The much vaunted Constitutional Council (CC) cannot be called independent as long as there are political party representatives in it, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Responding to a question posed by a journalist at the Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had told several members of the opposition that he had been compelled to appoint a committee to look into the statement made by State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake on MPs using cocaine.

President Maithripala Sirisena initiated talks on the formation of an authority to rehabilitate drug addicts in his resolve to eradicate illicit drugs and narcotics from of Sri Lanka, the President’s Media Division said.

The leading elections monitoring NGO, the People’s Action For Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), yesterday made an appeal to all political party leaders to refrain from criticising the Constitutional Council (CC).

It is up to the legislature and the Supreme Court (SC) to sort out the imbroglio over the delay in conducting Provincial Council (PC) polls, Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said. He said the Elections Commission could not take a deci

Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake had requested the Centre for Research and Development (CRD) to begin the mass production of modern weaponry including Multi-Barrel Rocket Launchers (MBRLs) for the use of Army training and operation

Two young Saudi sisters in Hong Kong had said on Thursday they had been intercepted by Saudi officials at the city’s airport while attempting to escape to Australia, the Straits Times reported.

A British MP, who raised the cruelty towards elephant issue in parliament, asked what steps the UK Government had taken to discourage tourism from the UK to Myanmar and Sri Lanka in which cruelty to elephants has been reported.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya informed Parliament today that State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake had not submitted in writing the list of ministers and MPs who were accused of taking drugs.

President Maithripala Sirisena said today the Constitutional Council (CC) had gone above all three arms of the government; the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.

The Jordanian Government has declared a six-month amnesty period for illegal immigrants to leave the country -- to which at least 3,500 Sri Lankans are included.

The composition of the Constitutional Council (CC) should be changed in order to keep politicians out of it, Government MP Jayampathi Wickramaratne told parliament today. Speaking during an adjournment debate in the House, he said the CC solely compr

Police fired tear-gas and used water cannons to disperse protesting students of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts outside the Fort Railway station a short while ago, the police said.

The Management faculty of the Sri Jayewardenepura University has been closed indefinitely following a ragging incident.

Parliament Road from Polduwa Junction, Battaramulla is temporarily closed because of a protest being carried out by government service additional management officials.

A number of employees of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation carried out a protest at the corporation premises demanding explanations to some of the transfers that had been made recently.

About 15, 000 government service executive officers are to launch a 24-hour countrywide token strike on February 27 as a mark of protest against two Acts that has resulted in an increase in lawyers’ salary scales by 300 per cent.

The acting OIC of the Kopay Police Station Inspector (IP) E.G. Gunaratne has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a journalist in Kopay, the police said.

Ravin Wickramaratne and K. Mathivanan have been elected as vice presidents of Sri Lanka Cricket defeating Arjuna Ranatunga.

Shammi Silva has been elected as the President of the Sri Lanka Cricket with 83 votes at the SLC elections held at the Ministry of Sports today.

St. Peter’s College and Havelock Sports Club Head Coach Sanath Martis has been ‘suspended pending inquiry from all forms of rugby,’ Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) said yesterday following a long meeting.

Thirteen Indian fishermen who were poaching in Sri Lankan waters were arrested by the Navy in Northern seas, yesterday.

I will reveal eight names of sons of prominent politicians who were involved in drug smuggling and used drugs, State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake said yesterday.

At least 56 people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital, a fire official said Thursday.

The State Veterinary Surgeons’ Association (SVSA) yesterday said that they would launch a token strike on next Wednesday, February 27 if the government did not take measures to abolish the Cabinet Paper, which proposed to bring back rabies eliminat

A group of former three-forces commanders yesterday said a special procedure should be adopted when arresting or taking action against military personnel and urged President Maithripala Sirisena to intervene into the matter.

Steps have been taken to replace elevators in parliament with sophisticated ones following the recommendations of the committee appointed to look into the malfunctioning of an elevator recently, deputy speaker Ananda Kumarasiri informed parliament to

One Korean and five Vietnamese were arrested by the Immigration and Emigration Department officers today while attempting to flee to Ukraine using fake Korean passports, a senior official of the Immigration and Emigration Department said.

State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake today said he had been asked to appear before the disciplinary committee that had been appointed to look into the statement he had made accusing some MPs of being cocaine users.

President’s Counsel Kalinga Indatissa was elected as the 25th President of Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) while Attorney-at-Law Kaushalya Nawaratne was elected as its Secretary.