Former Defence Secretary Kapila Wadiyaratne today said President Maithripala Sirisena informed him not to invite IGP Pujith Jayasundara to the Security Council meeting on October 2018.

JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake today questioned as to what action the government intends taking about the failure on the part of the Attorney General’s Department to take steps to ban National Thowheed Jama’at when the Terrorist Investigation Unit made r

While saying that he was ready to fulfil the upcountry people’s dream of presidency, Plantation Industries Minister Naveen Dissanayake said it was indeed hard for the UNP to get the votes from the Southern Province.

General Secretary of the SLFP Dayasiri Jayasekara and Trade Union Organiser Weerakumara Dissanayaka today slammed Badulla District UPFA Parliamentarian Dilan Perera and warned him not to act like a nincompoop and betray the SLFP.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said the document which is being circulated on social media sites purporting that he has renounced his US citizenship was fake and that he was in possession of the original certificate.

A soldier attached to the Anuradhapura 212 Brigade Headquarters has allegedly shot himself with his weapon, the Anuradhapura police said.

The Science Faculty of the Ruhuna University has been closed from today until further notice as a result of a group of students threatening the Dean, the University Office said.

Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world’s rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of waste from foreign shores, the AFP reported yesterday.

An airman who was on duty at the Swiss Ambassador’s official residence in Colombo died after he allegedly shot himself today, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith said today that he will not meet any presidential candidate until justice is meted out to the Easter Sunday bomb victims.

A 22-year-old Sri Lankan man drowned in a pond on Tuesday in the northeastern Swiss city of St Gallen.

The Galle Road from Ceramic Junction towards the NSA Roundabout has been closed following a protest march carried out by a group of unemployed graduates, police said.

Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake commenced giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to look into the Easter Sunday bomb attacks a short while ago for the second time.

The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order preventing the transportation of garbage containers inside the country until September 20.

Sri Lanka was considering applications from three “top international cricket coaches” to replace incumbent Chandika Hathurusingha, who has until mid-August to step down, Sports Minister Harin Fernando said Tuesday.

A grade 12 student of the Sapugaskanda Maha Vidyalaya, who had suddenly fallen ill while practising at the school sports ground, was pronounced dead on admission to the Kiribathgoda Hospital yesterday, police said.

Justice Minister Thalatha Athukorale is reported to have yesterday sought Cabinet approval to impose regulations banning the wearing of face veils in public places.

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said the Easter Sunday bomb attacks could have been prevented had the officers attached to defence establishments informed him about the prior warnings they have received in early April.

Former Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hisbullah said yesterday there was no legal provision to take over the assets of the Batticaloa Campus (Pvt) Ltd to the government as suggested by certain people.

Sri Lanka’s political, social and economic outlook should be changed if the country hopes to face a developing world, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday at a ceremony held to distribute appointment letters to graduates in the state

Romesh de Silva PC, appearing for the Hayleys PLC, informed the court that his client as a company, which runs a hub operation in Katunayaka, had not violated any law as it had only done a separating process for re-exportation of containers of mattre

A parcel with 3050 ecstasy pills worth over Rs. 15 million was seized by Customs officers at the Central Mail Exchange in Colombo today, Customs said.

Former agriculture minister Duminda Dissanayake today made a statement to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) Police Unit on corruption in the current administration with regard to the renting out of the D.P.A. Jayasinghe building by his Mi

The Opposition today said the proposed amendments to the Monetary Law Act (MLA) were detrimental to the economy and that it would go to the Supreme Court if and when the draft bill was presented to parliament.

The Excise Department has banned the sale of all brands of imported liquor without its new foolproof sticker introduced recently.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that some people were slinging mud at cricketer Lasith Malinga following his farewell speech made at the R. Premadasa Stadium.

A certificate distributed yesterday purporting to show that former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has renounced his US citizenship has been debunked as a forgery, the Daily Mirror learns.

The Supreme Court (SC) today served the charge sheet (ruling) on State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake over the allegations of contempt of court.

The Supreme Court has ordered the Sri Lanka Medical Council to provisionally register the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) graduates as medical practitioners in terms of Section 29 of the Medical Ordinance.

Former Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera will join the Black Caps coaching staff for the upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka.