Higher Education Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe today requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya in Parliament to grant the ruling power to the party who has secured majority in parliament and thereby to end the prevailing political turmoil.   

‘The purported Government’ had spent Rs.840 million on the helicopter rides for the last 21 days without considering the expenses, United national Party (UNP) MP Ravi Karunanayake said in parliament.

Today’s parliament session commenced a short while ago with Speaker Karu Jayasuriya in the chair.  

All parliamentarians of the Government have decided to boycott the parliament session today which is due to be held at 10.30am, Chief Government Whip S. B. Dissanayake confirmed.

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who was remanded yesterday was transferred to the Welikada prison from the Magazine Prison last night, Commissioner General of Prisons Nishan Dhanasinghe said  

A Party Leaders Meeting, chaired by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya commenced at the Parliamentary complex a short while ago to discuss the today’s agenda in Parliament.

The United National Party (UNP) together with other parties which stand for democracy will soon register a new political alliance, its Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

The Government is likely to boycott Parliament today as well to not to face the challenge posed by the motion handed over to the Secretary-General of Parliament by six UNF Parliamentarians on November 19, challenging the constitutionality of the purp

The UNP's Parliamentary Group had unanimously decided that its leader Ranil Wickremesinghe should be the one, who should become Prime Minister as long the party had a majority in Parliament, party sources said.  

The Government today said it was optimistic that a majority of MPs would vote to pass the Vote on Account (VoA) as it was a matter of national interest.

Vote on Account approved by the Cabinet for Rs 1,735 billion was illegal as there was no Cabinet functioning in the country at the moment, UNP MP and Former Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake said today.

A 71-year-old man was arrested with 700 grams of heroin valued at Rs. 8 million in Piliyandala today, Police spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Minister Udaya Gammanpila today wrote to the Editor of the Hansard over an alleged distortion of the Parliamentary Affairs on November 14.

While claiming that it was President Maithripala Sirisena who put the country into anarchy and instability for his political gains, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today that he should take the responsibility of stabilizing the country as we

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who appeared in the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court through his Counsel Anuja Premaratne PC for allegedly intimidating a witness and the investigation officer Nishantha Silva was remanded til

Several photo journalists and cameramen who were at the Fort Magistrate’s Court premises to cover the case in which Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne allegedly involved in, had been attacked by several men who arrived on motor

The Cabinet of Ministers had approved the Interim Vote on Account (VoA) seeking Rs.1,735 billion as Government Expenditure for the first four months of 2019.

President Maithripala Sirisena instructed the authorities to look into the possibility of introducing paying the fines for minor crimes including traffic offences through an Electronic Payment System.

The Sri Lankan Rupee further depreciated against the US Dollar today. According to the exchange rates of the Central Bank, the Rupee was selling at Rs.182.27 against the US Dollar.

Two members of a fringe Tamil nationalist party were arrested on Tuesday for putting up banners with slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's photos at Mehul Circle at Mulund's New Junction. Mathiyajagan Sundaram (33) and Palanivel Ravindra (24) have

China has rejected claims that it is ‘becoming a supplier of political instability’ and sets a ‘debt-trap’ for Sri Lanka and other countries.

A Facebook executive has admitted that the company “made a mistake” in not removing a post that incited racial hatred in Sri Lanka, an international hearing on fake news and disinformation in London heard on Tuesday (Nov 27).

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne appeared before the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court this morning, over his alleged involvement in the case of harbouring a former navy officer Prasad Hettiarachchi alias Navy Sampath.

The annual convention of the SLFP will be held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on December 4 chaired by President Maithripala Sirisena, Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said yesterday.

Responding to a statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena that he will not appoint him as the Prime Minister again; UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said the President has to offer the post to anyone chosen by Parliament.  

UPFA MP Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday said the judiciary is being dragged into the ongoing conflict between the Executive and the Legislature.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said he was ready to face any investigation with regard to allegations that he falsified the Hansard report of Parliament.

The Finance Ministry yesterday rejected reports that Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had forced the customs department to release a person who had attempted to smuggle out US dollars amounting to 53,455 from the country.

The special trial-at-bar at the Colombo High Court yesterday once again postponed the trial against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and six others for December 8 on observing that the prosecution had still not tendered some of the documen

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) requests public assistance to locate about Sri Lankan workers who went missing after leaving Kuwait.