Festering garbage mounds in Colombo has been all cleared up and the city is now completely clean, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Champika Ranawaka said today.

A Sub Inspector of Police (SI) attached to the Mulleriyawa Police station has committed suicide by shooting himself with his service pistol at the Police quarters early today.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Chief of Staff Gamini Senarath and two others were today released on bail by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

A 16-year-old male student was crushed to death when a boulder fell upon him yesterday when he was hiding close to a metal quarry in a jungle for intimidation by the relatives of his girl friend.

Train services on the main line had come to a standstill after a express train collided with a lorry at the Hunupitiya railway crossing this morning, the railway control room said.

At the begining of yesterday’s proceedings, President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran raising an objection on behalf of his client Sangaparapillai Pathmanapanan, an official of the Central Bank's Public Debt Department, said no official of

The PCoI Chairman Justice K.T Chithrasiri reading out a statement prior to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's evidence said the Attorney General was requested to be present at the Commission to lead the team of officials of the Attorney Genera

Responding to insinuations by “several persons”, the Bond Commission issuing a special statement said no phones of parliamentarians were “tapped” as alleged, and instead all the data revealed were from extracting data from the

Medical Faculty students today resumed the studies after ten months lapse, Medical Faculty Student Action Committee (MFSAC) Convener Ryan Jayalath said.

House Leader Lakshman Kiriella said today the recording of phone calls of COPE members was a breach of their parliamentary privileges and that the Speaker's permission should be obtained before seeking information on telephone calls of MPs.

Testifying before the Bond Commission, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe today said he had directed former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahedran to consider issuing Treasury Bonds by way of public auctions in accordance with the Economic Policy of t

According to the economic experts, the Per Capita Consumption of liquor would increase by 22% in next two years as a result of the proposals appeared in the budget 2018 in connection with the reduction of tax on beer, representing the Sri Lanka Medic

The GMOA said today the Attorney General’s Department should show the same efficiency as it shows in the PCoI with regard to the lawsuit filed by a SAITM Graduate requesting provisional registration by the SLMC.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would undertake an official visit to India tomorrow, Prime Minister’s Media Division said today.  

Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga today assured the people that there was ample stocks of fuel to last the next three weeks and said three more ships carrying fuel would arrive in the country within the next two weeks.

UNP Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera today wrote to the Bond Commission and denied of having any conversation with Perpetual Treasuries Owner Arjun Aloysius on Bond issue.  

Joint Opposition MP Udaya Gammanpila said the questioning of the Prime Minister before the PCoI by the Attorney General who was appointed to the post by the Prime Minister was a blow to the dignity of the Attorney General's post.

The GCE Ordinary Level Examination will be held from December 12 to 21, the Examinations Department announced today.

Advice would be sought from the Attorney General's Department with regard to the Northern Provincial Education Minister who had refused to hoist the national flag, Northern Province Governor Reginald Cooray said today.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Issuance of Treasury Bonds a short while ago.

Three persons including two women were killed and another was injured in a car-train collision at the Pattiyagoda railway crossing in Veyangoda this morning.

The Government had sought to introduce fresh legislation that, if enacted, would provide for the submission of information of Trusts, upon request, to the Finance Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank, an official said yesterday.

The release of information on the phone calls of COPE Members by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Central Bank bond scam was a breach of privilege of the MPs, Several UNP MPs said.

Implementation delays of the long term energy plan over next three year period could very likely trigger a power crisis that could seriously affect the national economy, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) revealed in its latest report.

Amidst scenes of queues building up at filling stations fuelling fears of another petrol shortage, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CP) said on Sunday all its depots had been provided with ample stocks of fuel and therefore there was no reason to pa

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission, which deals with non-compliance with regards the Right to Information Act by Government Institutions, had received 438 complains this year, the Annual Performance Report of the Commission revealed.

The United National Party (UNP) stressed that its leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was to go before the bond commission (PCoI) today to give evidence was not a suspect in the case but would appear before the Commission voluntarily, UNP Seni

Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF has sacked Robert Mugabe as its leader, BBC reported a short while ago.

At least 41 suspects had been arrested during raids carried out in Jaffna following the recent sword attack incidents in the peninsula region, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who visited the Gintota in Galle today after the tense situation said that stern legal action would be taken against those who were responsible for the violence.