UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake yesterday denied the claims made by Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) leader Minister Mano Ganesan that underworld figures had been nominated for the upcoming local government (LG) elections to represent the Colombo North.

The prices of the packeted lunch sold within the Colombo City limits have shot up at least by 20 to 30 rupees from today following the increase of the lunch sheets and polythene bags from the beginning of the year.

The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) today requested the Prime Minister's Secretary not to allow Temple Trees to be used for election propaganda work.

UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake, who faces charges in connection with the Central Bank bond scam, asked for a copy of the commission report today under the Right to Information Act.

A 35-year-old man was shot dead by an unidentified gunman at Pallama in Pannala on the Kurunegala-Negombo Main Road this afternoon.

President Maithripala Sirisena had not used his sword well to trap the real culprits of bond scam, General Secretary of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), MP Udaya Gammanpila said today.

Issuing a Gazette extraordinary on Friday, the government renamed the 'Akbar town' election constituency in Mahara Pradeshiya Sabha as 'Enderamulla 01'.

A 59-year-old pedestrian was killed when he was run over by a lorry at a zebra crossing in Nugegoda on the High level Road this morning.Police said the victim who was a resident of Sangharajapura had died on admission to the Colombo South Teaching Ho

The government has borrowed over USD 14.6 billion in foreign currency loans alone during the short period of 36 months that this government has been in power, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.

A fire broke out at a section of the massive garbage pile at Meethotamulla this morning, the Police said.  

A special sitting of Parliament would be convened on January 10 following a request made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Acting Secretary General of Parliament Neil Iddawala said today.

Moragahakanda reservoir was declared open by President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago.

New national coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has been assigned the role of selector on tour as part of a plan to give him more say in team selections, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday.

Rajagiriya flyover which is considered as the longest flyover in Sri Lanka, was declared open a short while ago by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, issuing a statement on the eve of the third anniversary of the presidential election victory of 2015, said there is much left to be done to bring justice for the sins of the past and heal this country from the cul

The government has directed all Divisional Secretaries to transfer with immediate effect any Samurdhi Officer, Agricultural Officer or Development Officer out of their divisions of duty if any close family member of these officers are contesting the

Parliament is likely to hold a special session this week to debate the Central Bank scam as requested by political parties, it is learnt.

President Maithripala Sirisena had ordered the Department of Samurdhi Development to halt the recovery of loans issued for housing renovation of low income families by the Samurdhi Banks during the previous government.

A well- organised drug racket which has continued for several months targeting schoolchildren in the Piliyandala area has been revealed to the Daily Mirror.

Twenty seven Indian nationals who were engaged in soothsaying and sorcery in the North by violating their visa regulations were nabbed by the Immigration and Emigration Department officials in a special operation last week.

Nuwara Eliya district has recorded the minimum temperature of 4.7 degrees Celsius as of yesterday, Department of Meteorology said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to convene Parliament to hold debate on Bond Commission report.

Seven persons including six women were arrested on charges of having run a brothel under the guise of a massage parlour in Ratmalana on the Galle Road yesterday.

Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis arrived in Sri Lanka for a ten-day state visit yesterday.

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam has assured fishermen, that the State government would request the Centre to prevail upon the Sri Lankan government and secure the release of all fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan navy along with t

A stock of 90 Kgs of Cannabis (KG), 4 Kgs of Opium and 4 Kgs of Hashish, worth over Rs. 30 million, was recovered from the Velvetithurai coastal line, in Jaffna during a raid carried out by the Navy, this morning.

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said yesterday that if any candidate contesting the LG polls, uses a place of religious worship for his election propaganda work, not only the candidate but the one in charge of the place of worship was liabl

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday alleged that the decision taken by the government to create two separate entities called ‘Sunset’ and ‘Sunrise’ under the SLIIT by abolishing SAITM was a mere

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has visited the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka on Friday

President Maithripala Sirisena should strike with his sword and take action against the wrongdoers mentioned in the PCoI report and the others engaged in large scale fraud and corruption, Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake said yesterday.