Parliament sessions were suspended for a brief period due to a tense situation which arose when parliamentarian Dinesh Gunawardane raised a question on the dengue menace.

The French naval ships ‘Mistral’ and ‘Courbet’ arrived at the Colombo harbour on a goodwill visit today, the Navy said.

The first of several protests to topple the unity government will be launched on Thursday, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today.

The six Army intelligence personnel, who were in remand custody as suspect in the assault case of journalist Keith Noyhar had been granted bail by the Colombo High Court today.

The government will prosecute the politicians and the public servants who misused public funds and the country's national resources, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The Sri Lankan government should immediately reject statements made by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe allegedly threatening to disbar a prominent lawyer for speaking out against attacks on religious minorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) sa

Security forces personnel do not engage in garbage disposal, Military Spokesman and Army Media Director Roshan Seneviratne said yesterday.

The late Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake, as a true statesman, was the first to see and talk about the dangers of the executive presidency when a system of governance based on such a position was proposed by his own party, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya sa

The crisis of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) was sorted out yesterday after a compromise between Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan at the behest of two religious dignitaries and the politica

The government will re-negotiate the purchase and termination contracts with the Airbus Industries and airline leasing company AerCap as it has become an unbearable burden on the country, Public Enterprise Development Minister Kabir Hashim said yeste

With reference to yesterday's Daily Mirror page one story titled ‘President gives WP CM 3 days to clean up City’, President Maithripala Sirisena said he had not made such a direction.

Legislation aimed at providing more stability and transparency to Sri Lanka’s tax system will be presented to Parliament within the next three months, State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne said today.

The Government is holding informal discussions with Emirates to partner our national carrier SriLankan, State Minister of Finance, Eran Wickramaratne told a media briefing today.

PHU General Secretary and MP Udaya Gammanpila today warned JHU General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika to stop making misleading statements on the BBS because otherwise he would be forced to reveal what he knew.

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary and Minister, Patali Champika Ranawaka said today the Mahinda Rajapaksa faction, which was dreaming of making Gotabaya Rajapaksa the leader of the country, were slinging mud at the JHU.

A Circular for importing vehicles in terms of Trade and Investment policy for senior level executive grade administrative positions, management positions and professionals in Government Services, State Corporations and Statutory institutions had been

The Director of the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital today said the hospital has stopped admitting dengue patients for the time being due to the lack of bed spaces in the ward.

Former president MP Mahinda Rajapaksa and a delegation of the joint opposition left for Pakistan on an official visit this afternoon.

French President Emmanuel Macron clinched an absolute majority in parliament on Sunday night, the Telegraph UK reported.

The body of a suspect, who had escaped this morning from police custody in Pitigala, was later recovered from a canal in Oluvila, Police said.

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran said that there is a conspiracy being hatched in Colombo to remove him from office.

Five Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) have been transferred with immediate effect due to service requirements, the Police Department announced today.

Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera has said cricketers who score 50 runs and complain of leg pains should go home.“Most of our cricketers start doing exercises, after coming into a team. By that time the strength has been directed to another s

Police recovered the bodies of two men found floating in different parts of the Kelani River in Peliyagoda yesterday, the Police said.

A 33-year-old was arrested with 540 grams of heroine worth Rs.5.4 million during a raid in Borella yesterday.

President, Maithripala Sirisena has warned Western Province Chief Minister Isura Dewapriya that he would be sacked from his post if the garbage that had piled up in Colombo and the suburbs was not disposed on in three days.

Several people were injured in north London early on Monday when a van rammed into worshippers leaving a mosque, witnesses said, in what British police described as a "major incident".

Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Nimal Siripala De Silva instructed the National Transport Commission (NTC) to cancel the route permits issued to inter provincial buses which stop out of the halting places to drop or take passengers.

A special Parliamentary Session would be held on October 3 to mark the 70th Anniversary of Parliament, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said on Saturday.

Keeping the unity among the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) could not be sustained among the allies, even in Parliament, unless the No-Confidence Motion against Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran was not withdrawn, Eelam People's Re