A soldier and a civil worker of the army had been arrested with two T56 assault rifles and other firearm equipment in Kurunegala, police said.

Australia’s military intercepted a Sri Lankan boat carrying 13 asylum-seekers last month, Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Monday, as Canberra sought to defend the relocation of a Tamil family to a remote detention centre.

Amid the legal wrangling over the filling of the parliamentary seat that fell vacant after the death of Kurunegala District MP Salinda Dissanayake, Election Commission (EC) Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said yesterday the district returning officer had

Non-Cabinet Minister for Public Distribution and Economic Reforms Dr. Harsha de Silva said that the announcement of the presidential candidate of the UNP-led Democratic National will take place at the 73rd Anniversary of United National Party on Sept

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has left for the Maldives this morning for a three-day official visit. The Premier left for the Maldives by SriLankan Airlines flight UL 101 with a thirteen-member delegation.

President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday though the parliamentarians spent millions and millions of rupees on the constitution-making exercise, it did not bring any fruitful results at the end. President Maithripala Sirisena expressed his views

The Cabinet is reported to have objected to a memo submitted by Minister Sagala Ratnayake requesting approval to extend the service of an official in the Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA).

I will follow my father Ranasinghe Premadasa’s path and take forward Sri Lanka by devolving powers to the provincial councils at the highest level and transform Sri Lanka with the people’s strength to an undivided united country disregarding race

A proposal was adopted by the members of the Dayaka Sabha of Kelaniya Rajamaha Vihara to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Dayaka Sabha Chairman.

The post-Easter Sunday attacks (21/4) has been a ‘litmus test’ on Sri Lanka’s resolve to adhere to human rights standards while fighting terrorism, Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said.

Thousands of people protested in cities and towns across Australia on Sunday against the government’s efforts to deport a Tamil family back to Sri Lanka, Gulf Times reported.

The UNP-led alliance would not make the same mistakes it made during the last presidential election but would field a winning candidate this year, Minister Rajitha Senaratne said on Saturday.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate had issued a court order preventing protests and protest demonstration in the vicinity of the Hulftsdorp between September 1 and September 10, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

At least five people have been killed and many more injured in the second mass shooting in the US state of Texas in a month.

A total of 3,265 persons were arrested in a four-hour special operation conducted islandwide yesterday morning, police said.

Former Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) President Upul Jayasuriya on behalf of United Lawyers Association urged Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to step down from the United National Party (UNP) leadership and make way for a new leader.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that they would not change their presidential candidate at any cost.

Public sector experts have to decide on how to resolve the issues faced by Sri Lanka’s public administration system today, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Thursday.

The Elections Commission reiterated yesterday that using state officials, state vehicles and equipment, and other state resources for election propaganda would be a punishable offence under the election law.

In the backdrop of a brewing political crisis, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held talks with Minister Sajith Premadasa for one and half hours at Temple Trees on Thursday evening to find a way out, a party official said.

One should not hold rallies and dinners and spoil the UNP, its assistant leader Ravi Karunanayake said yesterday.

While maintaining that he was not aware of the UNP General Secretary, Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam calling for an explanation for alleged breach of party discipline from State Ministers Ajith P. Perera and Sujeewa Senasinghe, Finance Minister Man

UNP will ultimately field the candidate who is wanted by everyone and who could win the presidential elections, the party’s Gampaha District MP Harshana Rajakaruna said yesterday.

UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer, in a statement issued in view of the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, said Sri Lanka also has a long history of disappearances and this is evidenced by the numerous national c

Nisali Perera, studying at the Monash University had been killed in a hit-and-run in Melbourne’s south-east late last night.

The Colombo Trial-at-Bar today fixed the trial of the Welikada Prison massacre case to be heard from October 14, 2019, on all Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Former MP Sajin de Vass Gunawardena said today he was well aware of Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs and their objectives more than anyone else.

The Attorney General’s Department has informed the Elections Commission of its opinion on the parliamentary seat fell vacant after the demise of MP Salinda Dissanayake, AGs’ Department said.

The member of Wennappuwa Pradeshiya Sabha, Dulakshi Chamodari Fernando (21) and her elder sister, who were arrested for obstructing the duties of police officers at the CeyNor junction in Wennappuwa, were further remanded till October 6 by the Marawi

MPs Dullas Alahapperuma and Keheliya Rambukwella have been appointed as the official media spokespersons of SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the party announced today.