJB National Organizer Tissa Attanayake said today.

First and foremost move of the government in making constitutional changes would be to rectify the issues arisen from the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Professor G.L. Peiris today said.

The Prisons Department has introduced Alcohol Strips to detect alcohol and drug consumption in the urine of prison inmates, Deputy Director Prison Health services Dr Hemantha Ranasinghe said.

The committee report regarding the recent countrywide power cut on August 17 due to a failure in the transmission system at the Kerawalapitiya Grid-Substation, was handed over to Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma this evening, the Ministry of Power

Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation C. B. Ratnayake said that those who lay snares will be given maximum punishment as per the Penal Code.

A total of 110 Sri Lankans who were stranded in India had arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this evening, BIA duty Manager said.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has initiated preliminary steps on implementing Mobile Number Portability (MNP) which would enable mobile users change their present mobile numbers among their favourite service provid