Says similar to 'Kekille rajuge nadu thinduwa' UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake yesterday slammed the ‘Marapana Committee’ saying it has made a 'Kekille rajuge nadu thinduwa' by recommending that he should be removed from the pos

Former president and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday ridiculed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s renewed pledge that the country would be enabled with free public Wi-Fi by the year end, by saying that having free public Wi-Fi has become the

The Executive Committee and the Bar Council of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) in a statement issued today said it had unanimously resolved to view with grave concern the initiation of criminal proceedings against former Chief Justice Mohan P

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today it would support new laws to prevent the people's representatives charged with fraud and corruption from contesting elections and would defeat any moves to scrap civic rights of any individual.

Minister Susil Premajayantha said today President Maithripala Sirisena would be compelled to effect changes at the national level soon after the Local Government elections because the current government could not continue in this manner.

The Minister Counsellor (Defence) attached to the Sri Lankan High Commission in London has been suspended after a video, which showed him behaving in an offensive manner, was emerged and circulated on social media.

Ukraine authorities had reportedly requested the Abu Dhabi authorities to handover former Sri Lankan envoy to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga to Ukraine as he holds Ukrainian citizenship.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said today it was confident of winning 225 to 250 Local Government (LG) bodies out of 341.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who kicked off the adjournment debate on the PCoI and PRECIFAC reports in Parliament today, questioned whether political party leaders were prepared to amend the Section 80 of the Constitution.  

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was directly involved in protecting Central Bank's former governor Arjuna Mahendran.

All the government schools would be closed on Friday, February 9 due to the Local Government Elections to be held on Saturday 10, the Education Ministry said today.

The same Law which was enforced on Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) owner Arjun Aloysius should be enforced on former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa in connection with the Avant Garde scam, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Champika

Prime Minster Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday vowed to provide free public Wi-fi facilities before the end of the year.

The licence of arrack distillery W.M. Mendis & Co. Ltd has been cancelled by the Excise Department for non-payment of taxes, the Excise Department confirmed. 

A.L.M Nazeer sworn in as United National Party (UNP) MP today filling the National List vacancy created by the resignation of M.H.M Salman.    

A 65-year-old man was killed when two unidentified gunmen opened fire at him at Kehelbaddara in Gampaha this morning.

Perpetual Treasuries Director Arjun Aloysius and Chief Executive Officer Kasun Palisena were remanded yesterday afternoon in the Colombo New Magazine Prison in a special elite prison cell in the “E” section with security, Prisons headquar

The law will be enforced on Central Banks former governor Arjuna Mahendran in the same way it had been enforced on Sri Lanka's former ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who was arrested by Interpol, UNP MP Kavinda Jayawardene said yesterd

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) yesterday alleged that former Central Bank (CB) Governor Arjuna Mahendran and his son-in-law Arjun Aloysius had caused a colossal loss to the country when obtaining a foreign loan to build the Pothuhera to Galagedara

The country’s largest retirement fund, the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), which is under the custodianship of the Central Bank, has to this day not generated any returns for the Rs.9.3 billion in private equity investments made up to 20

The parliamentary debate on the PCoI and PRECIFAC reports could not be considered sub judice though legal proceedings had been initiated against three suspects in the Central Bank bond scam, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya ruled today.  

The Maldives government has declared a state of emergency for 15 days amid a political crisis in the island nation.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said today there was a plan by the government to sidestep the parliamentary debate on the bond commission report by saying the matter was sub judice.

Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka said today that the relevant officers were ready to bring down Sri Lanka’s former envoy to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga from Dubai where he was detained while in transit to the United States.

Two men who had bought ballot papers and national identity cards from voters were arrested at Kankanamgoda in Beruwala, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.

Hollywood actress and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd would arrive in Sri Lanka next week, the Government Information Department said today.

At least four train commuters were killed at Lunawa in Angulana this evening when a lorry crashed into an express train bound for Galle, the police said.

The Joint Association of Unemployed Graduates Convener Thanne Gnanananda Thera has said he will complain to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) tomorrow about the Uva Chief Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake having attempted to assault him.

A live pangolin was found by the Kollupitiya Police inside a freezer at a Chinese restaurant 'Tong Ni BBQ' at Walukaramaya today. Kollupitiya Police OIC Priyadarshana De Silva said they had inspected the restaurant following a tip off.

Referring to the incident where Uva Province Chief Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake is alleged to have attempted to assault a Buddhist monk three months ago, Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon today