Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday said that only the Yahapalana Government opened the door for external interference to the extent of commenting on the appointment of army commander.

Following the questioning of Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) of the Palai Hospital, police yesterday recovered of a stock of weapons and ammunition from the Karandiya area in Palai, the police said.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said on Monday that Pakistan deeply valued its close and friendly relations with Sri Lanka which had been nurtured over decades through a continuous interaction at bilateral, regional and international levels, APP News r

The FCID yesterday informed Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratna that more than Rs. 4 billion had been received from foreign countries and credited to one account of a state bank in Sri Lanka on behalf of the university being constructed in Batti

China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress on Monday approved an extradition treaty with Sri Lanka, Chinese media reported yesterday.

The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP ) today decided to remove its party treasurer S.B Dissanayake as he did not participate in the Committee meeting during the previous gatherings.

While stating that people affected by Easter attacks still seem traumatised, the visiting UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Ahmed Shaheed said he had received complaints from affected parties that they had not yet received prope

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) said today that there would be no necessity to mark second and third preferences at the presidential poll as cautioned by some NGOs.

Motorists using Marine Drive are advised to use alternate routes due to heavy traffic reported in Bambalapitiya along the Marine Drive from Dehiwala to Kollupitiya, police said.

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 65 runs in the second Test in Colombo on Monday to square the two-match series 1-1.

Nineteen senior students of the Ruhuna University who were arrested over a ragging incident were further remanded until September 9 by the Matara Magistrate today.

Canadian High Commissioner David McKinnon met Northern Province Governor Suren Ragavan at the Governor’s Secretariat today.

A businessman and another were shot dead by two unidentified gunmen at Pahathgama in Hanwella last night, the police said.

The government has decided to transfer the inmates in other prisons with serious criminal charges to the Boossa Prison in Galle, under tight security.

Another round of discussion between Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is scheduled to take place tomorrow at the office of the opposition leader.

The removal of emergency regulations will not hinder the investigations against the suspects of Easter Sunday attack, said Police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera.

Presidential candidate of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Gotabaya Rajapaksa said, if I am elected to office, would definitely fulfil the request made by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith to appoint an independent commission to probe Easter Sunday terroris

The National Democratic Alliance (NDF) will be formed soon and a candidate will be named shortly, Prime Minister Rani Wickremesighe said on Saturday.

Air transportation between India and Palali Airport in Jaffna will start before the end of the year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

Drawing similarities from a Jathaka Katha, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa invited the youth to learn from the history and be foresighted instead of short-sighted.

A 59-year-old man, Rasheed Akbar, was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) from Muruthawela, Mawanella for allegedly aiding banned terrorist organisations, police said.

SLMC MP M. S. Thowfeek today said that a broader alliance is needed to overcome the challenges which the UNP and its allies would face at the next presidential election.

A man was reportedly committed suicide after allegedly poisoning his two sons at Konthanthivu in Uduppuwa this morning, police said.

A soldier attached to the Inamaluwa Army Camp in Sigiriya was killed due to an electrocution last evening, police said.

Lifting the State of Emergency will not have any impact on the ban imposed on terrorist organisations, the National Media Centre of the Ministry of the Defence said yesterday.

Five persons, including a woman, have been detained for questioning as the police in Tamil Nadu and Kerala continued their close screening of people and places in the hope of securing clues relating to the reported infiltration of six Lashkar-e-Taiba

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in China is expected to ratify extradition treaties with Sri Lanka and Vietnam at its bi-monthly session from Thursday to Monday, the Global Times reported.

President Maithripala Sirisena, who discontinued the state of emergency, has issued a separate regulation under the same law to summon the armed forces for active service if and when necessary in all the administrative districts of the country.

Following an agreement reached by both parties to the case, Galle Additional Magistrate Sanjeewani Pathirana yesterday ordered five students of the Advanced Technological Institute at Labuduwa in Galle to pay Rs.600,000 as compensation to a female st

UNP Deputy Leader and Minister Sajith Premadasa yesterday claimed that his presidential candidacy is confirmed. “Do not have doubts about my candidacy as I will definitely contest the presidential elections in December this year,” Mr. Premadasa t