Referring to remarks made by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa that he would create an environment where everyone could live without fear, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe asked whether Mr Rajapaksa would

Karuwalagaswewa Pradeshiya Sabha member Dimantha Vimukthi Ekanayake had been arrested with heroin in Anamaduwa this afternoon, police said.

A 47-year-old manager of a popular salon in Slave Island, Colombo, had been murdered at Muttiah Road in Slave Island last night, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Two spill gates of the Laxapana reservoir have been completely opened following the incessant showers experienced in the catchment areas, Pradeep Kodippili, Deputy Director of the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.

Two suspects were arrested by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for attempting to smuggle in 1.45 kilos of methamphetamine (Ice) yesterday, police said.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, issuing a statement in the wake of Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa announcing his candidate, said ’’the next president would not be another Rajapaksa but a man who will unite the forces of transparent, se

Minister Sajith Premadasa said today in Thirappane, Anuradhapura that he would contest the forthcoming presidential election without fail and that he expects the support of people in the country.

The country needs a leader who looks at 2030 instead of 2020 and has the ability to terminate corruption, drugs and poverty, newly appointed SLPP Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said today announcing Gotabaya Rajapaksa as their presidential candidate.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who referring to the announcement of SLPP led alliance’s new name and its candidate for the presidential elections, today said the leaders of the former regime will not change their old ways even if they come in

While assuring that he would not compromise the sovereignty of the nation before any other country, Gotabaya Rajapaksa today pledged that he would take the responsibility of the security of all the citizens.

Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been named as the Presidential Candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) by the party leader Mahinda Rajapaksa at its National Convention a short while ago.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa has been appointed as the leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) at its national convention at the Sugathadasa Stadium, today. Chairman of SLPP Prof. G. L. Peiris handed over a token of leadership to the

In the midst of a campaign going within the UNP to name its Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election, its General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam today said the party should safeguard its lead

The inaugural national convention of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) kicked off at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium a short while ago.

It appears reports that terrorists from Sri Lanka have slipped into the Philippines and were preparing for attacks in Luzon were nothing more than a family feud “gone awry,” said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday, August 11.

Ten senior police officers including Senior Superintendent (SP) W.S. Nishshanka, the Director of the Judicial Security Division, had been transferred.

The visiting United States Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Alice Wells met with Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa at his official residence in Wijerama this morning.

At least 22 people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes as Typhoon Lekima hit China, according to state media.

A 27-year-old pump attendant was killed when he was shot at by two gunmen arrived on a motor bicycle to rob a fuel station at Kahawatte Ela in Polgahawela last night, police said.

The High Posts Committee has approved the appointments of thirteen persons including President’s Counsel and prominent human rights activist-lawyer J. C. Weliamuna and former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal Kapila Jayampathy (Rtd.), nominated

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa in an interview with Tamil language Virakesari newspaper on Saturday said that he will be the prime ministerial candidate at the forthcoming general elections.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it was verifying information on two supposed terrorists from Sri Lanka reported to be training bombers to launch attacks in Luzon, Rappler.com reported.

Amid a simmering crisis within the United National Party (UNP) over its presidential candidate, the leaders of parties allied to the UNP met Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday and discussed amendments to the constitution of the proposed

The government will not sign agreements with any country without seeking the Attorney General’s advice, Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday.

The government’s failure to obtain parliamentary approval for the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Acquisition and Cross Service Agreement (ACSA) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to be signed with the US is a violation of the consti

Referring to the remarks made by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa about its presidential candidate being like a terminator, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the country did not need a terminator but one wh

The pro-Sajith Premadasa faction in the United National Party (UNP) have collected signatures of more than 50 MPs for a letter requesting party leader and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to convene a meeting of the parliamentary group and the wor

United National Party (UNP) General Secretary, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday the party would take disciplinary action if its code of conduct was breached by any member at an event organised in Badulla.

Non-Cabinet Minister Ajith P. Perera said UNP’s Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa, whom he described as the party’s presidential candidate, would launch his election campaign at a massive rally at Wills Park Grounds in Badulla on Monday.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said yesterday the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attack had become more popular among the people after it was opened to the media that some people say it is popular than ’Kopi Kade’ teledrama.