Gamini Lokuge was appointed as the Cabinet Minister of Transport and Bandula Gunawardane was appointed as the Cabinet Minister of Trade.

Nimal Siripala has been appointed as the Minister of Labour while G. L. Peiris was sworn in as the Minister of Education before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed as the Minister Finance, Buddha Sasana & Religious and Cultural Affairs and the Minister of Urban Development and Housing.

Former Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi and former Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardane retained their previous portfolios at the Cabinet swearing-in ceremony today. Accordingly, Wanniarachchi was re-appointed as Health Minister while Gu

Sananth Nishantha was sworn in as the State Minister of Ornamental Fish, Freshwater Fisheries and Fisheries Development and Export Kanchana Wijesekara while Siripala Gamlath was appointed as State Minister of Mahaweli zones related development and pu

Lohan Ratwatte was appointed as State Minister of Gems and Jewellery Related Industries while Dilum Amunugama was sworn in as the State Minister of Vehicle Regulations, Bus Transportation Services & Train Compartments and Motor Vehicle Industry.

Dayasiri Jayasekara was sworn in as the State Minister of Batik, Handlooms and Local Apparel Manufacturing while Vidura Wickramanayaka was appointed as the State Minister of National Heritages, Performance Arts and Promotional Activities of Rural Art

Roshan Ranasinghe was sworn in as the State Minister of Land Management and State Resource Development while Kanaka Herath got the State Ministry of Estate Development, Plantation related crops

Lasantha Alagiyawanna was appointed as the State Minister of Trade Development, Cooperative Services and Consumer Protection while Sudarshani Fernandopulle was sworn in as the State Minister of Prison Reforms and Prisoners Rehabilitation.

Priyankara Jayarathna was sworn in as the State Minister of Labour while Duminda Dissanayake was sworn in as the State Minister of Electricity before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Chamal Rajapaksa was sworn in as the State Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and Disaster Management before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed District Coordinating Committee Chairpersons to 23 administrative districts at the beginning of the swearing-in ceremony of the Cabinet in Kandy this morning.

The swearing-in ceremony for new 28 Cabinet ministers and 40 State Ministers commenced in Kandy at the Old King’s Court a short while ago, in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The agenda of the first Cabinet meeting of the new government will give top priority to approve proposals for constitutional changes and the presenting of a new budget to Parliament, Daily Mirror learns.

There is many a debate as to how the United National Party (UNP) and the Our Power of People’s Party (OPPP), which could not secure a single seat at the general election were each allocated a national list slot.

The government is planning to adopt a new economic model to facilitate nearly 40,000 Sri Lankan migrant workers who have lost their jobs because of COVID-19, Additional Secretary to the President for Foreign Relations, Admiral Jayanath Colombage said

Asitha Hemathilake alias ‘Solta’, the main shooter of ‘Angoda Lokka,’ has been shot dead by the Police when the suspect had attempted to hurl a hand grenade at the police team, at Weliwita, Mulleriya, this evening, police said.

United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked party seniors to finalise plans to restructure the party and the selection of a new leader and to submit their proposals at the next working committee meeting, the party said in a stat

The Election Commission has decided not to gazette the national list member of Our Power of People’s Party (Ape Jana Bala Party) owing to ambiguity with regard to the name that has been submitted for the national list slot by the party, it was repo

Mervin Silva’s son Malaka Silva was arrested for posing death threats and soliciting money from a businessman, Police said.

Police unit of the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks today informed former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, defence state minister Ruwan Wijewardene and former law and order minister Sagala Ratnayaka to appear before the commission.

Professor Dhammika Ganganath Dissanayake has passed away at the age of 62 today while receiving treatment at the Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama, sources said.

Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal seeking a stay order on the warrant for his arrest issued by Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court in connection with the demolition of King Buvanekabahu assembly hall.

A 29-year-old man had gone missing after he jumped into the Bolgoda river in Bandaragama to save a girl, who had attempted suicide by jumping into the river, the Police said.

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowe

All prisons across the country which were closed for visitors would be re-opened from August 15 with strict health guidelines, the Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said today.

Nineteen names of Members of Parliament selected to the 9th Parliament under National List system had been published in a Special Gazette notification yesterday.

The Parliament Secretariat has introduced an ‘’Online Registration System’’ for the newly elected members of the 9th Parliament to submit their personal details to the Parliament Secretariat.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed duties at the Temple Trees in Colombo this morning for the fourth time.

A satellite image showing a building located in Hambantota in the shape of the word ’China’ created a buzz on social media yesterday.