The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday called for a meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena to discuss the Dengue outbreak in the country.

National Transport Commission (NTC) Director General D. W. S. Narangoda has resigned from his post yesterday (6) evening, sources said.

The Mahaweli Development and Environment Ministry today announced the suspension of drilling operations in the Uma Oya Project for ten days until a solution was found for the water leakage that had taken place.

The government is keen on making amendments to the Constitution despite many other burning issues in the country including the dengue epidemic, garbage issues and the economic crisis, the joint opposition alleged today.

The people did not mandate to this government for Constitutional reforms that would necessitate a referendum, National Council of Sri Lanka Chairman Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today.

A Sri Lankan man accused of killing his wife in Quebec, Canada five years ago has been deported after the charge against him was stayed because of an unreasonable delay, Canadian media reported.

Parliament erupted in heated arguments today when joint opposition parliamentary group leader Dinesh Gunawardane charged that a draft of the Constitution has been presented at a recent seminar at the BMICH.

The Supreme Court allowed the GMOA to intervene during the Supreme Court inquiry into the appeal filed by the Sri Lanka Medical Council today.

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee, while his players have received 10 per cent fines, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced today.

President Maithripala Sirisena informed the Mahanayaka Theras of the three Nikayas and other Sangha Sabhas that a new commission and a special committee would be appointed to the look into proposed Constitution reforms and the SAITM university issue

Sri Lanka cruised to an emphatic win by 8 wickets in 47.2 overs against Zimbabwe in the third match of the 5-match ODI series after they chased down a target of 311 runs at Hambantota to take 2-1 lead during the process. Riding on an opening stand of

The Monetary Board had suspended Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) from carrying on business and other activities as a Primary Dealer for six months with effect from today, the Central Bank said in a statement.

The cause for the cracks in the Bandarawela area was the use of the low quality excavation equipment in the Uma Oya Project, SLFP organiser and Vocational Training and Skills Development Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said today.

The Mahanayaka Theras of the three Nikayas and other Sangha Sabhas are currently holding a special discussion with President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s House in Kandy.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today urged the Government to go for a referendum and place the issue of the new Constitution before the people.

The road between Ceramic Junction and NSA Roundabout towards Lotus Road up to Galle Face Green has been temporarily closed because of a protest march. 

Joint Opposition Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardena has filed a petition at the Supreme Court, against the Lottery Board being slotted under the purview of the Foreign Ministry during the recent cabinet shuffle.

The Colombo International Financial City (CIFC), formally known as the Colombo Port City, would play an instrumental role in China’s One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiative because of Sri Lanka’s strategic location on the maritime silk ro

A newly introduced larvae to control dengue has been released to the environment and they are getting used to the urban areas, Director of the Entomology and Parasitology Unit of the Medical Research Institute (MRI) Dr. Sagarika Samarasinghe told Dai

The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Bill which was to be taken up in Parliament yesterday was not taken up as scheduled.

President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the ministers have expressed disappointment over the slow progress of the investigations and the action taken against suspects by the FCID, Cabinet spokesman and Minister, Rajith

Cabinet Spokesman and Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said yesterday the yahapalana government had been given a mandate by 6.2 million voters to introduce a new Constitution and that the final Constitutional draft had to be studied before making an

Police have been advised to conduct an investigation on the alleged threat by the ISIS on the US Embassy in Colombo, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today.

The Mahanayake Theras of three Nikayas took the unanimous decision of discouraging the formulating of a new Constitution or bringing an amendment to the existing one without any knowledge of its contents, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Parliamentari

Newly-appointed Army Commander Mahesh Senanayake, who fled the country in 2010 while in service citing political reasons and re-joined the army in 2015 said yesterday he was ‘not a victim of politics but a victim of circumstances’.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila on Tuesday charged that the government had imported a device from America which can be used in tapping mobile phone conversations.

Stay orders issued on disposal of garbage will worsen the crisis with regard to the collection and disposal of waste, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today.

Journalists and media institutions would have to reveal their sources in future if the new Bill on media was passed in Parliament, JVP MP Nalinda Jayatissa charged today.

Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Convener Lahiru Weerasekara and four other university students were further remanded till July 19 by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court today, sources said.

The Government decided to import sheep for the sheep farming in Sri Lanka, Cabinet Co-Spokesman Gayantha Karunathilaka said today.