Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake said yesterday the security detail of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was reduced based on a periodically conducted VIP security assessment and not on political grounds.

Colombo High Court yesterday fixed the case against former minister Basil Rajapaksa and two others in connection with the misappropriation of Rs.33 million belonging to the Divineguma Deptarmnt, to be tried on November 8, 22, 28 and December 12.

Social Empowerment and Welfare Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake alleged that Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) President Dr. Anurudda Padeniya had attempted to engage in private practice today despite the GMOA’s 24-hour cou

Heated arguments emerged in parliament today when Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara alleged that some government doctors who were on strike in the daytime were working at private hospitals in the evening.

Two Sri Lankans who exchanged fisticuffs onboard a flight flying from Tokyo Narita Airport to the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) were taken into custody by the Police at the BIA.

Healthcare, education and railway services countrywide came to standstill today because of the 24-hour strike launched by several trade unions against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in Malabe.

The Supreme Court of Nepal on Friday directed the stakeholders not to move forward the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki and immediately reinstate her in the judiciary, the Himalayan Times reported today.

World Bank’s Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Jan Walliser arrived in Colombo on Thursday for an official two-day visit.

President Maithripala Sirisena said it is highly regrettable that some people due to their political agendas have resorted to strikes when steps have been taken to solve the SAITM issue.

The Court of Appeal today noticed Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) President Anuruddha Padeniya to be present in Court on May 22 in connection with the Contempt of the Court of Appeal.

The four Indians and 30 Rohingya refugees who were detained by the Sri Lankan Coast Guard officers for allegedly undertaking an illegal voyage to Australia had sailed from Tamil Nadu, India the PTI reported on Thursday.

UPFA Matara District MP Kanchana Wijesekera said today he had decided to temporarily disassociate himself from the joint opposition.

A woman has set fire to her 61-year-old husband in Sooriyawewa yesterday, Police said.

About 50 per cent of teachers attached to state schools had refrained from engaging in their services today by applying sick leave, the Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) said today.

India’s Goa Shipyard is expected to transfer an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to Sri Lanka next month.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved a time based optional tariff for the single phase domestic consumers, which was earlier limited only for the consumers who have three phase connections and consuming 30A or above, the

All contract-based locomotive drivers and railway guards who would fail to report to work today will be considered as having vacated their posts, Railways Superintendent Wijaya Samarasinghe said today.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Secretary to the Ministry of Law and Order have begun an inquiry into the activities of the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID).

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed with a vote to spare, after weeks of cajoling within the Republican party to muster enough support.

Entrants of the US Diversity Visa (DV) Programme 2018 can now check the statuses of their applications via the website: http://www.dvlottery.state.gov, the US Embassy in Colombo announced yesterday.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said he will soon make a statement in parliament on the withdrawal of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s security after discussing the matter with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickr

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should immediately expose the agreed facts on the Trincomalee China Bay Oil Tank Farm by sending the then Treasury Secretary P. B. Jayasundara to India on 2013, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Cham

If MP Geetha Kumarasinghe disqualified to be a Member of Parliament due to her dual citizenship, former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran’s duties should also become null because he is not even a citizen of Sri Lanka, the Joint Opposition

US Congressman Bill Johnson will arrive in Sri Lanka soon to discuss and observe the reconciliation process.

The government’s decision to handover the elephants involved in court cases back to their owners for a bond of Rs.10 million with a valid license was not merely a violation of the law, but also an encouragement to all those who illegally posses

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Unions today denied their involvement with the countrywide strike to be launched tomorrow by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), as lengthy queues were forming up with panicked motorists aroun