The Maldivian Foreign Ministry has said that bringing the escaped convict Abdulla Luthufee back from Sri Lanka was challenging due to the nature of the case.

Acting IGP C.D. Wickramaratne has informed the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe Easter Sunday attack that according to the investigations carried out into the complaints against former minister Rishad Bathiudeen so far, there i

Justice Sisira J. De Abrew today recused himself from the Bench hearing the contempt of court allegation against former chief justice Sarath N.Silva when the matter came up before the Bench comprising Justices Sisira J. De Abrew, Vijith K. Malalgoda

When questioned by Court, Prisons Commissioner General today assured the Appeal Court that no prisoner would be executed within the next seven days from today.

Thirty-six swords which had been buried were recovered from Kattankudi today, police said.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said the application of the death penalty may impede international cooperation to fight drug trafficking.

Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is currently giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to look into the Easter Sunday attacks.

A writ petition was filed in the Court of Appeal today seeking an interim order preventing the implementation of the death sentence.

President Maithripala Sirisena said today he had spoken to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres over the phone and explained his decision to implement the death penalty in Sri Lanka.

The Attorney General has filed indictments against former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, PTL owner Arjun Aloysius, PTL CEO Kasun Palisena, former Deputy Governor P. Samarasiri and six others over the bond scam.

Marawila Magistrate’s Court today ordered that vendors from all communities should be allowed to use the trading facilities at the Dankotuwa public fair.

The Railway Department today complained to the Fort Police about the work stoppage by the railway employees despite the service being declared an essential service, Railways General Manager Nilantha Fernando said.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday invited joint opposition stalwart Wimal Weerawansa to obtain copies of ACSA, SOFA and MMC agreements and studies them, if possible.

Despite the instructions given to the official language department by Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages, Mano Ganeshan, to remove name-boards written in Arabic put up in Kattankudy, Valachchenai, and Ottamavadi, it is

The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Sri Lanka had revealed that the post attributed to Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne as WHO Vice Chairman, was not based on individual performances but a post attributed to the country, the Govern

Sri Lanka will sign the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the US only if the terms of the agreement are favourable to Sri Lanka, State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

UPFA MP Kumara Welgama said that he will not support Gotabhaya Rajapaksa if he contests the next presidential election.

In an apparent confrontation with Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne has written to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe requesting him to immediately suspend the decision taken by the Finance Ministry to import ci

Campaigners against tobacco use allege that measures to licence the import of foreign cigarettes were expedited during the same week declared as the National Drug Prevention week.

The UNP yesterday said it was not agreeable to President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to implement death sentence.

The disinformation, misinformation, fabrication and absolute lies spread by the joint opposition on three highly beneficial proposed agreements to Sri Lanka to be signed with the US are derived on sheer jealousy, political hypocrisy and vengeance, Fi

While stating that resuming death penalty would send a wrong signal to the world, the European Union (EU) today said it would continue to monitor Sri Lanka’s effective implementation of the international conventions relating to the GSP+ commitment.

A fire broke out in a shop at Bastian Mawatha in Colombo this evening following a leakage in a gas cylinder, fire brigade officials said.

The investigations carried out so far had not proven that Dr. Mohammed Shafi had blocked the fallopian tubes of mothers, amassed wealth in illegal manner or had maintained links with a terrorist organisation, the Criminal Investigation Department (CI

While indicating awareness of a political game behind the appointment of the PSC, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that President Maithripala Sirisena should make a statement in parliament as to how the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appoi

The extension of the emergency regulations by another month was passed in Parliament.

The CID today recovered over 300 gelignite sticks, 1,000 detonators, 485 T56 live ammunition and several other explosive material at Ollikulam in Kattankudy following information given by one of the suspects arrested in Jeddah, Police Spokesman SP Ru

Defence State Minister Ruwan Wijewardene said today that he was not the politician involved in the incident where some motorists in Colombo expressed their protest after being forced to stop for VIP movements by honking their vehicle horns.

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) today said former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa faces ten new claims for damages in the US from victims of torture inflicted upon them.

The opposition today brought to the notice of the government about delays in holding the Provincial Council elections claiming that the chairman of the elections commission had said the PC polls could be held.