If the incumbent government continued to overlook the racist acts perpetrated on the Muslim community, it would lead to a situation to lodge the complaint with the international community, EPC Leader of the Opposition M.S Uthumalebbe said.

President Maithripala Sirisena met Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the National Parliament building in Canberra and held bilateral talks today.

The Disaster Management Centre today issued a special weather advisory for heavy rain falls for the next 48 hours.

Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake said yesterday the police and the government should take the responsibility for the recent incidents of inciting religious and racial disharmony because of their failure to take action against those involved in

The European Union (EU) noted that the pace of reforms in Sri Lanka had slowed significantly with straightforward deliverables such as the operationalisation of the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) yet to materialise.

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today the government had been unable to implement the law against those who incited religious and racial disharmony and urged the government to ensure that such incidents would not happen in the future.

Minister Rauff Hakeem said today a Parliament Select Committee (PSC) should be appointed to look into issues concerning archaeological sites and wildlife and national parks.

Though powerful countries like the US, China, India and Japan were affected by global economic crisis in 2016, Sri Lanka was able to remain unaffected because of the Yahapalanaya Government’s economic strategies, UNP General Secretary and Minis

India and Japan will join hands to set up a USD 250 million LNG import terminal in Sri Lanka, the first collaboration between the two to counter China's growing influence in the island nation.     

Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga made a courtesy call on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban, Dhaka, today.

The Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse a group of medical students and parents who were protesting against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) at the Lotus Roundabout in Colombo today.

President Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to Australia would be an opportunity to advance key areas of bilateral co-operation including action against human smuggling, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday.

Fifty two Sri Lankan housemaids who were housed at the Kuwait embassy after they lost their jobs for numerous reasons arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning, sources said.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday enforced martial law in his country’s south as he abruptly left Moscow to deal with a crisis at home sparked by a Muslim extremist siege on a city, where militants burned buildings overnight and ar

At least six Tamil Nadu fishermen who were fishing in Sri Lankan waters were arrested along with a boat by the Sri Lankan navy near Neduntheevu island, last night.

I was thinking that the pair of shoes I was offered was too big for me when I was given the Finance Minister post, new Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.

Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandarnaike Kumaratunga has slammed the SAARC and BIMSTEC for not doing anything to solve the regional crises.

If the Muslims of this country are to lose their patience the country will face dire consequences, Eastern Provincial Council member, Shibly Farooq said.

Capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is likely to come under the purview of the Foreign Ministry with the appointment for former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake as the country’s External Affairs Minister, the D

The newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake is to call for reports on all Sri Lankan envoys serving abroad on the instructions of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance had requested the Budget Department to provide details on the vehicles provided to Ministers since January 2015, the Committee Chairman, MP M. A. Sumanthiran told Parliament today.

The Cabinet today decided to take strict action according to the law against elements that attempt to create communal tension and disharmony in the country, the Government said today.

The Government could not possibly pin the entire responsibility of its economic failures and fiscal shortcomings on former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake as he was not the source of the problem, the Joint Opposition said today.

A  Sri Lankan woman, who was held in captive in Saudi Arabia by her employer, was released by the officials of Sri Lankan embassy in Riyadh, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said today.