UNP Deputy Leader, Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa has requested former members of the United National Party (UNP) including former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, who quit the party to rejoin.

Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled, BBC reported.

Lotus road in Colombo was temporarily closed due to a protest staged by disabled military officers, police said.

The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order staying the summon issued by the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court requiring former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa to attend before it on September 27.

President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the relevant officials to obtain the assistance of the armed forces in relief operations and as well as in evacuations in flood-prone areas, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said today.

The price of a packet of imported milk powder has been increased from today, the Consumer Affairs Authority said.

Leader of the House, Minister Lakshman Kiriella arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into fraud and corruption a short while ago over a financial misappropriation took place when recruiting employees to the Road Development Authority (RD

Most of the roads including some of the areas of Baseline Road had been flooded and causing heavy traffic due to the heavy rains, Police Emergency Division said.

The Road Development Authority today advised motorists using expressways to switch on headlights when travelling in the heavy rain.

Kokmaduwa and Welipenna interchanges on the Southern Expressway (E01) had been flooded and motorists are advised to use alternate routes, Southern Expressway Deputy Director R. A. D Kahatapitiya said.

Refuting allegations levelled by President Maithripala Sirisena against him regarding Solicitor-General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday he had not made any recommendation to appoint her to a post in t

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the American and Sri Lankan citizenship of former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and report its progress to court upon conclusion of the inves

Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa yesterday informed the Presidential Commission that he does not believe that appointing 2,300 employees to the National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) was illegal.

The remains of Mullaitivu Gurukanda Purana Raja Maha Vihara Chief Incumbent, Ven. Colombo Medhalankarakiththi Thera were cremated within the temple premises owing to a delay in receiving the court order.

UNP headquarters Sirikotha is being prepared for the working committee meeting on Thursday, September 26 to select its presidential candidate.

While stating that the controversial tele-conversation of Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe was only part of a bigger picture, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday called for her immediate removal pending an investigation.

A new intercity express train service titled ’Southern Intercity Express’ (Dakshina Nagaranthara Sigragmi) was commissioned from Colombo Fort to Beliatta from tomorrow, the Railway Department said.

People living along the Gin Ganga, Nilwala Ganga and Kalu Ganga in the Galle and Matara Southern provinces have been asked to be vigilant following a minor flood situation in the region.

The Meteorology Department today warned of heavy rainfalls more than 200 mm at some places in Sabaragamuwa, Central, Western and Southern provinces.

All schools in the Matara and Galle districts will be closed for two days from tomorrow due to prevailing rainy weather condition, the Southern Province Education Director said.

Attorney General Dappula De Livera has referred the matter of a controversial phone conversation between Solicitor-General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe and Avant-Garde Owner Nissanka Senadipathi to the Public Service Commission for investigation, th

A-36-year old woman was killed and another woman injured after two houses were destroyed in a landslide in Wanduraba this afternoon during the heavy rains, police said.

The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) today issued landslide warnings in three districts as rainy conditions continued.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) had launched a programme to woo the support of Sri Lankan’s domiciled abroad to ensure its victory at the upcoming presidential election, party sources said.

The Magistrate’s Court today discharged the eight accused including Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the Avant Garde floating armoury case filed by the Bribery Commission (BC).

Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa appeared before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption of the current administration a short while ago.

The Emigration and Immigration Department today suspended the normal service of issuing passports due to the strike by the Government Service Executive Officers. Striking workers demonstrated in front of the office crippling the routine duties of the

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, after a discussion with a team of his party seniors, decided last night to call for a meeting of the working committee on Thursday and conduct a secret ballot to select the presidential candidate, Daily Mirror lea

A discussion was held yesterday among the leader of the United National Front (UNF) and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Deputy Leader of United National Party (UNP), Minister of Housing and Construction and Cultural Affairs Sajith Premadasa

The Election Commission has given strict instructions to the district secretaries to stop all government functions and programmes that have been organised in a manner that violates the election law and gives political mileage to anyone, informed sour