US President Donald Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality and issued new ones decreeing only two genders and ending government diversity programs Monday, definitively breaking with what he decries as ’’woke’’ cultu

The government will provide vehicles to all 225 parliamentarians for their use in the future, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath said.

Donald Trump’s inauguration had to be moved indoors Monday due to a particularly frigid wintry spell across much of the United States, causing significant changes to the event after years of tedious planning.

The Sri Lankans mean business at the ICC Women’s U19 World Cup, powering to an 81-run win over the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur set up by a history-making effort with the bat.

A total of 20,000 people from 6,797 families have been affected across fifteen districts due to natural disasters such as flash floods, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).

Sri Lanka Police have launched an investigation into Jaffna District MP Archchuna Ramanathan for allegedly disrupting police duties and violating traffic laws.

Studies are being carried out to determine the best way to restructure loss-making state institutions, Deputy Minister of Finance Harshana Sooriyaperuma told Parliament today.

Sri Lanka Police has taken a crucial decision to call in the services of its Special Task Force to back crime-fighting operations and house them at six critical police stations in Colombo, in a bid to counter the increasing wave of organised shooting

The government will review the IMF agreement to grant more concessions to the people, Deputy Minister of Fiance Harshana Sooriyaperuma told Parliament today.

Former Minister Manusha Nanayakkara arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago to provide a statement.

Jaffna District MP Archchuna Ramanathan was reportedly involved in an altercation with a group of police officers on traffic duty in the Rambewa area of Anuradhapura.

I have seen it all. From political revenge to harassment, if the President feels my state house should be taken away from me, then I am ready to leave. Let him give me a written request

In the wake of statements about a cancer vaccine that was once sold for Rs.76,000 now being reduced to Rs. 370, medical sources confirmed the authenticity of the story to the Daily Mirror.

President Trump on Monday signed a flurry of executive orders, memorandums and proclamations after his inauguration, reversing many of his predecessors’ policies and reinstating actions from his first term in office.

The engine of the Siyane Kumari express train caught fire at the Enderamulla railway station this afternoon, the Railways Department said.

The United National Party (UNP) working committee unanimously endorsed the proposal to start a dialogue with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said a short while ago.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is resorting to political revenge by suggesting that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should pay the rent or leave his official residence in Wijerama Mawatha, MP Namal Rajapaksa said today.

The Kandy-Mahiyangana road has been temporarily closed due to the risk of rockfall near the 44/1-kilometer mark in the Kahatagolla area.

The Union of All Ceylon School Development Officers held a protest today in front of the Fort Railway Station, demanding the government immediately recruit all School Development Officers without further delay. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate that an investigation has been launched into a railway e-ticket scam reported in Ella, Kandy, Colombo, and the Makumbura MMC.

Amidst a number of injury issues, Australia received a positive update on Monday, giving the squad a much-needed boost.

Long queues were observed today at the Hatton bus stand due to a shortage of private and Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses for people returning to Colombo after visiting Hatton to celebrate the Thaipongal festival.

The United Socialist Party staged a protest today in front of the American Embassy, demanding that the United States and Israel stop the genocide of the Palestinian people. Pix by Nisal Baduge

A video circulating on social media shows Minister of Transport Bimal Rathnayake travelling as an ordinary passenger, with commuters raising concerns about various issues affecting the train service.

The salaries and allowances of all MPs and Ministers of the NPP government are credited to a single account as in the past, Deputy Minister of Public Security Sunil Watagala said today.

China has executed a man who killed 35 people by plowing his car into crowds at a sports center in November, in the country’s deadliest known attack against the public in a decade, state media reported Monday.

A group of officers of the Katunayake International Airport Animal and Bird Control Unit were injured when a firecracker shot into the air to drive away birds, misfired and fell into their vehicle.

A Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday against former Bangladesh cricket captain and legendary all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. The warrant was issued in connection with a cheque bounce case involving approximately $300,000 owed to IFIC Bank. A

Former Minister Vijith Vijayamuni Soysa, who was arrested by the Walana Anti-Vice Unit yesterday, has been granted bail by the Bandarawela Magistrate’s Court.