The vehicle in which former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and his wife were travelling met with an accident at Denagama in Hakmana this morning, the Police said.

The Democrats have taken control of the US House of Representatives in the mid-term elections dealing a blow to President Donald Trump, BBC reported a short while ago.

Following discussions held with the National Transport Commission (NTC) the private bus, associations had decided to reduce the fare by two per cent with effect from midnight tomorrow. Following discussions held with the National Transport Commissio

IGP Pujith Jayasundara said today that he would only act according to the orders given by President Maithripala Sirisena, who now handles the Law and Order Ministry.

Despite a power supply failure core functions at the Bandaranaike International Airport continue but at a slow pace, the duty manager said.

MP Mano Ganesan today said that he and his five other Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) MPs cannot accept the President’s invitation to join the new government.

The Kang Ning University in Tainan, Taiwan has been reprimanded by the Education Ministry for allowing over 40 of its Sri Lankan students to work in slaughterhouses in Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan News reported quoting China Times.    

A political crisis in Sri Lanka, where two prime ministers are fighting for power, is scaring away tourists and raising questions over foreign aid, ringing alarm bells for the economy as the currency slumps to record lows, the Straits Times reported.

A 51-year-old suspect from the Kochchikade area was arrested with over 2 kgs of heroin valued more than Rs. 20 million by the Negombo divisional narcotic officials at Thakkiya Road in Kochchikade yesterday evening.

A party leaders’ meeting will be held today to discuss arrangements for the ceremonial sitting of Parliament on November 14, Deputy Secretary General of Parliament, Neil Iddawala said yesterday.

It is not necessary to take instructions from anyone, when allocating seats for the new Prime Minister and the Cabinet, the Leader of the House Dinesh Gunawardene said.

The allocation of seats for the new Prime Minister and the Cabinet would take place on Monday (12), Sergeant-at-arms Narendra Fernando said.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has taken a firm decision to vote against the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaka as the Prime Minister and the prorogation of Parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena in Parliament, the Politburo member of the JVP

Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) MP Sivasakthi Ananthan is not bound by the stand taken by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on the current political crisis though it was an ally of it, a party official said today.

UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake today scoffed rumours that he was originally planning to shift sides and had later changed his mind.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, who resigned from his portfolio today, has left for Singapore early this morning, an official of the Immigration and Emigration department at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) said

United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe failed to serve the Tamil people though the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) stood by him for more than three years, Deputy Minister of Regional Development (Eastern) S. Viyalendiran said today.

Commenting on the political situation in Sri Lanka, British Parliamentarian Lord Naseby has said he was unhappy that former British junior minister put down a question suggesting what happened in Sri Lanka was unconstitutional.

Members of the Sri Lankan LGBTQI+ community today categorically condemned President Maithripala Sirisena’s statement made at Government’s rally in Colombo saying he was promoting homophobia and public incitement of homophobic hatred.

Expressing note on the decision by the President to reconvene Parliament on November 14, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said she hoped that Sri Lanka’s Parliament would meet as soon as possible to resolve the current crisis in

UNP MP and former deputy minister of law and order, Nalin Bandara said today they would hand over a letter to the Police Chief requesting him to provide them with ministerial security as they were still ministers of the government.

Those who crossed over to the new Government from the United National Front (UNF) would return soon, UNP Spokesman Harin Fernando said today. 

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz has met Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and discussed the importance of reconvening Parliament to put an end to the political crisis.

There were about 3,000 quack dentists operating in the country other than registered dentists, Former President General Dental Practitioners Association, Dr Hilary Cooray said.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has resigned from his portfolio a short while ago, sources said.

Responding to President Maithripala Sirisena’s remarks yesterday, UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera said in a twitter message that he would rather be a butterfly than a leech.

Responding to President Maithripala Sirisena’s remarks at yesterday’s government rally in Colombo, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today whatever the President’s personal issues with him may be, the President should not plunge

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and his associates tried to drive a wedge between him and India. Addressing the people gathered at the Jana Mahimaya rally at Battaramulla, the President said Mr. Wickremes

A train travelling from Kosgama to Colombo Fort along the Kelani Valley railway line had suddenly stalled near the Malapalla Railway Station when the last compartment had detached from the train, the Railway Department said.  

The United National Party (UNP) said yesterday, the statement made by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that he would only recognise the status quo that prevailed in Parliament before the appointment of the new prime minister was an indication that the new gov