Assets exceeding Rs. 6 billion were found from suspects who had abetted the mastermind of the Easter Sunday terrorist attack, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

President Maithripala Sirisena has consented to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks, MP Mahinda Amaraweera said today.

A tense situation arose in parliament yesterday after the government proposed to postpone the vote on the regulations imposed under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act while the opposition called for a vote claiming that it was against Standing Orde

Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said that it would consider the extradition request for Singapore national of Sri Lankan origin and former Sri Lanka Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran once the necessary supporting information and documents

Six US persons, who had arrived in Sri Lanka in a US State aircraft, had refused to hand over their luggage for inspection at a hotel in Colombo and at the airport, National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader MP Wimal Weerawansa alleged.

Some 115 suspects of the 293 arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks have been produced in the respective magistrate courts and remanded, while 178 suspects remain under detention, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.

The Colombo High Court today served indictment on former MP Sajin de Vass Gunawardena over money laundering charges and granted bail.

At least 44 Indians were arrested by the Department of Immigration and Emigration for overstaying their visas at a construction site at Slave Island today.

A new train service titled Sri Devi was commissioned from Colombo Fort to Kankesanthurai (KKS) this morning, the Railway Control room said.

Seven suspects including Prasad Ruwan alias ’Kudu Roshan’ and a Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) PS member were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) in connection with the incident where two underworld gang members were hacked to death nea

Attorneys for Ahimsa Wickrematunge have filed papers opposing the attempt by SLPP presidential hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa to halt the case filed against him in California on the alleged extrajudicial killing of her father, The Sunday Leader founding

The government had decided to implement a comprehensive and integrated electronic solution on traffic law violations in the country soon.

The report probing telephone records of Easter Sunday bombers – examined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – has been submitted to the CID which will continue further investigations, the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court was informed

People should decide whether or not to elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa as president taking into account the service he rendered in his capacity as the former Defence Secretary, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

The Cabinet granted approved for a letter of comfort for the cash-strapped Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to get further credit facilities from the state banks and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Daily Mirror learns.

Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said that his Ministry would promote 1000 recipes of Sri Lankan cuisine abroad by setting up ‘Thuna Paha’ restaurants in different capitals.

Joint Opposition MP T. B. Ekanayake yesterday called for appointing a special parliamentary select committee to look into the alleged misuse of Rs 3.6 billion from the Central Cultural Fund (CCF).

State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne said yesterday the adjournment debate moved by the opposition on misuse of funds of the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) was politically motivated and that it was a mudslinging campaign ahead of the presidentia

Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) did not mean to insult the most Ven. Mahanayaka Thera of Malwathu Chapter by ordering a probe on leasing out land to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to set up a cricket university in Kandy, Committee Chairman Sunil Hand

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today urged the Speaker to refer the allegation of misuse of funds of the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and Committee on Public Accounts (COPA).

The decisions concerning the upcoming election will be informed to the country within the next few days and there is no crisis in the United National Party (UNP), Chairman Kabir Hashim said.

YouTube has been fined a record $170m (£139m) by a US regulator for violating children’s privacy laws.

President Maithripala Sirisena commented on the course of action he is going to take on the Central Bank bond scam at the SLFP annual convention at the Sugathdasa Indoor Stadium on Tuesday afternoon after going through the three forensic audit report

There is a move to misuse funds during elections under the guise of bringing a vote on account, JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake alleged in parliament today.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is resisting widespread calls to allow a Sri Lankan Tamil family facing deportation to remain in Australia, saying he will not chase ‘Twitter public sentiment,” the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Wednes

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam formally withdrew an extradition bill on Wednesday that sparked month of protests and plunged the territory into its biggest political crisis in decades, the Guardian reported today.

After conceding the three-match T20I series to New Zealand, Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga said losing does not matter as long as his team shows character. Malinga’s comments came after Sri Lanka lost their fourth consecutive T20I series.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has called for an explanation from five of its members who had allegedly breached party discipline and expects to conclude the process within a month, which includes nullifying their Parliamentary membership, Genera

Former Minister of Agriculture, Duminda Dissanayake, a short while ago arrived at the Presidential Commission probing into corruption occurred during the present government’s tenure between 2015 and 2018.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will re-examine the closure of her embassy in Colombo in 2017, in view of the important relationship the country has with Sri Lanka.