Amid a deepening rift in the United National Party (UNP), party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to travel to India on a two-day visit later this month to take part in an international conference at the Hindu Huddle, a senior UNP MP told Daily

Crucial talks involving the leaders of the two factions of the United National Party (UNP) ended yesterday with the decision to consult the legal advice on the possibility of the alliance using the elephant symbol at the general elections.

If the fuel price in the global market continues to drop, the government will consider a price reduction in the domestic market, Power, Energy, and Commuter Transport Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday.

Mankulam Police said excavations have been stopped until the report of the Judicial Medical Officer of Kilinochchi was received on the skeletal remains found at the premises of the Mankulam hospital new ward complex in Mullaitivu.

No one has gone against United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe other than emphasizing the need for unity to win the most number of seats at the general elections, MP Gamini Wijith Wijeyamuni de Soysa said today.

The Sri Lankan government takes strong objection to the imposition of travel restrictions on Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva and his immediate family members by the United States government, based on independently unverified information, Sri

The Central Bank’s observations on the Forensic Audit on the Central Bank bond scam have been sent to the Parliament Committee on Public Finance (CPF), sources said.

The United States said Friday it would refuse entry to Sri Lanka’s Army chief over what it said “credible” evidence of human rights violations in the 2009 finale to the civil war in Sri Lanka.

The cases filed against heroin addicts have increased by 64% in 2019 and the drug menace has to be controlled before it becomes a national disaster, Justice, Human Resources and Legal Reforms Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said.

Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, was remanded until February 17 by the Fort Magistrate Court Ranga Dissanayake today.

Three kilos of drugs suspected to be ice or methamphetamine worth more than Rs.30 million were found floating in mid-sea off Tangalle this morning, police said.

With the completion of the 145-kilometre distance of the Southern Expressway (E-01), the Godagama to Barawakumbuka stretch of 96 kilometres will be open for public on Sunday, Southern Expressway Deputy Director R.A.D Kahatapitiya said.

President of the Republic of Guinia-Bissau, Umaro Cissoko Embalo, accompanied by Ms. Suzi Barbosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea-Bissau who made a brief visit to Sri Lanka this morning en route to Spain called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapa

The Nigerian Navy has handed over seven Sri-Lankas, 46 Nigerians and two Ghanaians who were crew members on board seven vessels that were arrested between December 3, 2019, and December 30, 2019, over alleged illegal bunkering, to the Economics and F

Six suspects including Shangri-La Hotel suicide bomber’s father Mohamed Ibrahim were further remanded until February 28 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Court today.

Speaking at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Thursday, Sri Lanka said that timelines evolved externally to achieve transitional justice in the country would only hinder the reconciliation process as such timelines would lack any ground realitie

The Galle Road has been closed opposite the Presidential Secretariat due to a protest staged by the teachers and Principals.

The thirty-three Sri Lankan students, who returned from Wuhan, China and quarantined at the Diyatalawa Army Camp were released this morning, Army spokesman Brigadier Chandana Wickramasinghe said.

Former Sri Lanka skipper and current Marylebone Cricket Club’s president Kumar Sangakkara has said that the 2009 Lahore terror attack taught him about his own character and values.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday night foiled an attempt to smuggle 661 kilos of ganja, worth over Rs 1 crore, to Sri Lanka.

The Officer in Charge of the Colombo Crimes Division, Chief Inspector Neville de Silva said before Nugegoda Magistrate U. Harsha Palpola that he was not notified to obtain an arrest warrant on interdicted Embilipitiya High Court Judge Gihan Pilapitiy

Fresh efforts have been initiated to prevail upon the UNP leadership to allow the new alliance ‘Samagi Janabalavegaya’ led by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa to adopt the elephant symbol with MPs Malik Samarawickrama and Mangala Samaraweera ta

Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who returned to Sri Lanka this morning was taken into custody by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning.

The Prime Minister’s office yesterday denied reports that Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, had used state funds or travelled with his wife to India when the Prime Minister had undertaken an official visit ther

The Attorney General (AG) has given clearance for the government’s move to increase the borrowing limit to Rs.1,088 billion from Rs.735 billion envisaged in the Appropriation Act in a bid to raise money to settle bills for transactions done by the

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa is to meet all UNP MPs and organizers at Parliamentary complex today to discuss on the symbol under which the party is to contest the next general election, an MP close to Mr. Premadasa said yesterday.

The United National Party (UNP) extends an invitation to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to join the new alliance led by Sajith Premadasa and contest the upcoming parliamentary elections, UNP MP Harshana Rajakaruna said yesterday.

The government has expressed its satisfaction on preventive measures taken by the Chinese Government and its embassy in Colombo to contain the spread of novel coronavirus in Sri Lanka, an official from the Chinese Embassy told Daily Mirror yesterday.

UNP National Organiser Navin Dissanayake told a press conference held yesterday that he would not contest the upcoming general elections if he were not allowed to contest under the elephant symbol.

The Survey Department of Sri Lanka (SDSL) had completed surveying 1,470,688 lots of land consisting of a total area of 3,555 square kilometres under the ’Bim Saviya’ programme but titles have been issued only for half of that amount, SDSL Senior