While rejecting claims that either Sri Lanka have sold the Hambantota Port to China Merchant Port or that China coming and taking the Hambantota Port to achieve their geo-political objectives, Minister of Ports and Shipping Mahinda Samarasinghe said

Sri Lanka might face more economic issues when the US sanctions on Iran comes to be effective in November this year as Sri Lanka’s tea exports to that country may become vulnerable, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremeisnghe said over the weekend.

State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Dr Harsha de Silva has pulled out from speaking at an Investors’ Forum to be held in at the London Stock Exchange on October 8, in a move to help cut the demand at the margin in the face

Minor flood level has been reported in several areas in Galle district due to heavy showers receiving at the area from this evening.

Asian medalist and International acclaimed athlete Sriyani Kulawansa has been enrolled to the Health and Physical Education (BEd) degree at the National Institute of Education (NIE) ignoring the routine enrollment procedures Daily Mirror learned.

Final results of the investigations conducted on the allegations against the police top brass will be known public once they are completed, Minister of Public Administration and Law and Order Ranjith Madumma Bandara said over the weekend.

The woman who sustained injuries when a gunman opened fire at Weligampitiya in Ja-Ela this morning succumbed to death a short while ago, the Police said.

A woman received gunshot injuries when a gunman opened fire at Weligampitiya in Ja-Ela this morning.

The scheduled Scotland Yard training programme for IGP Pujith Jayasundera, had been postponed, Law and Order Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara said.

Train ticket prices would be increased by 15% with effect from tomorrow without the change of its minimum fare of Rs. 10, the Railways Department said.

An Inspector of Police attached to the Police Field Force Headquarter had been killed and his wife, his two children and another woman were injured in a head-on collision involving a car and a jeep in Boralesgamuwa early this morning, the Police said

The rift that presently exists between Angelo Mathews and coach Chandika Hathurusingha must be repaired as soon as possible, so that Mathews can return to the ODI side quickly, the former Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara has said.

President Maithripala Sirisena, who was in the United States of America to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), returned to the country early this morning.

Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has praised Sri Lanka’s progress in strengthening democracy and reconciliation, the government said today.She has said the country’s resilience was greatly evident from restoration of norma

Sri Lanka was ranked 67 out of 146 countries in the Social Progress Index conducted by the US-based Social Progress Imperative Organisation, ahead of the neighbouring countries including India and Pakistan.

In order to ease the pressure on the Sri Lankan rupee, the government has taken a number of measures including a decision to suspend issuing of vehicles permits to Parliamentarians for a period of one year.

The government has decided to offer the contract to build the first-ever Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) power plant to China after India abandoned the construction of a 500 MWs LNG power plant on a decision of the Sri Lanka government.

Sea areas off the coast extending from Panadura towards Hambantota via Galle could be fairly rough and experience sea surges, the Meteorology Department warned today. It said prevailing showery condition in the island particularly, in the North-centr

More than 380 people have been confirmed dead after a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit an Indonesian city on Friday, the BBC reported. Waves up to 3m (10ft) high swept through Palu on Sulawesi island.

Only one out of 12,191 LTTE cadres who surrendered to the military during the last stage of the war remains to be released after after rehabilitation, Vavuniya Punthottam Rehabilitation Director Colonel Asela Obeysekera said yesterday.

Rajarata university’s senior lecturer Prof. Channa Jayasumana, who was in Geneva to counter the pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora, urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to rescind Resolution 30/1 on Sri Lanka.

President Maithripala Sirisena said the government was fully committed to safeguarding the honour, dignity and respect of war heroes from the highest ranked generals to the ordinary soldier and they would be provided with all privileges.

The committee probing allegations against IGP Pujith Jayasundara will complete the investigation as soon as possible, Deputy Minister of Law and Order, Nalin Bandara Jayamaha told a news breifing today.

The mobs operating in the North can be contained if the Army is given the necessary powers even for a limited period of time, Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake said today.

Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation (SLCC) will supply cashew nuts to SriLankan airlines from next month, SLCC Chairman Damsiri Bandara Karunaratne said today.

Railway services along the Kandy mainline were disrupted due to a breakdown of the Kandy-bound intercity train at Keenawala a short while ago, the Railway Control Room said.

The Court of Appeal today extended till December 5, the interim order preventing the case filed by the Bribery Commission against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and some others from being heard in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today the introduction of a digital law was necessary to give a timeline for state institutions to digitize their services.

Indonesia has been struck by a series of earthquakes today, including a 7.7 magnitude tremor, according to foreign reports.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday dismissed the criticism, over his recent response to a statement made by Colombo’s Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, saying he stood by what he said.