SLFP Ministers S.B.Dissanayake, Dayasiri Jayasekara and Deputy Minister Susantha Punchinilame said they would vote in favour of the No-Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister.  

The UNP would form a new unity Government by Monday (9) with SLFP and other constituent partners who would not support the No Confidence Motion (NCM) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Cabinet Spokesman Health Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne

State Ministers Palitha Range Bandara and Wasantha Senanayake today said they will vote against the No-Confidence Motion on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Earlier, State Minister Range Bandara said he would vote in fav

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had not only protected fraudsters but also obstructed investigations on the Central Bank Bond scam, JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake said today.

The Education Ministry announced today that all the Government and Government-assisted private schools would end their first term for 2018 on Friday (6).

The UNP will never be able to form its own government at any point, SLFP Minister Susil Premajayantha told Parliament today.

UNP MP Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne today said the Government should engage in a course correction act and it should do what it could not do for the past three years.

United National Front (UNF) MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said he would abstain from voting for the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The Police today released a photograph of a suspect seeking public assistance to apprehend him for allegedly involved in a financial fraud of over Rs. 210 million.

Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan today said they did not have any confidence on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) would vote in favour of the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP Bimal Rathnayake told Parliament a short while ago.

The University Trade Union Joint Committee (UTUJC) today decided to continue its strike action because the authorities had failed to issue a circular on the agreement reached with the Higher Education and Highways Minister Kabir Hashim on Monday.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today requested the MPs to safeguard the dignity of Parliament when debating the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

While rejecting State Minister A. H. M. Fowzie’s statement that the SLFP would abstain from voting for the No-Confidence Motion, two other SLFP State Ministers said they would vote in favour of the motion.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today decided to abstain from voting for the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, State Minister A. H. M. Fowzie told Daily Mirror.

Debate on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe began and MP Dinesh Gunawardena presented the no-confidence motion a short while ago to Parliament.

Vocational Training Minister Chandima Weerakkody said yesterday President Maithripala Sirisena requested all the MPs of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) serving in the government to take a common stand regarding the no confidence motion against Prime M

The United National Front (UNF) Parliamentary Group leaders passed a resolution stating that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should not resign from his post, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday.

Deepening the political crisis, President Maithripala Sirisena has told the UNP yesterday that he would permit the SLFP MPs to vote according to how they feel about the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) led by Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) led by Minister Mano Ganeshan have decided to vote against the no-confidence motion on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Minister Rauff Hakeem said today his party decided to vote against the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Ahead of the no confidence motion, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan called on President Maithripala Sirisena today and stressed that the government should implement the mandate given at the Presidential Election on January 8, 20

The joint opposition (JO) today said it would radically modify the new Inland Revenue Act (IRA) and other such Acts when it comes to power, to provide benefits to the people instead of suppressing them.

Those involved in bringing about a change on January 8, 2015 are behind Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the no-confidence motion will be defeated State Minister Harsha de Silva said today.

Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) today handed over a letter to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Sri Lanka against the Cabinet decision to postpone the May Day celebrations to May 7.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the UNP Parliamentary group that the responsibilities of the party would be handed over to a new group before April 30, a statement issued by the UNP said today.  

The strike launched by the workers of the Bandaranaike International Airport this morning was called off a short while ago.

General Secretary of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Udaya Gammanpila MP said today that he had learnt that some UNP members wanted to delay the debate on the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by taking away the Mace

Steps have been taken through the Foreign Affairs Ministry to bring down former Sri Lanka ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) informed the Fort Magistrate’s Court today.

The Supreme Court has informed Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today that several sections of the Judicature Bill were inconsistent with the Constitution and therefore, it should be passed by a two-thirds majority in Parliament, if not amended as recommended