The Cabinet today granted the approval to abolish the 19th Amendment to the Constitution and to draft the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told Daily Mirror.

Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was appointed as the Cabinet Spokesman while ministers Udaya Gammanpila and Dr. Ramesh Pathiran were appointed as joint Cabinet Spokesmen.

Acting Regional Manager of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) in the Northern Province had been arrested by the Bribery Commission’s officials for accepting a bribe of Rs. 60,000.

A total of 3,518 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests have been carried out yesterday recording the highest number of PCR tests performed per day.

The Navy yesterday seized another stock of 807 kgs of dried turmeric at Daluwa in Norochcholai and Vankalai in Mannar when they were being smuggled into the country from India.

A Sub Inspector of the Police Special Task Force (STF) has been arrested by the CID in connection with alleged drug trafficking links.

Joe Biden has officially been anointed the Democratic presidential candidate at the party’s convention, helped over the line with some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday made a stop to talk to the graduates who were protesting outside the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo and assured that they would be given jobs.

Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane, in his telephone conversation with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar yesterday has discussed among other matters, the launching of designated commercial flight operations between the two cou

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, with strong tremors felt in the area though seismology agencies said there was no risk of a tsunami and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Mauritian authorities arrested Tuesday the Indian captain of a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground off the island nation’s coast, spewing tonnes of oil into pristine waters, police said.

Russian Ambassador Yury B. Materiy, who called on Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane proposed the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by his country to Sri Lanka.

India was a safe haven for National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) leader Zahran Hashim and his associates, former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena yesterday informed the PCoI probing the Easter Sunday attacks.

The only alternative left for the United National Party (UNP) is to ally with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Sajith Premadasa, newly-elected SJB MPs Hesha Withanage and Chaminda Wijesiri told a news conference today.

There is a possibility of a merger between the United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) in the future, UNP Deputy General Secretary Ruwan Wijewardene said today.

Referring to false social media reports regarding the Neluwa - Lankagama Road project implemented by the Ministry of Highways, the ministry said no development work would be carried in the area of 1.1km, which is environmentally sensitive.

Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today he had neither disappeared nor involved in abductions as reported and assured that the controversy over the national list nominee of the Our Power of Peoples’ Party (OPPP) would be resolved within the next f

The price of eggs that plunged to their lowest level of ten rupees during the lock-down, has shot up sharply during the past few days.

Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Namal Rajapaksa has appointed musician Iraj Weeraratne and Singer Tehani Imara as directors of the National Youth Services Council.

Four persons including a supervisor attached to the Kollonnawa Urban Council were arrested by the Padukka police with over 1 kg of heroin worth Rs. 12 million, Police said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the creation of the ‘unorthodox’ state ministries was to pave the way for a people-centric national economy so that the people would be its stakeholders.

A two hour forty five minute power cut came into effect from yesterday to be continued for four days due to the breakdown in the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant (NCPP) on Monday, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) General Manager Vijitha Herath said.

The COVID-19 situation in India was getting worse day by day and that there was the risk of the virus spreading to along Sri Lanka’s coastal belt because of the contact with Indian fishing community, Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIs) said.

Former Negombo Prison Superintendent Anuruddha Sampayo and three prison officers who were taken into the CID custody were further remanded till August 31 by Negombo Magistrate’s Court today.

Former State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene left the Police Unit attached to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday Attack a short while ago, after giving a statement.

Yohan Pradeep Kumara alias ’Sudda’, an accomplice of underworld figure Athurugiriya Ladiya had been arrested by the STF at Hokandara in Athurugiriya yesterday.

The Batticaloa High Court today granted permission for Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan to attend the inaugural session of new parliament on August 20.

The Bribery Commission officials have arrested two suspects for accepting bribes while another for attempting to bribe the Dompe Police OIC, in three separates cases reported from Kandy, Dambulla and Dompe.

Three suspects were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) with counterfeit currency notes of Rs. 5,000 at Galwana in Mulleriyawa.

Investigations are underway into the fire that broke out at late Minster Arumugam Thondaman’s Bungalow at Ramboda Vavanton Estate in Kotmale.