President Maithripala Sirisena and the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should at least adhere to the request made by the Mahanayaka Theras and should resolve the SAITM issue immediately, Medical Faculty Students’ Parents’ Association

There will be fewer rains in the south-western part of the island from tomorrow, the Meteorology Department said today.

The Mahanayake Theras of the three Nikayas have written to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to resolve the SAITM issue in a manner agreeable to all stakeholders.  

Considering the application filed by Avant Garde Captain, Galle High Court Judge M.U. Gunawardene directed the Galle Police HQI to submit a report after having the suspect examined by a medical board of the Karapitiya Hospital.

National Insurance Trust Fund Chairman Manjula De Silva has been summoned for a meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe tomorrow over the non-processing of compensatory claims submitted by owners of business establishments and householders w

Two Sri Lankans were arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle from the country Rs.2.7 million worth of mobile phones and Wallapatta to Dubai early this morning, Customs officials said today.

India and Sri Lanka on Saturday vowed to find a permanent solution to the vexed fishermen issue at the earliest. The two sides held ministerial-level talks on the issue during which various aspects related to it were discussed.

Water levels of  the Kalu, Nilwala and Gin rivers and Attanagalu Oya are increasing due to the heavy rains experienced, the Disaster Management Centre said (DMC) today.

Sri Lanka’s central bank doesn’t see any pressure to tighten policy even as inflation accelerates on the back of a severe drought and poor weather, Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said in an interview.

Some local council secretaries and some State officials are to visit Japan next week amid objections raised by some officials of the Central Provincial Council and the Department of Local Government over the manner in which the secretaries were selec

The country’s first prison facility built in line with international standards at Angunukolapelessa, Hambantota is to be declared open on Monday.

Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Faizer Mustapha said he would issue the gazette notice stating the number of members to be elected to each of the local authorities under the new electoral law.

The Elections Commission said yesterday it would take up for consideration the argument that foreign passport holders should not become office bearers of any political party in Sri Lanka.

The government will act in a responsible manner in future with regard to State doctors who are engaged in strikes that inconvenience patients, Foreign Employment and Justice Minister Thalatha Atukorale said recently.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday hit out at public servants in areas which were hit by floods in May this year for not carrying out the relief work and asked them to resign if they were unable to carry out their duties properly.

The West, particularly the US and the UK, must remove the threat of war crimes and foreign judges that overhangs and overshadows all Sri Lankans, especially their leaders, a British Baron told the British Parliament on Thursday.

Senior Dealer of PTL Kaushitha Rathnaveera yesterday told the PCoI that he had encashed cheques received by PTL from its related companies on several times amounting millions and left the money on PTL CEO Kasun Palisena’s chair but does not kno

National Trade Union Centre Chairman K.D. Lal Kantha said today that they were in talks with Federation of University Teachers' Association (FUTA) and non-academic staff of universities to get their support for the struggle against the South Asia

Heavy traffic was reported in Colombo and suburbs because of the heavy showers experienced in the city today. Vehicle movement on number of exit roads from Colombo had been disrupted due to heavy showers.    

SLFP MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was sacked from his post of party organiser for Nawalapitiya, said today they would set up a broad alliance against the government and pointed out that even the JVP could join them.

With a score of 25.5, Sri Lanka has been ranked 84th among 119 countries in the 2017 Global Hunger Index (GHI) under the ‘serious’ category.

Former State Minister Priyankara Jayaratne has been removed from his Post as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Organiser of Anamaduwa today.

Nissanka Nanayakkara has been appointed as the new Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. Chairman, Public Enterprise Development Ministry said today.

The business community in the Northern Province staged a hartal this morning urging the release of whom they called ‘Tamil political prisoners’ (PTA detainees).  

An Uzbekistan prison inmate, who attempted to escape from the Prions custody at the Hulftsdorp Magistrates court, was re-captured after firing warning shots, police said.

The Sri Lankan government will look to streamline the regulatory process which has so far handicapped the ability of local companies to hire foreign labour by providing greater powers to the Immigration and Emigration Controller, according to Finance

Two bodies of a married couple were found inside their home at Vihara-Halmillakulama in Anuradhapura this morning, Anuradhapura Police said.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) front liner Basil Rajapaksa said yesterday they would contest the upcoming Local Government election as a broad alliance with other political parties and would secure more than 200 Pradeshiya Sabhas.

While stating that the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) had no intention of entering into politics as per the claims made by Minister Rajitha Senaratne, the GMOA yesterday said that ministers such as Rajitha Senaratne must be sen

Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake responding to a notice issued to him yesterday to appear before the Supreme Court on October 25 with regard to alleged contempt of court said he will prove in Courts the veracity of the statements he made on legal pr