The third reading of the 2019 Budget was passed in Parliament with a majority of 45 votes.119 members voted in favour while 74 voted against.

The Election Commissioner has informed Speaker that it will not be possible to hold the provincial council elections this year as the changes to the Provincial Council Elections Amendment Act has not been made on time, UPFA MP Dallas Alahaperuma told

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank P. Samarasiri and Chairman of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd (PTL) Geoffrey Aloysius and Directors of PTL Pushyamithra Gunawardena, R. Hulugalla, and M. Surendran, who were in remand custody over Central Bank Bo

Actor Rayan Van Rooyan who was deported from Dubai on Wednesday, was remanded till April11 by the Matara Magistrate Isura Nettikumara.

The Court of Appeal today affirmed the death sentence given against Gampola Widanelage Samantha Kumara, alias Wele Suda, in 2015 by the High Court.

The parliament entry road has been obstructed due to a protest carried out by the Grama Sevaka officers based on several demands, police said.

Recently deported from Dubai, actor Rayan Van Rooyan is to be produced before the Matara Magistrate today, police said.

Minister Arjuna Ranatunge’s security official, Police Constable Aruna Sri Nandana silva who was accused of killing a person, was today ordered to be released from allegations by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.

After being deported from Dubai on Wednesday night (3), actor Rayan Van Rooyan has been taken into Weligama police custody for further questioning over an incident of an abandoned vehicle, believed to have been used by him police said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Thilak Marapona has gone to Dubai and met his counterpart in the Emirates to discuss matters pertaining to the deportation to Sri Lanka of underworld leader Makandure Madush, who is in police custody in Dubai.

A team of MPs from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) are in contact with the United National Party (UNP) in a move to join hands with each other in view of future elections, the Daily Mirror learns.

Ahead of bilateral talks scheduled for April 10, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said everyone would cast doubts about the genuineness of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) if it abstained from voting on the budget today.

While claiming that people in rural areas had fallen prey to illegal loan schemes including micro-financing organisations, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the government to take steps to ban such organisations and to waive off loans o

Former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said today the security forces should be strengthened whether there was a war or not and that due attention was not paid to upgrade and strengthen the security forces at present.

President Maithripala Sirisena will go ahead with the proposal to construct a dedicated military airport in Hingurakgoda, UPFA MP Nimal Siripala de Silva told parliament today.

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court today ordered the Northern Power Company to pay Rs 20 million to offset a part of the substantial loss, harm and damage to the residents in the Chunnakam area.

The sun is expected to be directly over Sri Lanka starting from tomorrow (5) till April 15, as a result of its apparent northward relative motion, the Department of Meteorology said today.

Former Prison Department’s Rehabilitation Commissioner and Magazine Prison’s superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewa who was in remand custody in connection with the killing of 27 Welikada Prison inmates in November 2012, was released on bail by the

Former Sri Lanka player Dilhara Lokuhettige has been charged with three counts of breaching the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption code, the sport’s governing body said on Thursday.

The Lotus Road between Ceramic Junction to NSA Roundabout has been temporarily closed due to a protest carrying out by a group of government professionals including the members of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA).

Former Navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago for the fourth day to give a statement over the abduction and killing of 11 youths in 2008-2009.

An STF personnel has committed suicide by shooting himself at a checkpoint at the Temple Trees this morning, police said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has chosen three private companies to buy 100 megawatts of electricity with immediate effect to solve the current power crisis in the the country, sources said.

Five more individuals including actor Rayan Van Rooyan, who were arrested along with drug kingpin Makandure Madush, were deported from Dubai last night, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Two cross-dressed foreign men were removed by the police from the surroundings of the Kandy Lake yesterday while they were being filmed performing a homosexual act.

The votes on supplementary estimates for two expenditure heads which were defeated on March 28 will be taken up tomorrow, subsequent to the vote on the third reading of the budget, State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne said yesterday.

Australia says it would increase support for humanitarian demining efforts in Sri Lanka and will provide AUD 1 million (more than LKR 124 million) in assistance over the next two years, through a partnership with the Mine Action Group (MAG) and Sri L

JVP MP Nalinda Jayatissa said today the Indian minister who was said to be the investor of the Hambantota oil refinery was not only a blacklisted businessman, but also a politician involved in huge financial scam in India and therefore questioned his

Development Strategies and International Trade deputy Minister Nalin Bandara yesterday said that another Singapore Company Sugih Energy International was set to invest US$ 14 billion in the second oil refinery to be started in Hambantota.

President Maithripala Sirisena vowed that he was firmly determined to eradicate the drug menace from the country and as such severe legal measures would be imposed against those who smuggle such harmful substances to the country.