The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US $ 164.1 million disbursements for Sri Lanka, completing the fifth review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement Sri Lanka has with the multilateral lender.

The police curfew imposed island-wide was lifted this morning except for the North Western Province, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Vanni District UPFA MP Kader Masthan said the remaining members of National Tawheed Jamaat (NTJ) should surrender to the security forces forthwith and later be rehabilitated with those arrested previously.

In the wake of violence being reported in some areas, Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake in a hard-hitting statement said yesterday that the armed forces would not hesitate to use minimum or maximum force to stem any violence.

Kandy Development Minister, Lakshman Kiriella, yesterday threw out an open challenge to Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa to tell the country at next week’s parliamentary debate on the state of emergency as to why he was opposed to the Counter-Te

The police yesterday released four sketches of a man suspected to have altered the seats of the white van found parked near the St. Anthony’s Shrine in Kochchikade on April 22, and sought public assistance to arrest him.

Stern legal action would be taken against lawbreakers who instigated sporadic countrywide riots targeting Muslim-owned property and businesses, Acting Police Chief C.D. Wickramaratne yesterday said.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday appealed to the people, especially the youth, to avoid taking the law into their own hands and prevent enemy forces from plunging the country into another 1983 Black July.

The security forces and police have been given all necessary powers to restore peace and stability to the country, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said in a special address to the nation.

Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, today said he has no intention of seeking any political posts or to support any political party.

Following the fuel price revision by the Finance Ministry last Friday, the Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) also revised its fuel prices with effect from midnight today.

Police curfew would be imposed across the country from 9 pm today till 4 am tomorrow, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said.

Police curfew has been imposed in the Gampaha Police Division with immediate effect until 6 am tomorrow, the Police Media Unit said.

If anyone claims that Sri Lanka is not a country of Sinhala Buddhists, such people should not be in the country, Mahanayake of Kotte Chapter the Most Ven. Ittepane Darmalankara Thera said today.

Police curfew was imposed in the North Western Province with immediate effect until further notice, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

The Constitutional Council (CC) has approved the appointment of Chandana Deepal Wickramaratne as Acting IGP.

Police curfew was imposed within the Kuliyapitiya, Hettipola, Bingiriya, Rasnayakapura, Kobeigane and Dummalasuriya police areas with immediate effect until 4 am tomorrow (14), Police said.

Sri Lanka was not a Sinhala Buddhist country but a country belonging to all those who had taken Sri Lanka as their motherland, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday.

State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene was appointed as the acting Defence Minister until President Maithripala Sirisena returns from China, the Director General of Government Information Department said.

Several firearms and ammunition buried in a land at Kuda-Oya in Wellawaya were recovered by the Kuda Oya Police and the army personnel today.

A woman allegedly involved in extremist activities was arrested by the STF at Madatugama in Kekirawa yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena left for China on a three-day official visit this morning.

Social media platforms including WhatsApp, facebook and YouTube have been temporarily blocked in Sri Lanka, the Government Information Department said.

Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said on Saturday (11) that it is not only the officers but also the country’s leadership should be held responsible for the failure to prevent Easter Sunday’s bomb attacks.

Police curfew was imposed within the Kuliyapitiya, Bingiriya and Dummalasuriya police areas with immediate effect until 6 am on Monday (13) following a tense situation in the Kuliyapitiya area, police said.

Government will not protect any minister or any parliamentarian who associates with terror groups, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said over the weekend.

Leader of Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa was making contradicting statements on Counter-Terrorism Bill (CTB), Minister of Public Enterprise Lakshman Kiriella alleged today.

Police curfew was imposed within the Chilaw Police Division with immediate effect until 4 a.m. tomorrow following a tense situation.

Bangladesh cricket authorities said Saturday they are unlikely to proceed with a planned tour to Sri Lanka in July citing fears that the country could be hit by another attack after last month’s devastating Easter bombings.

Ten Sri Lankan fishermen, whose boat capsized off Ambalangoda had been rescued by the Navy on Saturday.