Denouncing the claim made by some that the next president of Sri Lanka would be a scarecrow as a result of the 19th Amendment to the constitution, the UNF alliance’s candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday said he will not act like a powerless leader

An organised scam was conducted by a group of racketeers’ through social media to collect money, the police warned the general public today.

Malaysian police today disclosed financial transactions involving a huge sum of money had been carried out, believed to activate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group in the country.

The Executive Committee of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) has decided to back the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, its leader Arumugan Thondaman said.

SriLankan Airlines today cancelled its flights from Colombo to Narita (flight UL460) and flight UL461 from Narita-Malé to Colombo due to Typhoon Hagibis.

Motorcycles are prohibited from using the Dehiwala flyover due to an increasing number of accidents, police said.

Twenty-five youths, including four girls, who were engaging in illicit behaviour were arrested during a raid on a party organised through Facebook at a hotel in Thambiliyana in Avissawella last night.

Three persons were killed and another injured when a tree fell on their house in Welimada last night, police said.

A stock of military items including hand grenades, live ammunition, and explosives was found in a house of a former LTTE member in Kilinochchi, police said.

Malaysian police have detained five more men over alleged links to the Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatist group, news agencies reported.

Although open, the Colombo Lotus Tower would remain closed for public viewing until next year as it has not yet been fully completed, Project Director Shantha Gunananda said.

German Vice Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Steffen Bilger, who was in Sri Lanka recently, speaks to Daily Mirror, among others, about the importance of the port and airport services in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who left for Singapore for a medical check-up, returned to the country early this morning, airport sources said.

In spite of SLFP’s pledge to support Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, it was unlikely that all voters who voted for the SLFP and UPFA at the local government polls in February 2018 would vote en-mass for Mr. Rajapaksa at the presidential poll, Parliamentarian

JVP MP Vijitha Herath said yesterday there had been several unofficial discussions between the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to garner their support to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was f

The government is in a move to issue a ten year US$ 500 million (60 billion yen) Samurai Bond package to repay foreign loans under the provisions of the Responsible Management Liability Act passed in 2003.

The UNP led alliance will go ahead with its strategies to win the presidential election ignoring the results of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election, some MPs of the party said yesterday.

The Association of Information Technology Professionals said yesterday that it was deeply saddened when it saw UNP presidential candidate, Mr. Sajith Premadasa, trying to mislead the public by showing a dashboard which he referred to as ’’Artific

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) won all 17 wards of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Saba securing the election victory. The party garnered 23,372 votes and won 17 seats.

Opposition and SLPP Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said although many candidates have been fielded in the presidential election with the objective of splitting votes, the votes for the SLPP candidate cannot be split from such moves.

The forensic audit which is being carried out as per the recommendations of the presidential commission on the Central Bank bond scam would be completed by mid-November, Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.

Thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning were likely to occur at several places in the Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, North-Western, North-Central and Northern provinces and in Matara, Badulla, Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts in the eveni

The election manifesto of the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) will be launched on October 26 at the Water’s Edge Hotel, JVP MP Vijitha Herath said today.

The voter turnout of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election was recorded as over 75 per cent at the conclusion of the election, Galle District Returning Officer Somarathna Vidanapathirana said.

Former Customs Director-General Jagath Premalal Wijeweera and former Customs Assistant Director-General Tharaka Seneviratne, were released on bail by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today.

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to ’’achieve peace and international cooperation’’.

The voter turnout of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election was recorded as 55 per cent as at 1 pm, elections officials said.

The Supreme Court today extended the order staying the Special High Court Trial-at-Bar from hearing the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum Case till December 20.

Mohammed Gadafi, a drug smuggler who was found guilty of possessing 43.44 grammes of heroin, was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court today, Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer Nishara Jayaratne said.

Three Turkish nationals including a child were arrested by Special Task Force officers attached to the Thunmulla post last evening in Kohuwala on charges of visa violations.