With the rectification of pension anomalies, the payment of arrears of over half a million pensioners would be paid on the November 8 with the five months arrears, Public Administration Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara said.

One of the top priorities of a Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led government would be to eliminate corruption and misappropriation in the public sector and as such, in the shortest possible time Arjuna Mahendran would be brought back to Sri Lanka from Singapore

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday a country could not be developed sans an empowered State sector which was efficient and free from undue influence.

Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate and inquire into the Easter Sunday terror attacks will commence its commission’s proceedings today (Oct 31), Secretary to the Commission H.M.B.P. Herath informed Daily Mirror today.

New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa today pledged to ban all forms of extremism in the country, but not to harm any religious or ethnic group under the pretext of doing so.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education Rauff Hakeem stated that the Muslim Personal Law is facing a great threat, and said if ‘Rajapaksas’ take office, this law will be abolished i

The Elections Commission has received 2,138 complaints from October 8 to 29 regarding election law violations and violent activities, the Commission said.

Special security measures would be implemented at all police divisions today and tomorrow (Oct. 31 and Nov. 1) where postal voting for the Presidential Election will take place, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said today.

The UNP has not taken any action against State Minister Wasantha Senanayake, Party Chairman Kabir Hashim said today.

While saying he would not quit from politics despite his previous statement, Foreign Affairs State Minister Wasantha Senanayake categorically said he would continue to function as the State Minister despite reports about moves to suspend him from the

According to weather prediction reports, inclement weather conditions with potential rain will cease during the election period, Disaster Management Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara said.

The Attorney General has concluded action in 13,283 criminal cases within first 10 months of this year while forwarding 8,319 indictments to the High Courts, Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said today.

The Livestock Development Ministry said that it would not grant any permission to import any stocks of chicken and eggs due to accumulation of local stocks.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he would continue to function as the Prime Minister under the presidency of Sajith Premadasa.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa’s youngest son Rohitha and wife Tatyana were blessed with a baby boy this morning.

The Election Commission said nearly 659,030 were eligible to cast their postal votes from tomorrow to November 5 with November 7 as an additional day for postal voting for those who had failed to cast their votes earlier.

Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock.

President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have told the Cabinet today that he would not accept the report compiled by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) that probed the Easter Sunday carnage.

New Democratic Front (NDF) candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday turned down the request that had been made by his rival SLPP candidate to make a formal written request from him for a public debate stating there is no need for written request if the l

The imported new S14 Chinese Power Set named “Denuwara Menike” would be operating between Badulla and Colombo Fort from November 1 for use in the upcountry railway service, the Railways Department said.

Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said today it would be opportune for Sri Lanka to improve the investment climate in Sri Lanka since there were many large Chinese companies eager to put their money on the ground.

UNP has decided to expel State Minister Wasantha Senanayake from the party, Party General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today. Mr. Kariyawasam told Daily Mirror that action will be taken to remove his state ministerial portfolio as well.

As per the amendment of the Finance Act after the 2019 Budget, the tax imposed on motor vehicles applied only to luxury motor cars and jeeps but not on small cars, the Finance Ministry said today.

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader MP Udaya Gammanpila today said the United National Party (UNP) is allegedly conspiring to put the blame for the Easter Sunday attacks on the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Ra

The atmospheric disturbance in the Bay of Bengal to the south-west of Sri Lanka has moved over the Arabian Sea but is likely to move away from the country while developing further, the Meteorology Department said today.

The Cabinet today approved the implementation of a US$ 480 million MCC Grant on a proposal made by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara today questioned the rationale behind the New Democratic Front (NDF) releasing its manifesto after the start of postal voting and said it was an indication that the NDF had neglected 1.5 million public serva

The Litro Gas Lanka Ltd today said there is an understandable shortage of LP gas in the market in the aftermath of the Saudi Aramco drone attack but assured that it would continue to supply gas to the consumers.

Eight men, including two state assemblymen, were charged in the Malaysian sessions court for their alleged connection with the LTTE terrorist group, the Sun Daily reported today quoting Bernama.

All schools in the Hambantota District will be closed tomorrow (30) due to adverse weather conditions, Hambantota Additional District Secretary Suneth Lochana said today.