The allies of the national unity government should concentrate on the country's development instead of turning on one another, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

The 1978 Constitution, as amended to date, is not clear about the appointment of a Delimitation Commission (DC) or to specify a mandate for such a commission, DC annual performance report for the year 2016 has revealed.

Despite the signing of US$1.1 billion deal to lease the southern Hambantota port to China, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation's (CPC) trade union Collective today expressed their concerns whether they were hoodwinked by the President Maithripala Sirise

The total number of people affected by the prevailing drought had increased over one million, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) census said today.

Two Police Constables, attached to the Kopay Police Station had been hacked and assaulted by an unidentified sword gang in the Kopay area this afternoon, the Police said.

President Maithripala Sirisena had instructed relevant authorities to distribute dry rations to the people who were affected by the prevailing drought in the country, the President’s Media Division said

The Convener of the students union attached to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ruhuna University had been remanded yesterday until August 11 by the Matara Magistrate.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has told former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that there was no necessity of the latter’s help to govern the country, as he (ex President Rajapaksa) had left them a 'mess up'.

In an interview with the Hindu, veteran Tamil leader and Leader of Opposition in the Sri Lankan Parliament R. Sampanthan recalls how the then government and TULF, the main Tamil party, had marathon negotiations for 20 days during 1986 that brought ab

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami thanked Prime Mi­nister Narendra Modi’s intervention to secure the release of 75 fisherm­en and 42 fishing boats under Sri Lankan custody but urged the PM to ensure the release of 107 mor

The Sri Lankan Government today condemned the firing of a ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 28 July 2017, and the series of recent similar hostile acts by DPRK in violation of UN

India beat Sri Lanka by 304 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series. 

Sri Lankan Ambassador in Washington, Prasad Kariyawasam has been appointed as the new Secretary to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the President’s Office said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) yesterday warned of a further restriction in the supply of electricity due to the reduction of hydro-power electricity generation as the water levels in the reservoirs had dropped drastically to 36 per cent of capac

Sri Lanka will be soon producing thin-film solar cells on a commercial basis with technological cooperation from China as a means of popularising the use of solar panels for domestic power generation, Science, Technology and Research Minister Susil P

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said yesterday it would get the workers attached to Sri Lanka Ports Authority to prevent the government from implementing the agreement which is to be signed today between the Government and China Merchant Holdings

Sri Lanka signed a US$1.1 billion deal today to lease the southern Hambantota port to China, after several months of delay caused by protests.

An anxious moment followed the adjournment of Parliament yesterday when the quorum bell started ringing.

Water supply in the areas of Kelaniya, Peliyagoda, Wattala, Biyagama, Mahara, Dompe and Gampaha would be temporary interrupted tomorrow (30) due to an essential maintenance work of Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), National Water Supply and Drainage Bo

The PCoI yesterday wanted to find out information relating to the purchases of the Perpetual Capital Holdings Pvt Ltd or its subsidiaries since February 1, 2015 in order to ascertain how the money circulated in the secondary market transactions had b

Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday the Gazette notice which declared the supply and distribution of fuel as essential services was legally approved in parliament in line with Standing Orders.

Narahenpita Police have unearthed a con of two siblings who drive trishaws that threaten and demand money from female motorists as compensation, saying that the latter had accidentally hit and damaged their taxis.

The Rs.145 million used in making the initial payment of Rs.16.5 million and thereafter to pay the monthly loan installment of Rs.11 million for the controversial purchase of the Monarch Residency Penthouse in Colombo by a company owned by Minister R

The Commission of Inquiry today ordered Arjun Aloysius to provide his Apple user account name and password, it to the investigating officers and directed the staff to notice him as he had earlier refused to provide this information.

The joint opposition said today the Public Security Ordinance (PSO) was not legally approved in Parliament according to Standing Orders and parliamentary tradition even though the government claimed it was properly approved.

The Sri Lankan national, whose robbery and rape charges were cleared by the Korean Supreme Court, was forcibly sent back to Sri Lanka earlier this week, the Korea Herald reported today quoting Justice Ministry.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resigned following the decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office, the BBC reported a short while ago.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered the removal of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office over accusations of corruption, delivering a historic ruling that is likely to shift the country’s tumultuous political balance and deal a s

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today announced that the government would sign the agreement on the US$1.1 billion Hambantota Port Project tomorrow.Flanked by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy, t

Today’s Parliament session was adjourned till August 4 by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya a short while ago following a tense situation between MPs of the government and the opposition during the vote session on provisions related to the Essential Serv