Former MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has returned Rs.1.9 million worth of stamps given to him for official use.

The Ministry of Foreign Relations today said the European Commission has informed Sri Lanka that it has not yet considered to open the region for countries that have not yet opened airports nor accepted visitors from the EU region.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) today warned of a risk of a Covid-19 second wave in the country if the situation was not kept under control.

Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) OIC DIG Sajeewa Medawatta has been transferred to the Police Welfare Division with DIG G.K.J. Aponso being appointed as the new head of the PNB.

Elections Commission (EC) Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said the dicision on the candidature of Karuna Amman alias Vinyagamurthi Muralidaran has to be taken by the Supreme Court and the EC was helpless on the issue.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has granted permission to conduct tuition classes for 500 students in two time slots, President’s Media Division said.

Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has briefed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the Review Report of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the Foreign Relations Ministry said today.

Security personnel managed to shut a local liquor factory in Salwa. According to a security source one of the security patrols who was deployed on night duty saw a person carrying a bag, and as soon as the expatriate saw the security patrol, he threw

Another elephant was found lying dead near the Inginimitiya reservoir in Maha Divul Wewa. The post-mortem report confirmed that the bullet has pierced through the elephant’s skull and has reached the brain.

A British tourist who assaulted an Italian who fell in love with the former’s Sri Lankan fiancée and took her to a hotel in Unawatuna area was fined Rs.20,000 and sentenced to a six month light imprisonment suspended for five years, by Galle Chief

Former Selection Committee Chairman Aravinda de Silva arrived at the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) on sports-related corruption, attached to the Ministry of Sports, to give a statement over match fixing allegations made by former minister Mahindan

Senior police officers-in-charge of provinces should be ashamed of wearing their uniforms if drug trafficking, extortion, underworld activities, illegal logging, running brothels, illegal sand mining and other illegal activities were taking place in

Health officials including Public Health Officers, Family Health Workers and employees at the offices of the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) had been allocated July 13 to cast their postal votes, the Elections Commission said.

A Buddhist monk who sustained critical injuries following the Aranthalawa Massacre filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order to prosecute any living terrorist involved in the massacre.

Acting IGP C.D. Wickramaratna has requested the National Police Commission (NPC) to transfer the DIG and the Director of the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB).

Counting of ballot papers of the General Elections 2020 will commence at 8 am on August 6, Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said today. The General Election is scheduled to be held on August 5.

The appeal filed by former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratna challenging the Colombo High Court’s decision to refuse bail was yesterday withdrawn by himself.

A total of 150 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in Malaysia due to the Corona-19 pandemic has arrived in the country this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), the airport duty manager said.

IGP Pujith Jayasundara, who was sent on compulsory leave, should have act immediately to prevent Easter Sunday attacks after receiving information about possible attacks from Islamic extremists, retired Head of State Intelligence Service (SIS), DIG K

Former President Maithripala Sirisena’s Security division was unaware about Easter attacks until it happened on April 21, 2019, ASP S.G Satharasinghe who served at the Presidential Security Division (PSD) informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday att

An ex-parliamentarian yesterday lashed out at local liquor industry giants saying they are spreading false campaigns that the locally made ethanol had drastically affected the quality of their liquor.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would be joining Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) political campaign from July 3, the party said yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s economy is slated to suffer a major breakdown soon as a result of wrong economic policies, former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka alleged yesterday.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Northern Province Governor P.S.M. Charles discussed steps being taken to prevent unauthorized boats arriving in the peninsula from India, the Prime Minister’s Media Division said.

While urging the government to reveal the foreign conspiracy against Sri Lanka as stated by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his special statement, the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) said yesterday it could be ‘electric chair’ Part-II to garn

The final report of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement review committee would be presented to the Cabinet to be studied before making a decision on the agreement, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister, Professor G.L.Peiris said.

The previous government did agree on some points on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement with the US but later decided against signing it following the derogation by the general public with regard to the issue, UNP General Secretary A

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the officials of the Central Bank to deliver justice to the depositors of the ETI Finance and The Finance Company PLC after seeking legal advice regarding those insolvent companies immediately, the President

US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo today spoke to Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to reaffirm the US partnership with the people of Sri Lanka and its commitment to supporting the country’s development and sovereignty, a spokesper

Sri Lankan migrant workers in Maldives’ hospitality sector, many of whom have either been furloughed or laid off recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic, could benefit when the country reopens its borders on July 15, High Commissioner of Maldives has