The Election Commission has instructed the police to remove stickers pasted on private vehicles including private buses and three-wheelers promoting presidential candidates or political parties.

The voting duration for the presidential election has been extended from 7.00 am to 5.00 pm considering the length of the ballot paper, Elections Commissioner-General Saman Sri Rathnayake said.

Two toddlers aged 2 and 3 were found dead after a woman jumped into a well with the two babies at Nedunkerny, Vavuniya, police said.

The Supreme Court today extended the stay order on the implementation of the death sentence till December 10.

The Election Commission has asked the Health Ministry Secretary to launch an inquiry over the presence of Government Medical Officers Association President Anuruddha Padeniya at the launch of the election manifesto of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLP

Body of two-year-old Sujith Wilson, who was found dead in a borewell in the wee hours of Tuesday, was brought to Pudur for cremation

New Democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa has pledged to provide sanitary hygiene products free of charge to young girls until cost-effective alternatives are found to resolve the issue of the social stigma they suffer.

The authorities of provincial councils (PCs) functioning under the governors are in dire financial straits since the Treasury has not released as much as Rs.6 billion to settle bills for projects implemented during the year under review, Daily Mirror

The 2-year-old Sujith, who was trapped inside a borewell, has been declared dead after 80 hours of non-stop rescue effort. Tamil Nadu Revenue Principal Secretary J Radhakrishnan confirmed the news at 2.15 am.

Residents of Demunewa in the Habarana Palugaswewa Divisional Secretariat have observed an abrupt surge in millipedes (hakarella) which has become an annoyance to their daily lives and is spreading a fear psychosis among them.

The Elections Commission (EC) has called for a meeting with political party representatives this morning to discuss matters related to the forthcoming presidential election, an official said yesterday. This is the third such meeting to be called by E

If there is a written request from the New Democratic Front (NDF) for a one-on-one debate on TV with its presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa and SLPP contender Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the latter will consider it, Galle District SLFP MP Ramesh Pathira

The election manifesto of National Democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa will be launched on October 31 in Kandy, Minister Lakshman Kiriella said.

Efforts to rescue a two-year-old boy named Sujith trapped in a borewell near Tiruchirappalli has entered day four with officials saying the child has fainted but was breathing.

Defending SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa of not accepting the challenge thrown at him by New Democratic Front (NDF) presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa for an open debate, the Opposition said today Minister Premadasa was not qualifi

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa today pledged to take the Tamil community in the North and East to the future from the past to which they have been confined.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that mega projects launched by the incumbent government would proceed under an administration spearheaded by New Democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing corruption of the current administration has completed 30 cases along with its proceedings, sources said.

The Islamic State militant group has appointed a new leader to spearhead the terrorist campaign in the wake of the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last night.

A 45-year-old woman was killed while another 10 were injured after a van and a jeep collided head-on at Ambagahawela Junction in Minhinthale this morning, police said.

President’s Office yesterday refuted allegations made by JVP Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath that Rs. 8000 million had been allocated for the personal use of the president in the future.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced Rawalpindi and Karachi as venues to host Sri Lanka in December as chances of Pakistan hosting its first Test series in 10 years have improved after discussions with the Sri Lank Cricket (SLC).

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday expressed his happiness on the great blow which the ISIS suffered with the killing of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

New Democratic Front presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, who previously challenged his opponent Gotabaya Rajapaksa to a one-to-one debate, renewed his call yesterday by challenging the entire Rajapaksa family to debate alone.

The Election Commission has decided to issue a temporary pass for about three hundred thousand voters who had applied but not yet received their national identity cards.

The former Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C. V. Wigneswaran, said that their future course of action would be decided according to the response to the 13 proposals put forward to the presidential candidates by the Tamil parties in the North

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said over the weekend that one must not allow anyone to destroy Sri Lanka’s democracy and rule of law once again and thus let another constitutional crisis take place.

The Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in a raid by US special forces on his Syrian safehouse, Donald Trump announced on Sunday, ending a years-long manhunt for one of the world’s most wanted terrorists.

The opening of the Ella-Wellawaya Road would be further delayed if wet weather continued in the coming days, Moneragala Disaster Management Center’s Assistant Director Raveendra Kumara said today.

Investigation papers involving 12 detained Malaysians, including two lawmakers from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) for alleged links to a Sri Lankan militant group, have been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Chambers, Counter-Terrorism Chief