The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) convention would be held in September with the participation of all senior party members, including those who called themselves as members of the “Joint Opposition”, Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera

The Police had not made any significant progress in their investigations yet into the grenade attack on the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) last Friday night, Senior DIG (Western Province) Nandana Munasinghe said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited the Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatte and Asgiri Chapters to visit India, it is learnt.

President Maithripala Sirisena had stopped all Cabinet meetings until a Cabinet reshuffle, sources said.

The GMOA’s indefinite strike that was schedule to be held tomorrow had been postponed following requests by other trade unions, the Government Medical Officers Association Secretary Dr. Nalinda Herath said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement addressing the estate Tamil Indian factions at the Norwood area was a fillip to separatism, the National University Teachers Association (NUTA) said today.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today condemned the attack on Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) and said the Government should immediately investigate the matter before another insurgency broke out in the country.

The Police today published sketches of two individuals to help identify suspects wanted in connection with the shooting incident where a Police officer was killed and several others were injured, when two gunmen opened fire in Piliyandala on May 9.

A 32-year-old Pakistani national was arrested for possessing 1Kg of heroin at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by the Airport customs this morning.

A 45-year-old woman was killed and another two were injured when a van crashed into a container truck on the Southern Expressway (E01) this morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who met former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday, enquired about “China’s thinking” on current development projects in Sri Lanka, a top source told The Hindu on Friday.

Six women and a male manager were arrested by the Boralesgamuwa Police last evening on charges of operating a brothel under the guise of a spa at Pepiliyana in Boralesgamuwa.

The Indian Navy has carried out a joint hydrographic survey of Sri Lanka's Weligama Bay and southern coast, in a reflection of the growing cooperation between navies of the two countries.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived in China yesterday to attend China's high- profile Belt and Road summit beginning today, Indian media reported.

Skeletal remains suspected to be human were recovered from the construction site of the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo yesterday.

A helicopter, which was part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s entourage on his two-day Sri Lanka visit, remains grounded in Kandy after it developed a technical problem, officials said today. 

No complaints have been made by any Sri Lankan as of now in connection with the global ransomware attack which had affected at least 99 countries including China, Russia, the US and the UK, the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) said.  

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa does not want to destabilize the Provincial Councils (PCs) administered by the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA), Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya said yesterday.

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandar arrived in Sri Lanka this morning to attend the 14th UN Vesak closing Day ceremony, to be held in Kandy. She was welcomed by Minister of Justice and Buddhasasana  Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, at the Bandaranaike Inter

Central Provincial Council's UPFA member Pramitha Bandara Tennakoone, who relinquished his portfolio recently, said steps were being taken to change the power equation in the council.

The National Integration and Reconciliation Ministry has made special budgetary allocation of Rs.1,500 million for an innovative programme on “Reconciliation-Focused Economic Empowerment Project” which aims at strengthening North-South ec

There was an imminent risk of another landslide taking place as a result of flooding that could take place in the vicinity of the Meethotamulla garbage dump site due to the monsoon rains that were expected to begin soon, the Movement Against the Meet

China defended its military relationship with Sri Lanka as good for regional peace and stability after Sri Lanka rejected a request from China to dock one of its submarines in Colombo this month.

The Government is reported to be preparing legislation, which if enacted, will enable persons displaced prior to 2009 and living elsewhere can vote at elections despite their names not being included in the electoral registers.

A large-scale cyberattack affected nearly one hundred countries and held tens of thousands of computers ransom throughout the day on Friday.

In efforts to capture power in the North-Central Provincial Council, the joint opposition is reportedly planning to obtain affidavits from the 18 members supporting it before requesting the provincial governor to appoint one of its members as the NCP

Indian premier Narendra Modi addressing just one ethnicity during his visit was a slight to the majority Buddhist population in the country, the National Joint Committee (NJC) said today.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today urged President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint someone who has a better understanding of the responsibilities of a Health Minister to the post, without further risking the health-care s