Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said he would agree with Colombo’s Archbishop His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith’s proposal to appoint an independent commission to probe Easter Sunday attacks.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila reiterated that future presidents were as powerful as the present President.

Government and Opposition members yesterday raised concerns over reports on the food served to them in parliament and urged the Speaker to submit a detailed report on this matter.

More than 750 employees attached to five locations of the Department of Zoological Gardens including the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala and Dehiwala struck work yesterday due to non-payment of overtime for a long time.

Ministers Lakshman Kiriella and Kabir Hashim had a showdown at today’s meeting of UNP seniors.

Sri Lanka skipper Lasith Malinga wreaked havoc on New Zealand batsmen with one yorker after another to help his team come out on top in a low-scoring affair.

At a meeting of party seniors, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is known to have expressed his desire to contest the presidential elections.

Prime Minister’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake testifying at the Presidential Commission today said the lease agreement with D.P.A. Jayasinghe & Company to rent out a building for the agricultural ministry in 2016 was signed without the Attorney Genera

Sevmi Tharuka Fernando - daughter of a Sri Lankan couple who had migrated to Italy about 30 years ago - qualified to participate in the finals of “Miss Italia” held yesterday night.

Former Minister and UPFA Matara district MP Chandrasiri Gajadeera (73) passed away at a private hospital in Colombo this evening, family sources said.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today expressed his displeasure at the conduct of MPs in parliament and said media reports on ministers not being in the House to respond to questions on Thursday was a blow to the reputation of parliament.

President Maithripala Sirisena today signed documents related to the extradition of former Governor of the Central Bank Arjuna Mahendran from Singapore to Sri Lanka, President’s Media Division said.

After the increase of the price of wheat flour by Rs.5.50 per kg, All Island Bakery Owners’ Association (AIBOA) had decided to increase the price of a loaf of bread by Rs.2 from midnight today.

The National Movement for Consumer Right’s Protection (NMCRP) said the price of one kilogram of Prima wheat flour had been increased by Rs.5 from today.

The Elections Department today requested the people to ensure that their names were in the 2019 electoral register.

The Tamil family facing deportation back to Sri Lanka will be allowed to stay in Australia for another two weeks before facing court for a “full and final hearing”.

The House was adjourned till September 17 after the government withdrew the day’s business, today.

A Sri Lankan national who pleaded guilty for fishing illegally in Seychelles’ waters will be repatriated to his country as a prohibited immigrant as part of the sentence imposed by the Supreme Court.

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95.

A 41-year-old man shot dead by an unidentified gunman inside an SLTB bus travelling from Aluthgama to Elpitiya this morning, police said.

Two policemen were injured after they were shot at by unidentified gunman on a motorcycle in Akuressa in the early hours today, police said.

It has been found that a powerful improvised explosive called urea nitrate - widely used by terrorists, had been used for the Ester Sunday explosions, Government Analyst K.A Waliyange said.

I believe that I would be fielded as the United National Party (UNP) presidential candidate with the blessings of Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and with the consent of other party members, UNP Deputy Leader Minister Sa

A few MPs have complained to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that they were under pressure from some ministers to place their signatures on a petition seeking presidential candidacy of the party to Minister and UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa,

Sri Lanka’s racing legend Dilantha Malagamuwa yesterday said that his Instagram account ’dilantha.malagamuwa’ had been hacked.

The absence of all ministers from whom oral questions were raised during today’s session prompted JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake to call it a black day in parliament.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) would field its own candidate at the upcoming presidential election, SLFP Spokesperson MP Weerakumara Dissanayake said today.

Most of the government ministers are avoiding parliament and spending time to pick a candidate for the presidential election, UPFA MP Dayasiri Jayasekera told parliament today.

Responding to the allegations made by MP Wimal Weerawansa, the US Embassy yesterday said it takes security in Sri Lanka very seriously.

Although liquor licences were issued to owners of hotels, the Finance Ministry said today that none of the current parliamentarians has been issued with liquor licences.