The Attorney General Dappula de Livera has instructed acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Senior DIG C. D. Wickremeratne that motorcycle riders wearing full-face helmets could be arrested and prosecuted under the Emergency Law.

Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya has decided to appoint a seven-judge bench to consider the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition against IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando for failing to prevent the attacks on churches

Minister Ravi Karunanayake’s daughter Onella Karunanayake, today appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to give a statement over allegedly providing false evidence before the presidential commission of inquiry into the bond sca

Three persons died by electrocution due to an illegal electric cable at Thalahagama, Akuressa, this morning, police said.

Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said yesterday that Sri Lanka had not made a formal request for surveillance equipment from his country .

Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara and Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando will testify before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to look into the select committee appointed to look into the Easter Sunday attacks today.

The Cabinet has given approval to amend the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code to take action against false news distribution and hatred statements.

The nine Muslim cabinet, state and deputy ministers who declared that they have decided to resign, had not yet sent their letters of resignation to President Maithripala Sirisena, sources said.

The Matara District Chief Incumbents’ Union and Matara District Shasanarakshaka Bala Mandalaya issued a ’Sangha Order’ against Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday (5).

The three-member committee which was appointed to receive complaints on Tuesday (4) against former Western Province Governor Azath Salley, former Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, had received only on

Holding a special discussion in Kandy today, the Maha Sangha representing the three Nikayas expressed disappointment over the resignation of Muslim ministers and informed them to accept their own responsibilities and fulfil duties to serve the people

Outdoor activities which were absent for Vesak this year are to be allowed for Poson, Prime Minister’s Office said today.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera today said the Constitution does not give power to any politicians, priests or social media platforms to decide who is guilty or innocent of any crime, including terrorism.

President Maithripala Sirisena has not yet decided whether to contest the forthcoming Presidential polls or not, General Secretary of the UPFA, former Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today.

The Opposition today accused Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of misusing the word ‘reconciliation’ to create a rift between the Sinhalese and Muslim communities.

Former Chief Minister of Southern Province, Shan Wijayalal De Silva was sworn in as the Governor of the Eastern Province before President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thera who was admitted to the Kandy Hospital after the hunger strike, was discharged from Hospital today.

The chief of international travel guide book publisher Lonely Planet is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka in coming weeks, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) Chairman Kishu Gomes said yesterday. Lonely Planet last year ranked Sri Lanka as the top

Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals in May fell 70 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 37,000 in the aftermath of Easter Sunday attacks, with the largest decline in arrivals recording from China.

A 48-year-old man was found dead inside a car in Athurugiriya early this morning, police said. The Athurugiriya Police found the body following an information received to the police hotline number.

Former TID DIG Nalaka Silva yesterday said that National Thawheeth Jama’ath (NTJ) Leader Mohammed Zahran had been engaged in extremism from 2013 while he had embraced violent extremism from the year 2016.

Sounding what appears to be a conciliatory note, President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have agreed to appoint two members of the United National Party (UNP) one of them as the Minister of Media and the other as the State Minister of Law and O

President Maithripala Sirisena is reportedly not in agreement with the move to purchase a bullet proof vehicle for the use of Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The opposition yesterday said the decision by all Muslim ministers to resign was not only a bad precedent but also a ‘spectacle’ which lacked transparency.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided not to fill the Cabinet vacancies arising from the resignation of three Muslim ministers, a reliable government source said yesterday.

In what is seen as an extension of his conciliatory note to the government, President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have told the Cabinet yesterday that he was ready to forge ahead with the United National Front (UNF) if there was a fresh outlo

House Leader Lskshman Kiriella today invited the UPFA to participate in the proceedings of Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Easter Sunday attacks.

Because of the hunger strike launched by Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera outside the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy, the main issues that should be focused upon have been swept under the carpet, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte G

The Air Forcehe Commander Air Marshal D.L.S Dias appointed Air Vice Marshal Sudharshana Pathirana as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force today.

Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the government not to put the lives of intelligence officers in danger by summoning them before the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe Easter Sunday attack.