President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a telephone conversation with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his empathy to Australians as they battle one of the worst bushfires in history.

Government members are expected to request President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the exposures from the audio recording among former state minister Ranjana Ramanayaka, a CID officer and a High Court Judge, State M

Cases investigated by former CID director SSP Shani Abeysekera and court orders given by High Court Judge Padmini Ranawaka should be reviewed by the Chief Magistrate to ensure justice is done, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila said today

State Minister Shehan Semasinghe today urged that those mentioned in MP Ranjan Ramanayake’s audio clips including former CID director SSP Shani Abeysekara mentioned in MP Ranjan Ramanayake audio clips.

Referring to the incident where MP Ranjan Ramanayake is reported to have telephoned former CID director Shani Abeysekara, UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra said today there was nothing wrong because Mr. Ramanayake had not influenced Mr Abeysekara.

A Hingurakgoda resident claims to have been held in remand custody for 10 months until the government analyst submitted his report after the Police arrested him and produced him in court on charges of being in possession of a foreign-made pistol, whi

Former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today rejected allegations of being involved in any plot to kill State Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage.

State Minister of Power and Energy, Mahindananada Aluthgamage today requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to take action against former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and MP Ranjan Ramanayake, whom he accused of plotting to kill him.

Former CID Director SSP Shani Abeysekera has been interdicted with immediate effect, the National Police Commission said.

Several members of the Opposition today requested the Speaker to table in Parliament the report of the forensic audit on the Central Bank bond scam despite the advise given by the Attorney General to the contrary.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today informed parliament that the Attorney General had requested him not to table the report of the forensic audit on the Central Bank bond scam in parliament.

At least 15 passengers were hospitalised after the bus they were travelling in collided head on with a bowser at Malpitiya in Pothuhera this afternoon, police said.

Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede in the south-eastern Iranian city of Kerman, where hundreds of thousands of mourners have gathered for the burial of the military commander Qassem Suleimani, according to state media.

Former MP Sarana Gunawaradene, who was sentenced to three years in prison this morning, has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court soon after the Magistrate’s ruling.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) Chairman Kumarasinghe Sirisena has tendered his resignation with effect from January 6. Mr. Sirisena is the brother of former President Maithripala Sirisena.

The Beira Lake Purification Project should be commenced immediately and the steps should be taken to close down the areas from where garbage disposed to the lake, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said.

Former MP Sarana Gunawaradene has been sentenced to three years in prison today by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka for a two-day official visit on January 14, Foreign Ministry sources told Daily Mirror yesterday.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union leader Aishe Ghosh and 19 others have been named in a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Delhi Police for allegedly vandalising the university server room and attacking security guards on January

Sri Lanka’s health ministry is closely monitoring a pneumonia outbreak in China and will activate a contingency plan at the airport, if the situation worsens; informed sources at the Health Ministry told the Daily Mirror yesterday.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed the relevant officials to approve housing and small-scale business construction plans within a day if the the plans are in order and prepared properly.

UNF leaders who met yesterday in Colombo had focused on several alternatives including forming a grand alliance with the leadership of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa while allowing the present leader Ranil Wickremeisnghe to remain as the leader o

The government has decided to review the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Act enacted by Parliament during the former regime, an official said.

Commuter Transport Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has appointed a three-member committee led by the Deputy General Manager of Railways (DGMR) to look into the circumstances that led to the idling of ten locomotive engines at the Maligawatta r

Commenting on controversial audio clips now going viral on social media platforms, former state minister Ranjan Ramanyake said he, as a minister who was committed to expose illegal and fraudulent acts, had to discuss matters with people representing

Several controversial audio clips of former state minister and film actor Ranjan Ramanyake communicating with various persons are now going viral on social media platforms.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said some provisions in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution were impractical and that alternative solutions should be sought instead.

During a special raid launched countrywide last Sunday night, the police arrested 136 foreigners from 15 countries for overstaying in the country thus violating their visa conditions.

There are grave matters such as the bond scam, Easter Sunday carnage and Malwana Mansion that need to be investigated other than the arrest of MP Ranjan Ramanayake for keeping a pistol without a renewed license, UNP MP Harshana Rajakaruna said today.

MP Patali Champika Ranawaka’s former driver Thusitha Dilum Kumara was yesterday released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate with two sureties of Rs.250,000 each.