Anunayake of the Sri Lanka Ramanya Nikaya Venerable Girambe Ananda Thera passed away this morning at the age of 80.

Marketing Department outlet of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) has been shut down with effect from yesterday, senior official of SAITM said.

Former President and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa today said it was none other than President Maithripala Sirisena who keeps Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in his post without ousting him.

Megapolis and Western Development Minister Champika Ranawaka today requested the relevant officials who maintain law and order to take necessary actions to stop post election violence.

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) said today it would only support a stable government which commanded a comfortable majority in Parliament.

Deputy Speaker Tilanga Sumathipala today confirmed that he had told the media the UPFA had decided to quit the government and sought the President's permission to do so.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) members of the Unity Government would continue to remain in it, backing SLFP Chairman and President Maithripala Sirisena, Minister S.B. Dissanayake today said.

President Maithripala Sirisena has asked the members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) not to quit the unity government. He is reported to have made this request when he met the ministers representing the SLFP led by him today.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya told Parliament today that he had not been informed of any decision by the UPFA to quit the national government.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today told Parliament that he nursed no aspirations of being the Prime Minister because there was already a Prime Minister in the country. He said this in response to a question asked by an Opposition MP.

President Maithripala Sirisena has the sole power to remove Prime Minister as the Constitution outlined the provision as to how a President could remove a Prime Minister, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris said today.

The body of a Sri Lankan housemaid, who had committed suicide inside her sponsor’s house at Rabya in Kuwait, has been discovered by the sponsor, Arab Times reported today.

The UAE and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sunday to keep unscrupulous recruitment agents, who exploit job seekers to the UAE, away from the recruitment sector, Gulf News reported today.

A debate on the current political situation would be held from 4 pm to 7 pm in Parliament today, following a request made by Joint Opposition Leader MP Dinesh Gunawardane.In the morning, the Parliament session was suspended for 10 minutes w

A party leaders meeting headed by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya began a short while ago at the Parliamentary complex.  

SLFP National Organizer Minister Susil Premajayantha has informed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday (16) that unless the President takes steps to form a government sans members of the UNP by the end of the week, 15 SLFP ministers and

Documents pertaining to payments made by Mendis Distilleries owned by Arjun Aloysious to a set of MPs from government and opposition has been recovered and are being held by President Maithripala Sirisena,Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake said yester

Sri Lanka is being battered by a drought as well in addition to the political crisis it is in at the moment according to the data put out by the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and the weather forecasts of Department of Meteorology.

A Cabinet reshuffle is set to take place on Wednesday (21) as a fore-runner to a new government headed by the United National Party (UNP), it is learnt.

The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has informed President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday night that it would quit the national government, a party official said.

No matter what sort of political clashes take place, the UNP would not let a reversal of the people's mandate received in January 8, 2015, Assistant Leader of the UNP Ravi Karunanayake said over the weekend.

A special discussion is underway between President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at the President’s official residence, reportedly to discuss the Prime Minister’s position, informed

Two people were killed when a car travelling from Nuwara-Eliya to Gampaha toppled into the Agra Oya, a tributary of Kothmale Oya this evening, Thalawakele Police said.

Minister of Regional Development Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka today said he could show quick results in apprehending wrong-doers if he is appointed as the minister of Law and order.

A body of a 45 to 50-year-old woman had been recovered in Diyawanna Lake a short while ago, the Police said.

An Aseman Airlines flight carrying dozens of passengers from Tehran to Yasuj in Iran has crashed in a mountainous area, according to reports.

A large fire has damaged one of the holiest and most politically sensitive sites in Tibet, the Jokhang temple, stirring an outpouring of grief and concern among Tibetans, the Guardian reported.

A total of 50 unemployed boys and girls in Jaffna, including rehabilitated former LTTE combatants, had joined the Sri Lanka Army under the militarized category reported for non-military duties on Thursday at the Security Force Headquarters in Jaffna

A 36-year-old Brazilian man has been taken into custody at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Friday on charges of cocaine trafficking, Acting Customs Spokesman Vipula Minuwanpitiya said.

A 51-year-old man and his 48-year-old wife were shot at while they were sleeping at their home in Wimalathissa Mawatha,Thalangama South early this morning, Police said.