Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal arrived at the Bribery Commission a short while ago to give a statement over an ongoing investigation, a commission official said.

Customs preventive division from Tuticorin in India seized 24kg of hashish, a narcotic substance, which was planned to be smuggled to Sri Lanka.

The Government affirmed its position to introduce a new electoral system to the Provincial Council Elections even by delaying it till the middle of the next year latest, it is learnt.

Thunder showers could be expected in the Eastern, Uva, Northern and North Central provinces today and tomorrow, the Meteorology Department said yesterday.

Kayts Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered to obtain statements from six persons including Parliamentarian Mavai Senathrajah in connection with the murder of Pungudutivu female school girl Vidya and submit them to the court.

Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe is likely to resign from his post today, informed sources said yesterday.

Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunge said today it was not the players who should be accused of recent cricket defeat but it was the administrators who should be accused of the defeat.

The Higher Education and Highways Ministry today sought Parliamentary approval for Rs.53,000 million to fund six projects including the extension of the Southern Expressway, construction of the third phase of the Colombo Outer Circular Road and the c

The Colombo Grand Mosque Inc (CGMI) today announced the Eid-ul Azha (Hajj) festival would be celebrated in Sri Lanka on September 2.

Election monitoring organisations today warned the Government that they would seek stern legal action if the Government failed to pass the proposed amendments to the Elections Act, which would delay Local Government elections further.

Each MP was provided with a laptop on their desk in the House from today to provide them an efficient service, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya informed Parliament.

Amendments to the Local Government Act not consistent with its nature, would be excluded during the Committee Stage of the debate, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today.

India’s top court has banned a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, saying it was unconstitutional.

The North Central Provincial Council  (NCPC) today approved the draft 20th Amendment to the Constitution with 15 members voting for and 13 against it. Under the proposed amendment, elections to all Provincial Councils would be held in one day.

A tense situation prevailed in the early hours today at the Kataragama Devalaya premises, when Basnayake Nilame D.P. Kumarage and his son had reportedly taken away the keys of the devalaya, when the Chief Kapurala was preparing to begin the daily Poo

The second phase of the priority bus lane project was implemented today from Katubedda Junction to Maliban Junction and Bambalapitiya Junction towards Piththala Junction, Megapolis and Western Development Ministry said.  

ISIS chief recruiter in India, Tech savvy al-Hindi has been operating on Facebook and other personal messenger services to contact, brainwash and recruit young men from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Press Trust India (PTI) reported.

A French Police officer had been intercepted last evening at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle out a buffalo skull and a pair of horns, Airport Deputy Customs Director Parakrama Basnayake said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday communicated to President Maithripala Sirisena his party’s decision to expel Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from his post, it is learnt.

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne has said that this government could go on till 2025 and not upto 2020, if Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe leaves the government.

The UNP Parliamentary Group members earlier in the day urged Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday to take a decision over Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s issue.

A 10,000-rupee fine and a two-year term of imprisonment will be imposed if found guilty of using polythene and plastic when the ban becomes legally effective from September, the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) said. It said the production, sale

It was the Mahinda Rajapaksa government which decided to abrogate the agreement it signed with Airbus Industries to purchase four airbuses just before the regime change Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

Sri Lanka cricket coach Nic Pothas says “too many cooks” are spoiling his efforts to revive the national team and has called for greater autonomy in the wake of yet another confidence-sapping loss against India on Sunday.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today rejected a request made by former ambassador Udayanga Weeratunga to recall the Interpol warrant issued for his arrest and to cancel an order issued by the Magistrate to the Immigration and Emigration Department to ca

The government is attempting to lease out the three expressways to a Chinese Company called ‘Shandong’, the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) claimed today.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs to vote against the Inland Revenue Bill when it was taken up in Parliament on Friday.  

The amended draft of the Inland Revenue Bill would be presented in Parliament on Friday and no tax would be collected from anyone with an annual income less than Rs.1.2 million, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.

The GMOA today wrote to all Parliamentarians asking them to call for a debate on the setting up of SAITM.

Heavy traffic was reported in Colombo Fort because of a protest organised by the All Ceylon Polythene Manufacturers and Recyclers Association (ACPMRA) against the ban of polythene.