The government’s failure to obtain parliamentary approval for the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Acquisition and Cross Service Agreement (ACSA) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to be signed with the US is a violation of the consti

Referring to the remarks made by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa about its presidential candidate being like a terminator, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the country did not need a terminator but one wh

The pro-Sajith Premadasa faction in the United National Party (UNP) have collected signatures of more than 50 MPs for a letter requesting party leader and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to convene a meeting of the parliamentary group and the wor

United National Party (UNP) General Secretary, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday the party would take disciplinary action if its code of conduct was breached by any member at an event organised in Badulla.

Non-Cabinet Minister Ajith P. Perera said UNP’s Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa, whom he described as the party’s presidential candidate, would launch his election campaign at a massive rally at Wills Park Grounds in Badulla on Monday.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said yesterday the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attack had become more popular among the people after it was opened to the media that some people say it is popular than ’Kopi Kade’ teledrama.

A heated argument erupted in parliament between Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne and UPFA MP Indika Anuruddha over the Nevil Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH).

The Attorney General has prepared indictments against nine army personnel on charges of kidnapping and conspiring to murder journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda between January 25 and 27, 2010.

The recent withdrawal of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill by the government will bring the development of the country’s renewable energy power plants to a standstill, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake told parliament today.

The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order preventing the Wanathavilluwa Pradeshiya Sabha and its chairman from enforcing any fee from the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) during the dumping of garbage at the Aruwakkalu sanitary landfill site.

At least 17 houses were completely damaged while 1,124 houses were partially damaged leaving 4,918 people affected due to the gusty winds that blew across the county from Wednesday night to today, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) Deputy Director Prad

UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa said today the UNP should form an alliance only after naming its presidential candidate.

The National Police Commission (NPC) today approved the transfer of Kurunegala DIG Kithsiri Jayalath to the Puttalam Division.

Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa Witharana (SLPP) was today remanded till September 17 by Kurunegala High Court Judge Menaka Wijesundara for not appearing in court on July 25 when a case filed against him was taken up for hearing.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera has requested Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya to appoint a Trial-at-Bar in the Homagama High Court to hear the Prageeth Eknaligoda disappearance case.

SriLankan Airlines today announced that its operations to Cochin, India has been suspended till August 11th Sunday following the closure of the Cochin Airport due to floods.

The Colombo High Court today issued a warrant for the arrest of former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran who is the first suspect in the bond scam case.

The proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) will be open to media from today, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced yesterday.

UNF leaders who met yesterday have decided to expedite the compiling of the Constitution of the new alliance - the National Democratic Front (NDF), which is slated to form in order to contest the presidential election.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Professor G. L. Peiris yesterday said they were ready to face any legal challenge if Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa’s parliament membership was challenged after he was appointed SLPP leader.

State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake yesterday said he will sit as an independent MP in parliament if he is expelled from the UNP over the comments he had made on Buddhist monks.

Transport and Civil Aviation State Minister Ashok Abesinghe today said that 1,000 flights had been cancelled only during the month of May, due to the Easter Sunday attack, causing a direct loss of US$ 11,000 and an indirect loss of US$ 48,500 to the

A total of 10,379 cases are being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the primary investigative arm of the Sri Lanka Police.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today said he was saddened by MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s remarks that parliament was the most corrupt institution in the country.

The SLFP would not discontinue ongoing talks with the SLPP, aimed at forming an alliance to powerfully confront the UNP at the presidential poll, even after the SLPP nominated its candidate on Sunday, UPFA General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera said.

People need not fear former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and he would not become a strict leader, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa said today.

It would be a cakewalk for the rival candidate to win the upcoming presidential election unless the United National Party (UNP) fields its Deputy Leader Minister Sajith Premadasa, Foreign Employment and Sports Minister Harin Fernando said.

Cambodia stands firmly together with Sri Lanka in further cementing bilateral relations in economic, trade, social as well as the renaissance of Buddhism, King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boronmeath Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia said today.

The Attorney General has indicted former parliamentarian Sajin de Vaas Gunawardane under the Money Laundering Act for alleged suspicious deposits of money worth of Rs. 306 million through his several companies.

At least 271 houses were partially damaged by the gusty winds that blew across Ratnapura, Vavuniya, Kegalle, Puttalam, Hambantota and Nuwara Eliya today, Disaster Management Centre ( DMC ) Deputy Director Pradeep Kodippili said.