President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the Minister-in-Charge to accelerate the construction works of the Central Expressway project, the President’s Media Division said.

A report released by the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) yesterday estimated that a total of Rs. 514 million has been spent by political parties for their general election campaigning for two weeks starting from July 2.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila today pledged to plant one plant for each preferential vote he would receive at the upcoming General Election.

People will have to think and decide as to who will safeguard their future on August 5 when they go to vote, former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today expressed confidence that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) would be able to secure a two-thirds majority at the upcoming general elections, solidifying the presidential election victory of the party.

Elections Commission (EC) Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said today that the commission has informed police to take stern action on illegal motorcycle processions reported in Puttalam.

The inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 tournament will be played from August 28 to September 20 subsequent to approval from the Health Ministry, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official said today.

Seventeen more inmates at the Senapura Quarantine Centre and five Sri Lankans arrived from Qatar have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the total cases in the country to 2,804 today, the Government Information Department said.

The Treasury has provided funds up to Rs.10,400 million to purchase paddy during Yala season at the price of Rs. 50 per kilo, the Finance Ministry said.

After an inmate of Galle Prison was tested positive for COVID-19 at Senapura Quarantine Centre, 200 inmates and 20 officers at the prison had been subjected to PCR tests today.

Supreme Court Judge Priyantha Jayawardena today recused himself from hearing the Fundamental Rights petition filed by former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen.

Two special hot-line numbers 1917 and 1997 have been introduced by the Sri Lanka Police to provide information on crimes and toxic narcotics, Police Spokesman Jaliya Senaratna said.

Buddhist Sunday Schools would be reopened under health guidelines from next month, the Government Information Department said.

The previously scheduled mobile postal voting programme for those in quarantine centres would not be carried out as planned, National Elections Commission said.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on Political Victimization has informed the Court of Appeal today that it will not summon JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and former CID director Shani Abeysekara until the Court of Appeal case comes

The suspect arrested on charges of sexually abusing underage boys had been identified as a set designer for a children’s reality show on television in addition to being an English teacher.

A fire broke out at a two-storey building which housed a showroom of a famous home appliance chain in Battaramulla, the fire brigade said.

Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) branch at Iratta Periyakulam in Vavuniya to give a statement in connection with the investigations into the Easter Sunday bomb attacks.

Police have arrested an Indian national who tried to enter the maternity ward of the Wathupitiwala Hospital, claiming to be a doctor yesterday.

Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to give a statement with regard to the Central Bank bond scam, Police said.

A Wild Elephant roaming along the Udawalawe-Monaragala main road was accidentally hit by a luxury bus plying from Colombo to Ampara.

The military will be deployed within a radius of one kilometre of each counting centre after polling on August 5 to provide security, an official said.

The Easter Sunday suicide bomber Mohamed Hasthun‘s spouse Pulasthini Rajendran alias Sarah Jesmine had stayed with the mastermind of the attack Zahran Hashim’s wife Abdul Cader Fathima Kadia from February to April 26, 2019, and that Fathima was w

Former President Maithripala Sirisena believed that there was no threat to the National Security, and he may have thought that postponing the National Security Council (NSC) meetings would not be a problem, former Secretary to the President P. B. Abe

Tony Hawke, the brother of former Miss Sri Lanka -1962 Jennifer Ingleton seek public assistance over the suspicious death of Miss Jennifer Ingelton.

Sri Lanka’s first pediatric liver transplant has been successfully performed at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital, hospital sources said.

Sri Lanka cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara has backed Sourav Ganguly for the ICC chairman’s post, saying the BCCI president’s “astute cricket brain” and vast experience as an administrator make him a “very suitable” candidate for the role.

The Covid-19 patient, who was apprehended after being escaped from the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), was transferred to the Kandakadu Quarantine Centre Hospital, Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

North Korea has reported what it describes as the country’s first suspected case of coronavirus.

At least 39 alleged street racers were arrested along with 27 motorcycles for unauthorized racing along the Piliyandala-Kesbewa bypass road last night.