Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said Gotabaya Rajapaksa was selected as the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate as its leaders clearly understood the current security situation in the country.

UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa was a hard worker who toured the country giving hope to the poor, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has introduced a set of guidelines to be followed by all the food deliverers, who are on the rise in the city.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila said no one could stop Gotabaya Rajapaksa becoming the next president.

The Rajapaksa faction had nominated the weakest candidate ever fielded by them for the upcoming presidential election, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said yesterday.

Ahead of the national elections scheduled to be held by end of this year, the Election Commission (EC) is reportedly hoping to initiate discussions with representatives of Facebook to work out a mechanism to contain unlawful election propaganda.

No discussions are to held between President Maithripla Sirisena and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa this week though reported by certain media institutions, SLFP General Secretary, MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said today.

Imported Japanese vehicle prices would increase due to the Japanese Yen and the US Dollar appreciating against the Rupee - Vehicle Importers Association of Sri Lanka (VIASL) said.

UNP Deputy Leader and Housing and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa today pledged to create an era where the hardships faced by the common man would be no more and that it would begin in November.

Referring to the current political situation, United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera said he was still trying hard to unify the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to ensur

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