A university student who faced being deported from the UK to Sri Lanka has had the order halted hours before she was due to board a plane.

The Constitutional Council which met last evening has recommended Supreme Court judge Priyasath Dep for the Chief Justice post, the government information department said today

Western Province crimes, road safety and traffic in charge, Senior DIG Nandana Munasinghe, who is leading the investigations into the shooting incident in Kalutara yesterday said according to initial investigations a prominent underworld leader 'Ango

President Maithripala Sirisena has assured that the lands in Kepapaulavu and Pudukuduirippu will be handed over to the people in the area within two days, Opposition Leader R Sampanthan said yesterday.

The Ceylon Motorcyclists’ Association (CMA) has expressed displeasure over gazette notice directing motorcyclists including pillion riders to wear protective helmets which do not conceal any part of the wearer's face.

The Joint Opposition yesterday said Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy has assured that former President and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa had no involvement in the controversial gazette which is said to have resulted in the Bond Sale Scam.

President Maithripala Sirisena has sent two nominations to the Constitutional Council for the position of the next Chief Justice, it was reported.

Government is hoping to set up a national agricultural marketing authority to help farmers, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

There was a possibility of preventing the shooting at Kalutara if the police were able to provide sufficient security to the Black Maria, Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D.M. Swaminathan said today.

The Sri Lankan-born doctor, who killed her abusive husband in Western Australia's Mid-West, had been granted parole and would be released this week from prison, the ABC News reported today.

Women and girls can use 119 Police Emergency hotline number to make any complaints over sexual harassments; especially on public transports, the Head of Child and Women Bureau, Ms. L.R. Amarasena said today.

Celebrations by the La La Land cast and crew were cut short, when it was revealed that compeers made a mistake when announcing the best picture at the Oscars.

The 24 suspects, who were remanded on charges of violating court orders and damaging public property during the recent protest in Hambantota, were released on bail by Hambantota Magistrate Manjula Karunaratne today.

Colombo High Court Judge Vikum Kaluarachchi today directed Welikada Prison Authority to take MP Wimal Weerawansa to attend the Parliament Committee sessions, in which he is a member.

The Lotus Road from Ceramic Junction to NSA Roundabout via the Presidential Secretariat has been closed temporarily because of a protest march scheduled to be held by a group of disabled war veterans, Police said.

MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, who is in the centre of a controversy over his recent statement that he would act as an independent member in Parliament, said yesterday that he would not leave the present government.

Appointments made to 25 Government institutions as Chairmen had not yet been cleared by the High Post Committee of Parliament, officials said yesterday.

At least seven persons including a prominent underworld figure Aruna Udayashantha alias Samayan and two prison officers were killed when a prison bus was shot at in Kalutara today morning.

The acting Government Printer (GP) has been called before the Presidential Investigation Commission today to be questioned about the problematic issue of the publication date of the gazette notification about the Treasury Bonds issue which took place

The government intends to place a bar on the provincial councils from discussing separatism, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday.

Minister Sarath Amunugama said yesterday the government would go on till 2021, when the next presidential election is scheduled to be held, though some opposition politicians say otherwise to please their supporters.

Gazette Notification No. 1895/19 dated 1 January 2015 issued by the then president, Mahinda Rajapaksa is a unique example of relevance of fraudulent management of public debt by him, the then CB Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal and officials in the Cent

Actor Bill Paxton died due to complications from surgery, PEOPLE confirms today.“It is with heavy hearts we share the news that Bill Paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery,” a family representative said in a statement.

A conspiracy to transfer the Treasury Bonds scam to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s account has been enacted by the present government, Joint Opposition (JO) today revealed.