Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Buddhika Pathirana, was sworn in as Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Resettlement, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training and Skills Development, before President Maithripala Sirisena today.

A move is underway within a section of the United National Party (UNP) to promote Public Enterprise Development Minister Lakshman Kiriella, as the presidential candidate of the party; it is learnt, with a section of the Kandy-based Buddhist clergy pa

In the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 250 people, India has shared with Sri Lanka phone numbers of five Lankans suspected to be associated with Islamic State (IS).

Bus lane and traffic lane rules will be strictly implemented across all major cities from today, police said.

Opposition Leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that in the game of politics one had to face many bouncers. “In the game of politics, one has to face many bouncers. So, he has to make sure you protect your head from these bouncers,”

An international terrorism expert yesterday blamed the failure to avert the Easter Sunday bombings on the absence of collective leadership in the country and said security and intelligence agencies should not be held responsible for the debacle.

A Religious Reconciliation Board comprising of members nominated by the religious leaders, would be set up to resolve various issues among religious groups in the country, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said over the weekend.

President Maithripala Sirisena held bilateral talks with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the visit would have a positive impact on Sri Lanka’s economic, tourism and trade sectors.

Opposition LeaderMahinda Rajapaksa said the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to look into the Easter Sunday attacks was not the PSC they expected.

Three suspects were arrested for trying to extort Rs. 100 million from the Chief Incumbent of the Rangiri Dambulla Raja Maha Viharaya and custodian of the Sri Vishnu Devalaya, the Police said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is visiting Sri Lanka on Sunday said that Sri Lanka is not going to bow down in face of terrorism and the spirit of the island nation cannot be defeated by acts of terrorism.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited St. Anthony’s Shrine in Kochchikade - one of the sites of the horrific Easter Sunday attacks - soon after his arrival in Sri Lanka.

Chancellor of Ruhuna University and Chief Sanghanayaka of Southern Sri Lanka, Most Venerable Aggamaha Panditha Pallaththara Sri Sumanajothi Thero passed away this morning at the age of 95.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago to make a brief stopover on his way back to India from the Maldives.

In the wake of the Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 250 people, India has shared with Sri Lanka phone numbers of five Lankans suspected to be associated with Islamic State (IS).

On the eve of his departure to the Maldives and Sri Lanka, kicking off his first overseas visit after the elections, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the visit brings together two key policies of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and SAGAR (Security

A suspect was arrested by the STF at Ekala over the murder of Krishantha Ajith Kumara, alias ‘Minuwangoda Kalu Ajith’.

The Ministry of Environment today said that traditional sawmills will not be banned under the proposed amendments and that only mobile sawmills will be banned with effect from December 31, 2022.

The Leader of the Opposition and former Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Saturday called upon the island’s Muslim community to stop the Arabisation of their culture and return to the traditional Sri Lankan Muslim culture.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that there is no need to adhere to the recently issued circular on the dress code of the public offices as the government has decided to amend it.

The Muslim parliamentarians, who recently resigned from their ministerial portfolios, held discussions with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the official residence of the former President this morning.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to have met Executive Director of the Counter Terrorism Directorate of the United Nations, Michele Coninsx and her team yesterday and discussed the preparation of a counter-terrorism strategy.

Chief of the State Intelligence Service, former DIG Sisira Mendis, who testified before the Parliamentary Select committee on the Easter Sunday attacks, has resigned citing health reasons, a senior defence official confirmed.

UPFA MP Faizer Musthapha yesterday said he would have resigned from his post if he was a minister of this government.

President Maithripala Sirisena summoned an emergency Cabinet meeting on Friday evening (7) and registered his protest over the activities of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday terrorist attack. He had asked that the PS

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has incurred a Rs.100 billion loss because of the failure to manage and distribute its services efficiently, Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) as they con

The official taking over ceremony of a P 625 ship to the Sri Lanka Navy from the Republic of China, was held under the patronage of the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna at the Shanghai Dockyard in China on Wedne

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday urged President Maithripala Sirisena to reconsider the decision to ban ’wadu madu’ or carpenter-workshops and chainsaws.

United National Party (UNP) MP Hesha Withanage said yesterday his party would pick one of its three leaders - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa or Speaker Karu Jayasuriya as its presidential candidate.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has complained to the CID asking it to investigate the fabrication of a parliament letterhead on which his signature had also been forged.