European Union Ambassador in Colombo, Tung-Lai Margue said he hoped his colleagues in the Member States and in the European Parliament would soon indicate their willingness to grant the GSP plus facility to Sri Lanka.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary and MP, Udaya Gammanpila today requested the Controller of Immigration and Emigration to furnish the details of the parliamentarians who held dual citizenship.

Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the upcountry areas, action has been taken to remove hornets and wasps nests found in certain parts of the estates to avoid any possible attack on the visiting dignitary.

Vichithra Rajapaksa Ranawaka, the youngest sister of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, passed away this morning due to an illness at a private hospital in Colombo.

Congratulating French president-elect Emmanuel Macron in a twitter message, President Maithripala Sirisena said the victory would provide for a great platform for relations between the two nations to prosper.

The Department of Meteorology today said there was a possibility of hail occurring during thundershowers in the afternoon in most of the Provinces across the country.

A 28-year-old woman was beaten to death allegedly by her husband at Aluth Oya in Habarana last night, Police said.

Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne maintained that it was he and a few others that had helped form this government and therefore asked how Labour and Trade Union Relations Minister John Seneviratne could call for his removal from the post of Cabin

A group of Cabinet Ministers representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will meet President Maithripala Sirisena today and request him to remove Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne from the post of co-Cabinet spokesman, it is learnt.

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

Central Bank Assistant Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe, who testified before the Presidential Commission investigating the bond scam, said he was taken aback by the irregular internal transfers undertaken by the then Governor Arjun Mahendran.

Additional Solicitor General President's Counsel Dappula De Livera informed the Bond Commission on Friday that all those responsible for the Central Bank bond scam would be prosecuted under civil and criminal charges. He said that action will be

The elections to the three provincial councils - Eastern, Sabaragamuwa and North Central - will be conducted this year in conformity with the law concerned as discussed at the chief ministers’ forum conducted recently, officials said yesterday.

Minister of Digital Technology Development Harin Fernando on Saturday urged Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to create a mechanism for the ministers representing various districts to work for their people of the electorate independently.

In a dramatic turn of events, only hours after the government decided to reduce the security given to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa by a further 50 personnel, it was restored without an explanation being given on the about-turn.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) is to launch an indefinite strike in all hospitals island-wide beginning from May 15 demanding the nationalization of SAITM, the private medical college in Malabe

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake’s alleged move to increase the tax on dates and raisins before the Ramadan festival is an encouraging sign for excessive profiteering from the consumers, the National Movement for Consumer Right’s Protec

The Ministry of Health lodge a complaint with the CID against the social media websites which are publishing false information that H.I.V. AIDS is being spread by the health officials who visit homes to test blood samples for filariasis during night.

The Wattala Police have launched a search operation to arrest a mother and daughter in connection with the disappearance of a 65-year old man who had been a retired Port Authority employee, Police said.

The three suspects who were arrested by the police in connection with the abduction of two-and-half-year-old child in Gampola remanded until May 18, Police said.

Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik is all set to create the world's longest sand Buddha in Sri Lanka.

The United National Party (UNP) will go ahead with the reorganization tasks of the party which was planned last December, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said during the weekend.

The Indian Police on Friday arrested another Sri Lankan national in connection with the forged passport racket case that was busted by Sahar police in March, arresting a total of eight foreign nationals including four British and four Sri Lankans.

A 23-year-old man and two women were arrested in connection with the abduction of two and half-year-old child in Gampola.

Rameswaram: A border stone with the words 'Sri Lanka' inscribed on it and with the Island-government's official emblem on top has been found to have been installed on the seventh of the chain of limestone shoals (islets) in the 'Adams

A US equity firm that bid to buy a stake in Sri Lanka's loss-making national airline has pulled its offer, officials said Saturday as the carrier scrambled for a new partner.

President Maithripala Sirisena has expressed his hope that the satellite, which was launched by India, would help to uplift the economic and social standard of the people.

The two and half-year-old child who was abducted from the Gampola area few days ago has been found in Batticaloa today, police said.