Four individuals including a woman were admitted to the Polgahawela hospital after their three-wheeler crashed into a horse in Polgahawela on the Colombo-Kurunegala main road last night, police said.

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya has informed Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that he had informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of his intention to retire from his post, Speaker’s media unit said.

The Supreme Court today issued an interim order directing the Controller of Immigration and Emigration to prevent Royal Park murder convict Shramantha Jude Jayamaha, who was released on a presidential pardon, from leaving the country until December 1

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the discussions during President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s visit would demonstrate where his assurance that he represented all Sri Lankans holds, the Hind

Former Crime Branch OIC at the Narahenpita Police A. D. Sumith Chammika Perera yesterday alleged former CID Director Shani Abeysekara and several other officers coerced him to implicate Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Namal Rajapaksa in the Wasim Thajudeen in

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will hold talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi today. Both leaders are likely to discuss areas of cooperation and ways to strengthen existing bilateral relations between the two

Former President Maithripala Sirisena will continue to engage in active politics even after the general elections, Sri Lanka Freedom Party’s (SLFP) Senior Vice President Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa said yesterday.

Galle District Secretary Somarathna Widanapathirana said that a decision taken by the Cabinet at the meeting that was held on November 11 to immediately stop the cultivation of oil palm in Sri Lanka has been conveyed to him.

The President’s Media Division (PMD) yesterday warned the people to be aware of individuals who promise perks including job appointments and tenders by impersonating as close associates of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The National Police Commission (NPC) has decided to annul the post of Sri Lanka Police Media Spokesman, a senior police officer told Daily Mirror yesterday.

Discussions have commenced with regard to resolving the matter relating to the Opposition Leader’s post and the UNP leadership, several party seniors including General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Ranjith Madduma Bandara and Thalatha Athukora

Five people lost their lives and 614 people belonging to 172 families have been affected due to adverse weather conditions experienced in the Uva, Eastern, Northern, Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces, the Disaster Management Centr

The Education Ministry today instructed its officials to conduct a countrywide dengue prevention campaign in schools prior to the commencement of the O/L examination and again before the reopening of schools for the first term in 2020.

Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said yesterday the government should intervene to investigate the incidents of Dr. Shafi Shahabdeen and the controversy involving the sharia university of former governor M.A.L.M. Hisbullah without any po

The government has decided to bring down the income tax rate from 24 per cent to 18 per cent, Co-Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardana said today.

Distributing vouchers instead of providing school uniforms would be the most practical and efficient method, said Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma addressing a ceremony at Dharmapala Vidyalaya at Pannipitiya today.

The government has decided to temporarily halt the provision of the tabs for school students until a proper probe into the alleged misappropriations were carried out, Co-Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardana said today.

Proficiency in at least two languages should be made mandatory and considered as a qualification when recruiting new state employees, Public Administration and Home Affairs State Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said today.

Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko and his supporters were detained by the Delhi Police on Thursday for protesting against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s visit to India.

The Maldivian Criminal Court today sentenced former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom to five years in prison and imposed a fine of USD 5 million over money laundering charges, edition.mv reported a short while ago.

The Sri Lankan Government today said a police investigation has been launched over the alleged criminal incident concerning a Swiss Embassy employee and requested the fullest cooperation of the Embassy of Switzerland in this regard.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left for India, making his first overseas visit as the President.

Colombo city is to experience unhealthy air quality in the morning hours which would gradually decline after mid-noon, Senior Scientist H.D.S. Premasiri said.

The body of a 32-year-old person was found at Park Road in Narahenpita this morning, police said.

A six-member committee has been appointed on a directive of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to submit recommendations on the appointment of qualified and suitable persons to statutory boards and State-owned enterprises (SOEs), Presidential Media Unit s

UNP MP John Amaratunga had said he was ready to resign as the party organiser for Wattala and hand over the reins to a young party member.

The police and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are conducting investigations into the alleged incident of threatening a local employee of the Swiss Embassy in Sri Lanka by unknown assailants, the Foreign Ministry (FM) said.

The railway service which had been suspended due to derailment of the Colombo-bound Yal Devi express train between Galgamuwa and Ambanpola stations had resumed from this morning, the Railway Operations Superintendent Gamini Seneviratne said.

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is leaving for India on a two-day official visit today, Presidential Media Unit said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is likely to prorogue parliament soon to begin a new session along with his maiden speech to the House, Daily Mirror learns.