The Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake has officially informed all Members of Parliament to attend the first sitting of the 9th Parliament which is to commence at 9.30 am on 20th August 2020.

State Minister of Minor Export Crop Development and Export Promotion Janaka Wakkumbura said steps would be taken to import turmeric for about one and half years to avoid the shortage now being experienced in the country.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) yesterday requested to submit an investigation report on the island wide power failure within three-days

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should enter Parliament filling the sole National List slot of the United National Party (UNP), since there was none other than him more experienced in Parliamentary affairs, an SJB MP said yesterday.

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was appointed as the Leader of the House while Minister Johnston Fernando was appointed as the Chief Government Whip today.

The importation of fabric, garment and apparel will be stopped and the segments of textile, batik and hand loom will be made major industries in the country through value addition and introduction of modern technology, Batik, Handloom and Domestic Ap

Eighty per cent of the electricity supply was restored after eight hours since the countrywide power outage, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Chairman Vijitha Herath said.

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that Sri Lanka will follow a friendly policy towards all countries. Minister Gunawardena made these comments after assuming duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today.

The disrupted power supply was restored up to fifty per cent after six hours, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Chairman Vijitha Herath said.

The power disruption has affected the operation of pump houses resulting in low-pressure supply of water already pumped into storage tanks, The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) General Manager R.H. Ruvinis said.

Only 20 per cent of local fuel consumption was refined in the country and therefore five oil refineries would be opened up apart from the plans to refurbishing the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, New Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said assuming duties a

Heavy traffic was reported along several roads in Colombo due to defunct signal lights as a result of islandwide power failure. The CEB said it could take two more hours to restore the power supply.

The Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel would be deployed at the entrance of prisons in the Colombo city from next week, the Prisons Department said.

The Police Unit of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday Attacks has informed former President Maithripala Sirisena to appear at the Police Unit on August 26 to record a statement.

An island-wide power outage was experienced a short while ago due to a failure in the transmission system at the Kerawalapitiya Grid-Substation, The Ceylon Electricity Board said.

The Police are yet to identify the body of a male which was found ashore near the Colombo Port City recently, Police said.

The CB-CID has formed a team to nab a Sri Lankan national, who is in possession of a pistol which belonged to deceased Sri Lankan underworld don Maddumage Lasantha Chandana Perera alias Angoda Lokka, the Times of India reported.

The list of graduates eligible for employment under the programme to award employment opportunities to 50,000 graduates has been published on the official website of the Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government.

A laboratory worker attached to the Government Analyst’s Department was arrested with 18.7 grams of heroin in Athurugiriya last evening, Police said.

There was no change in Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing Easter Sunday Commission’s mandate with appointment of new government, official from the Commission told Daily Mirror yesterday.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday said he would be happy to accept and perform the post of Chief Opposition Whip, if given the opportunity.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said the party will be handed over to a young leader after the provincial council elections, while a new mechanism will be created initially where the younger members could play a major role in the party.

A total of 420 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the COVID-19 pandemic arrived at the Bandaranike International Airport (BIA) this evening.

Five suspects, including the owner of a multi-day trawler, had been arrested in connection with the alleged assault and torture of a 16-year-old boy in the seas off Mirissa, Police Spokesman SSP Jaliya Senaratna said.

Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said that security agencies had received 97 warnings prior to the Easter Sunday attacks.

Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night aged 71 after being hospitalised in New York, the president said in a statement.

Twenty-five trained dogs attached to the Police Kennels Division in Kandy have been auctioned yesterday.

A drug trafficker, Priyantha alias “Veyangoda Hettaya” has been arrested on possession of 5 grams of heroin in Veyangoda.

A suspect had been arrested in Ambalangoda with 12 kgs of synthetic drug known as ’Mandy’ yesterday, Police said.

The State Intelligence Service (SIS) was aware that Zahran Hashim had physical and mental capacity to conduct an attack in the country, even before it received the foreign intelligence on April 04, 2019 with regard to a possible terror attack, former