MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has demanded Rs.500 million as compensation from Centre for Human Rights (CHR) Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon for defaming him by making false statements during a news conference on August 5.

The proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution was today approved by the Western Provincial Council (WPC) with 45 councillors voting in favour and twenty-eight against.

An appeal has been filed against the High Court verdict by the Lawyers of former presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Palpita the former director general of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

Amid a growing trend of Nepali men and women being trafficked via Sri Lanka, two Sri Lankan women have been rescued from the clutches of traffickers who tried to send them to various foreign destinations using Nepal as the transit point.

The proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution was today approved by the Eastern Provincial Council with 25 councillors voting in favour and eight against.

Contesting the application made by President’s Counsel Gamini Marapana appearing for Arjun Aloysius that he was not prepared to appear before the PCoI and as such it could not compel him to give evidence, ASG Dappula de Livera said today if Alo

Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake and six other civil society activists today requested the Health Ministry to  transfer Acting Chief Medical Officer of Welikada Prison Nirmalie Thenuwara after she transferred former Secretary to the President,

A Gazette has been issued directing all trishaws to maintain a maximum speed limit of 40kmph, to use taximeters and to issue a detailed receipt on the request of the passenger with effect from October 1, Chairman of the National Council for Road Safe

The owner of the Perpetual Treasuries Ltd, Arjun Aloysius arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) this morning to give a statement with regard to the Central Bank bond scam.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is set to rope in former great Aravinda de Silva in an advisory role after a series of humiliating performances by the senior team throughout 2017. De Silva is set to be put in charge of international cricket with all support

Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran has said the Tamil minority community’s demand for a federal solution to meet their political aspirations was not aimed at dividing the country.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka would turn its income-expenditure deficit into a surplus by 2020, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said while speaking at a ceremony held over the weekend in connection with the distribution of fi

The allegations levelled by the GMOA against the Presidential Committee on SAITM were factually incorrect, Committee Head, Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha De Silva said yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena said a Gazette notification would be issued under existing laws to give all private lands, which were not cultivated to those who were willing to cultivate them.

Although the rainfall received by the hydro power generation reservoirs was not enough, power generation would not be affected in the coming months, Renewable Energy Ministry Spokesman Sulakshana Jayawardana said today.

Fort bound Light Railway Service would be initiated from Kaduwela funded by the Japanese Government, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Champika Ranawaka said.

The rainy condition, especially in southwestern parts of the country, is expected to increase from tomorrow until Thursday (14), the Meteorology Department said today.

At least nine persons, including three foreigners, were hospitalised after a luxury bus skidded off the road and crashed into an electric post at Agbopura on the Colombo-Trincomalee Main Road early this morning, to Police said.

One spill gate of the Laxapana reservoir had been open following the opening of two spill gates of the Canyon Reservoir, the Disaster Management Centre said.

North Korea illegally exported coal, iron and other commodities worth at least £204 million to China and other countries including India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka during a six-month period, in breach of United Nations sanctions, the world body sa

The owner of the Perpetual Treasuries Ltd, Arjun Aloysius arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) for the fourth day, this morning.

A brother of President Maithripala Sirisena has been arrested by the Polonnaruwa Police in connection with an accident which killed two persons when a cab collided head-on with a motorcycle at Athumalpitiya in Polonnaruwa last morning.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India attaches great importance to its relations with Sri Lanka and that he looks forward to continue to work closely with the leadership of the island nation to further strengthen and expand bilat

It has been made mandatory with immediate effect that any prison inmate seeking admission to the prisons hospital will have to get the consent of three doctors, Prison Reforms Minister D.M. Swaminathan said yesterday.

IGP Pujith Jayasundara had promoted 2,599 police officers with effect from May 31, 2016.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday charged that the committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on the SAITM issue was attempting to nullify the powers of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) in order to est

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that the Joint Opposition (JO) submitted amendments to the Inland Revenue Bill to ensure that no taxes would be imposed with regard to any place of religious worship.  

Cross examining PTL CEO Kasun Palisena on the costs of sale of Bond purchases, Deputy Solicitor General Milinda Gunathilake said yesterday most of the purchases reflected as PTL’s expenses in their documents were unreliable because neither any

The joint opposition with the help of Buddhist monks is hoping to collect cash donations to pay the fine imposed by the High Court on former presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga, MP Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday.

President’s Counsel Anuja Premaratne appearing for PTL owner Arjun Aloysius yesterday informed the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that he would file a legal submission on Monday challenging the PCoI’s order summoning Mr. Aloysi