Sixteen rallies would be held in the Colombo and Kandy in commemoration of the International Workers’ Day that falls on May 1, the Police Media said.

The Gazette notice declaring that garbage collection and disposal are Essential Services was presented in Parliament today.

Kesbewa Chief Magistrate Gihan Ranawaka today suspended the order to dump garbage at the Karadiyana dumping site by the Colombo Municipality with immediate effect, after residents filed a motion requesting the order issued last week allowing the muni

A body of a 25-year-old man stabbed to death was found in Madiwela road in Thalawathugoda area this morning, Police said.

India has pledged to assist Sri Lanka in the construction of the Jaffna, Mannar and Trincomalee and Dambulla-Trincomalee expressways, the Prime Minister’s office said yesterday.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) said yesterday that it was not to the trade unions but to this government that the people gave a mandate to administer the country.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday called for the worldwide banning of firearms highlighting that it is the main cause for conflicts around the globe in the current scenario.

The CID yesterday informed court that it had deployed special investigative groups to examine the facts obtained from individual informants regarding a few suspicious persons in connection with the murder of Wasim Thajudeen.

A move to appoint Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka as the Army Commander or the Overall commander for two years, claiming to instill discipline in the country was highly criticized by several leading state trade unions including the GMOA, teachers’

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today President Maithripala Sirisena had neither proposed Field Marshal Minister Sarath Fonseka to take up the post of army commander or overall commander as reported in the

If the government cannot govern effectively even with the support of a group of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs, these SLFP MPs should ask themselves why they are still on board the sinking ship, former President MP Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, who had been offered a position with the responsibility to execute essential services in case they were disrupted, said today that he expected to fulfil the request made by the President.

A British tourist is suing a tour operator after a falling palm tree crushed her legs and left her feet 'going in different directions', the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.

Former Chief Justice K. Sripavan has been appointed to the board of Sri Lanka’s largest private lender, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, a stock exchange filing by the banks said.

President Maithripala Sirisena today appointed 25 senior lawyers including TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran, J. C. Weliamuna, Upul Jayasuriya and Nizam Kariapper as President’s Counsel.

The resolution submitted by a group of Members of the European Parliament saying that the GSP+ should not be granted to Sri Lanka, was defeated by an overwhelming majority of votes in the European Parliament in Belgium today.

Commenting on President Maithripala Sirisena's request for Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to take up the post of Army Commander or Overall Commander for two years, Social Empowerment and Welfare Minister S. B. Dissanayake said the President was not

One of India's most well-known Bollywood actors Vinod Khanna has died aged 70, his hospital has confirmed. Khanna, also an active politician, had been suffering from cancer and was admitted to hospital earlier this month as his illness became mor

The main suspect in the murder of a Police SI in Maspotha in Kurunegala in 2016, was killed and two other Police officers were injured during a shootout in Hambantota this afternoon, the Police said.

A hartal has shut down transport and other services in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces today.  

Sri Lanka will regain the GSP+ concession by defeating the resolution submitted by a group in the European Parliament saying that the GSP+ should not be granted to Sri Lanka, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Harsha De Silva said today.

India and Sri Lanka will hold a dialogue on how to check the growing threat of the Islamic State in South Asia and any attempt by the terror outfit to destabilise the region

The two Members of the European Parliament (MEP) who visited Sri Lanka between April 10 and 12 to look into the possibility of Sri Lanka regaining GSP+, had recommended the European Commissioner on Trade Cecilia Malmström to grant the concession

UPFA General Secretary Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday (26) the first election to be held this year would be the local government election and dismissed claims that there had been discussions within the SLFP about a referendum being held i

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday criticised the Government for holding a meeting to justify the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) and telecasting it via the electronic media.

The cabinet had approved the proposal made by Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to expand the Priority Bus Lane concept further and to take action to attract the middle class to use public transport services

The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) staged a protest last night outside the Fort Railway Station to show their displeasure over the alleged double standards of the authorities on the controversial SAITM issue.

According to the personal computation of retired Deputy Governor, W.A. Wijeywardena, who testified at the Presidential Commission today, the government’s long term loss for the next thirty years would be Rs.10 billion due to the failure of not