At yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have asked the ministers to submit their views on the recommendations made by State Minister of Finance, Eran Wickramaratne on restructuring SriLankan Airlines on the bas

JVP MP Vijitha Herath said yesterday that the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) should be summoned before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) to probe the allegation made by President Maithripala Sirisena on the misuse of Rs. 2 bil

The Cabinet is reported to have endorsed a new Anti-terrorism Bill to deal with the latest threat of terrorism in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks by terror groups linked to ISIS.

Late President J. R. Jayewardene will be happy on the day when the executive presidency is abolished, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said yesterday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the parliamentary group of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday that he was ready to introduce a new constitution within a year based on the consensus reached at the Constitutional Assembly (CA).

United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today certain groups had launched an organised campaign to show there was a crisis within the UNP and its allies with regard to the selection of the presidential candidate.

Relating to the remarks made by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) Chairman Inoka Sathyangani during a news briefing that Rupavahini’s rank was increased to 6 from 8th place, Kalum Palitha Mahirathna said it was not because of any progress of

Heshan Nayanajith and two other petitioners who are voters and residents within the limits of the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha today filed a fundamental rights petition seeking the Supreme Court to cancel the decision of the Election Commission to hold

The trial against Avant Garde Martime Services (Pvt) Ltd Chairman Nissanka Senadhipthi has been fixed for October 22 and will be heard in the absence of the accused.

Two Indian nationals who were found guilty of importing, possessing and smuggling heroin in Sri Lanka, were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Negombo High Court today, police said.

The Lotus Road from Ceramic Junction towards Galle Road has been closed due to a protest march carried out by disabled military personnel, police said.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said today he would consider contesting the forthcoming presidential election only with the political forces which had since 1995 had consistently stood for the abolishing of the executive presidency.

Responding to allegations made by President Maithripala Sirisena on the Lotus Tower project, Opposition MP Bandula Gunawardana today asked the President to appoint an independent commission to investigate the matter.

Baddegama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman (SLPP) Anura Narangoda was arrested today for allegedly assaulting two men on September 12, police said.

A fire broke out at an apartment building at Aramaya Road in Dematagoda a short while ago, the fire brigade said.

Shantha Bandara, D.B. Herath and Manoj Sirisena were sworn in as members of parliament (MPs) before Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri in parliament today.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) today said that it would launch a 24-hour token strike from 8 a.m. tomorrow over a salary anomaly issue.

Minister Sajith Premadasa today said that if the public made a request that he is not suitable for politics and should retire he would not keep clinging to things like an octopus.

Minister Harin Fernando yesterday said he and the others who are backing UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa will have to seek an alternative if Mr. Premadasa is not given the green light to contest for the presidency.

A top officer in parliament had undertaken 39 foreign tours in the past five years (2014 – 2019), according to an internal report.

Eight police personnel including the OIC of the anti-vice squad attached to the Chilaw police have been interdicted due to alleged malpractice, police said.

Minister Sajith Premadasa said today there has been no scientific survey done on the maintainability or the abolition of the executive presidency and his personal views are of no value.

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given prominence to fight global warming which effects Sri Lanka directly, Mr. Rajapaksa’s Spokesperson MP Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday said.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said yesterday it would fully back any move to abolish the executive presidency even at this stage ahead of the election.

The Anti-Malaria Campaign (AMC) yesterday sounded the alarm on the possibility of malaria rearing its ugly head following the detection of five protozoan parasite Plasmodium-infected patients who returned from a pilgrimage to India.

While admitting that the ‘Lotus Tower’ is a monumental landmark of Sri Lanka’s technological and architectural achievement, the construction of this massive edifice began with a huge financial disaster as no one knows what happened to Rs. 2 bil

Ananda Palitha, the secretary of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) chapter of the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) alleged that the daily usage of kerosene which was at 300 metric tons had been increased to 700 metric tons per day due to widesprea

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to have called for a meeting with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today to discuss matters related to the presidential election.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) said today the presidential candidate of the United National Front (UNF) should be selected without any delay and through a secret ballot by its parliamentary group.

The plan devised by the government to relocate the Agriculture Ministry at DPJ tower and to house its Parliamentary Oversight Committees at ‘Govijana Mandiraya’ did not yield expected results, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe admitted today at