Former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today only a person with an insane mind could propose to abolish the Executive Presidency at a juncture like this when the country was hit by anarchy.

Kaduwela Municipal Councilor Wilathgamuwage Don Aruna Lakmal Kushantha was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) early this morning in connection with the shooting at the SAITM CEO Sameera Senaratne.

If new Constitution process was stalled permanently, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP R. Sampanthan’s holding of Opposition leader’s post would be meaningless, Minister Mano Ganesan said today.

Finance Ministry announced a 15 percent import duty on gold based on value from last night.

President Maithripala Sirisena, who arrived in London to attend Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018, addressed the Commonwealth Business Forum today.

Former Military Intelligence Director and Chief of Staff of the Army, Major General (Retired) Amal Karunasekara was re-remanded till May 2 by Mount Lavinia Magistrate today.    

When the Sri Lankan Government took action to impose the curfew, banning the social media and declaring the State of Emergency to control the Sinhala-Muslim unrest in the Kandy District in March, there were undue pressures from certain diplomats on t

Thunderstorms accompanied by severe lightning and thunder can be experienced in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern, Uva and North-western provinces during next twelve hours, the Meteorology Department warned.

Sri Lanka would be felicitated at the ongoing Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018 in London for excelling in preserving mangrove forests, Sri Lanka’s Acting High Commissioner in UK, Sugeeshwara Gunaratna said yesterday.

The Colombo Zonal Education office has withdrawn an order it issued in February to Principals in Colombo schools demanding they pay due respect to Parliamentarians and PC members who attend special school functions.

The remains of the housemaid, who was shot dead in Saudi Arabia was brought back to Sri Lanka last morning, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) today said.

An unidentified gunman wearing a full face helmet robbed a private bank in Seeduwa town this morning.

Sri Lankan cricket is a mess because politicians have taken over, and with little or no knowledge of the game they are destroying the institution with every passing day, cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan said.

The world's largest cargo aircraft, Antonov An-225 Mriya landed at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) this morning, Airport Manager Upali Kalansuriya said.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have built very high quality primary healthcare systems, staffed primarily by women healthcare workers, co-founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates said.

The National Museum, part of the Ministry of Culture of Government of India, had last month approached M S University, seeking the relics as a temporary loan from the university.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, who is in London, UK to attend the Commonwealth Forums, yesterday said the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) would provide a platform for Sri Lanka to expand its trade ties beyond the GSP+ concessi

President Maithripala Sirisena will have to issue another gazette notification specifying the time as to when the new Parliament sessions would commence if the House is to convene on May 8, 2018, Parliament sources said yesterday.

The United National Party (UNP) Politburo will on Thursday decide on the new party posts that are to be set up, sources said yesterday.

Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at her home in Houston, Texas. She was 92.

Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister Faizer Mustapha said the government would never hold elections to the provincial councils under the old system or the much criticized PR system, but was ready to introduce amendments to the Provincial

Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara said today some 20 underworld criminals had been arrested in the recent past and that the police had launched operations to make further arrests.

Minister John Amaratunga today apologized to the Dutch tourists who were assaulted by a group miscreants in Mirissa on April 8 and assured them 'absolute safety’ in the future.

One person was killed and 16 others injured when two vans collided head-on at Keppetipola Junction on the Welimada-Nuwara Eliya Road this afternoon, Police said.

Customs officers attached to the Airmail Parcel Section of the Colombo Central Mail Exchange (CME) had detected Rs.1.4 million worth Hashish sent to a freelance Journalist in Nugegoda, Customs Media Spokesman Deputy Director Sunil Jayaratne said toda

Prices of some imported goods including petroleum products, fertilizer, gas and chemicals would rise further because of the depreciation of the rupee, MP Bandula Gunawardana said today.

Controversial ‘Water Creatures Beach Guest Restaurant & Surf Bar’ in Mirissa, where a group of Dutch tourists were brutally assaulted, has been shut down following an order from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) a sh

The Chinese Government on Monday assured that there was no need for certain people to make speculations from the military or other strategic perspectives about the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka.  

President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled to meet UK Prime Minister Theresa May later today, the government said. During the meeting, the two sides are to discuss issues that are mutually important to both countries.

Professor Rohan Samarajiva, the former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) had assumed duties as the Chairman of Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA), the Agency said in a media release.