Newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath said, in his first public function on Tuesday, requested Saudi Arabia to be a strong partner in the development process of Sri Lanka by investing especially in the tourism sector and Dedicated P

The sudden declaration of the general election has prompted the Election Commission to put off of the conduct of the local authorities’ election further.

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered that the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, be remanded until the conclusion of the contempt of court proceedings, for his failing to implement the Supreme Court’s order over the

In the wake of the government change in Sri Lanka, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said that what happened in Sri Lanka politically is for their politics to work out.

The water supply in several areas of Kandy will be suspended for 65 hours due to essential maintenance of the Polgolla diversion dam, starting from Saturday (28), the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said.

Commissioner of General Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake said that a proposal to change certain Electoral Laws have been made to president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, of which the main focus being security deposits of candidates and parties, which stand r

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued a Gazette Extraordinary dissolving Parliament last night.

Parliamentarian Dr. Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as the new Prime Minister while a three-member Cabinet was appointed yesterday.

New National People’s Power (NPP) MP Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi could not be appointed a Cabinet minister yesterday because the Attorney General opined against it since he is yet to be sworn in Parliament, Daily Mirror learns.

National People’s Power member Sunil Handunnetti said that abolishing the Executive Presidency remains a priority for a government headed by newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

While commending the Presidential Election 2024 for following “an excellent process” European Union Election Observation Mission Chief Observer Nacho Sanchez Amor slammed the decision to impose a sudden 14-hour curfew after polling was completed

Newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed secretaries to the Ministry of Defence and Public Security Ministry yesterday.

In the wake of electoral defeat at the presidential election, fresh initiatives are now underway to patch up Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the United National Party (UNP) under a new alliance in view of the General Election to be conducted within

Discussions about holding the next General Election have begun, with the Election Commission getting ready to organise the polls once the Parliament is dissolved.

NPP member Lakshman Nipunaarchchi who is next in the list after Anura Kumara Dissanayake will fill the vacancy in parliament, NPP executive member General Secretary Tilvin Silva said yesterday.

Sri Lankans will go to the polls today to elect the ninth Executive President of Sri Lanka to run the country for a period of five years. The presidential poll holds significance this time since it is the first election to be conducted after the coun

In reference to Sri Lanka agreeing in principle on the restructuring of commercial debts (ISB), Chairman of Advocata Institute Murtaza Jafferjee said it was a game changer on the path to debt sustainability.

Panic buying was reported at Manning Market in Peliyagoda yesterday during the eve of the presidential poll 2024 with people hurriedly buying stuff such as vegetables sufficient enough in anticipation of disruption to normalcy in the post-election pe

Chairman of the Election Commission of Russia Shevchenko Evgenii who is part of an election monitoring mission in Sri Lanka offered insights on electronic voting to be adopted in Sri Lanka instead of paper ballots.

An ancient lithic inscription found at the Dimbulagala Namal Pokuna is shedding new light on Sri Lanka’s socio-political and religious history during the pre-Christian era in the kingdom of Anuradhapura.

The scrutiny of answer scripts of the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination has been suspended due to ongoing investigations into the leak of the first paper in Anuradhapura, Education Ministry Secretary J.M.Thilaka Jayasundara said.

Coconut cultivation in the Anuradhapura District has been affected by an unidentified pest, much to the anxiety of the coconut smallholders.

Ambassador Laksitha Ratnayake, a career diplomat with 26 years’ experience compiled his book titled, “Foreign Policy and Commercial Diplomacy in the Economic Development of Sri Lanka (1948-2020).”

Initial investigations have revealed that four shooting incidents reported in several areas of the country within a few hours are linked to underworld and personal disputes.

Lawyers’ Collective member Shiyan Punchihewa, in a letter addressed to Chairman Election Commission Saman Ratnayake has informed that the report issued by the government on the agreement with external commercial creditors is an attempt to influence

The National Security Council, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, held a meeting yesterday (19) at the Presidential Secretariat to discuss preparations for the 2024 Presidential election. According to the President’s Media Division (PMD),

The Sri Lanka Reform Organization has made a complaint against an online media organization to the Election Commission. The complaint is with regard to the organization carrying an extract of a news item by an Indian Newspaper which quotes opinion po

Whilst revealing that the government has managed to strike a deal with the international sovereign bond (ISB) holders on debt restructuring, independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said Sri Lanka will be out of bankruptcy soon.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa who wound up his campaign for the presidential election said the deal between Anura Dissanayake and Ranil Wickremesinghe will end on september 21st.

Claiming that people, who voted to form governments so far, were humiliated by the rulers, National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday pledged to protect the dignity of the people who vote to bring in Nat