President Maithripala Sirisena today said that as Sri Lanka and Japan are both interested in maritime security, they should further increase cooperation between the two navies to ensure international maritime security as well as safety and security i

While claiming that participating in constitutional reform under this government was not a feasible option, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said today they would put forward a set of proposals to reform the constitution at the forthcoming preside

Attorney General Dappula De Livera commenced giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday’s attacks a short while ago.

The Rural Economic Affairs subject held by Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara and the Livestock Development subject held by Minister P. Harrison has been swapped among the two ministers, the President’s Media Division said.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 10 political parties to form a new political alliance.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa arrived at the Special High Court Trial-at- Bar for the hearing of the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum case.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, select ministers and a state minister are to be summoned by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attacks on August 6, informed sources said today.

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades-long dormant policy allowing the federal government’s use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.

The remaining seven out of the nine Muslim parliamentarians who resigned their ministerial portfolios, are to be sworn-in as cabinet ministers before President Maithripala Sirisena this morning at the Presidential Secretariat in the same positions th

Non-Cabinet Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology, Ajith P. Perera in a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Sectoral Oversight Committee of Legal Affairs, Corruption and Media had requested to arrange an investigation on

Introducing a motion in parliament, TNA Leader R. Sampanthan yesterday called for the Constitution introduced in 1978 to be abolished and a new one brought in.

Former Commandant Eastern Province Major General Lal Perera yesterday said he had warned National Thowheed Jamaath Leader Zahran in 2014 to desist from the extremist activities he was engaged in.

The controversy surrounding Dr. Siyabdeen Shafi for alleged unlawful sterilisation of hundreds of women has to be resolved through a forensic investigation sooner than later because the problem has got out of hand, Megapolis and Western Development M

Former IGP and National Defence Advisor N. K. Illangakoon yesterday said that there had been a serious communication gap between the intelligence arm and law implementing institutions leading to the Easter Sunday carnage.

Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana today rejected allegations that the Additional Secretary to the Ministry had requested information on particular cases from the Chief Justice and Judges of the Colombo High Court and said he had only conveyed the reque

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila today said former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa received the final document pertaining to the renunciation of his US citizenship in May this year.

The STF could have prevented the April 21, 2019, terror attacks if it was not confined to handle narcotics and organised crimes and had the relevant sources provided sufficient information, its head Senior DIG M. R. Latheef said today.

Dr. Mohamed Shafi Shihabdeen of the Kurunegala Hospital was granted bail by the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court this evening.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a three-member committee chaired by Foreign Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana to probe State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake’s controversial statements he had made on Buddhist monks on social media recentl

The Government should reveal to the country about the identity of an aircraft which had arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) a few days ago without any name on it, UPFA MP Thilanga Sumathipala said.

Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was released from the jail in Vellore in Tamil Nadu today for a month to attend her daughter’ wedding, NDTV reported.

Former IGP N. K. Ilangakoon commenced giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday’s attacks a short while ago.

The Trial-at-Bar in the Colombo High Court yesterday had remanded S.N. Roshan, alias Ali Roshan, and seven others until the end of the case over the alleged illegal possession of five elephants during 2012-2015 without a valid license. The judges pre

The water supply to several areas in the Colombo suburbs would be interrupted for 14 hours starting from 8.00 p.m today to 10.00a.m tomorrow (26) due to sudden break down in main transmission line to the Kolonnawa Reservoir, the National Water Supply

Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the corruption in the current administration concluded its inquiry into the case filed against Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam on charges of including his photograph in school textbooks for 20

The 15 suspects in remand custody in connection with vandalizing more than four statues of the Buddha in Mawanella, were further remanded till August 8 by Mawanella Magistrate Upul Rajakaruna today.

Special Task Force (STF) Commandant Senior DIG M. R. Latheef commenced giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday’s attacks a short while ago.

The Supreme Court directed today the Special High Court to stop hearing further evidence over the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum case till the Supreme Court decided on the appeal made by the Defence over the Jurisdiction of the Special High Court to hear it.

A British woman who was allegedly raped by an electrician while on a package holiday at a hotel in Bentota, Sri Lanka, subsequently discovered she was pregnant and had to undergo tests to determine whether the baby’s father was her husband, the Her

Following the controversy over the Batticaloa campus, Cabinet approved a proposal to enact a piece of legislation in the form of an amendment to the Universities’ Act to regulate the private higher educational institutes effectively.