The Inter University Student's Federation (IUSF) said yesterday the six months' suspension on admitting students to SAITM would not make any difference and vowed to launch a countrywide protest campaign from today.

Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya said yesterday that the Chief Ministers of all nine provinces had agreed to pass a resolution enabling provincial councils to be the sole decision making bodies with regard to approving physical plans.

Professor Neville Perera of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) said today that some state universities were substandard and that there were only two or three professors in the medical faculties of some of them.

The government has made contradictory statements regarding the appointment of High Court Judge Ramanathan Kannan making one wonder whether it was a political appointment, former MP G L Peiris said today.

Hours after the Supreme Court upheld her conviction in disproportionate assets case, AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala today expelled 20 rebel leaders from the primary membership of the party.

Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) busted a major attempt to smuggle in a stock of Cocaine worth over Rs.30 million by a Lithuanian national who arrived this morning and also arrested two Nigerians who came to collect them, police Spokesman said.

Police personnel, investigating the incident in which SAITM Chief Executive Officer Dr. Sameera Senaratne’s car was shot at, said today his complaint appeared contradictory.

The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been killed in Malaysia, a South Korean government source has told Reuters on Tuesday.

The National Lotteries Board (NLB) had printed and distributed a ‘Govisetha’ lottery ticket at two different prices to be drawn on the same day, the Joint Opposition said today.

A civil society group has asked for the financial statements of all political parties in the country under the Right to information (RTI) Act.  

An African woman was arrested yesterday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Habaraduwa, Galle on charges of defrauding Rs. 7.1 million.

CID SP G. Shani Abeysekera has been promoted to the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) with effect from August 25, 2016, Police said today.

Two suspects, Udayakantha Warnasuriya and Chaminda Kumara Rajasinghe, who were present in Court on being noticed to do so, were today released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara.

The Chief Incumbent of the Thuparamaya in Anuradhapura, Ven. Galkiriyagama Soratha Thera passed away at the age of 99, while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Colombo last night.

At least 1,300 military deserters have been arrested as of yesterday, Military Spokesman Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne said today.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremeisnghe was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Deakin University Australia yesterday, Dr. Harsha de Silva tweeted.

The Supreme Court has held VK Sasikala, AIADMK chief, guilty of helping former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa amass illicit wealth worth over 60 crores in the 1990s and has convicted her.

Embattled White House national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, two sources tell CNN.

Thirteen Teachers’ Trade Unions (TTU) including Sri Lanka Teachers’ Union (SLTU) yesterday confirmed their support to the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) in the campaign to abolish the South Asian Institute of Technolog

A Central Committee meeting of the Jathika Hela Urumaya will be held next Friday to decide whether it should take disciplinary action against Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, JHU joint chairman Ven.Hadigalle Wimalasara Thera told our si

Eight State Medical Faculty Deans who met Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella, have decided to propose that SAITM suspends the admission of students until the completion of the periodic review on its medical degree programme, a statement said

Former president and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Singapore a short while ago with a delegation of eight from the Bandaranaike International Airport.

Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayaka today submitted an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to the Mass Media and Parliamentary Reforms Ministry requesting for information on the 26 TV channels currently operating in the country.

The US Embassy in Colombo today denied the reports of US changing its visa policy towards Sri Lankan citizens.

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) today accused Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne of failing to gazette the minimum standards for medical education to prevent the substandard level of education provided by SAITM from being revea

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said today his government allowed SAITM to operate a medical faculty based on certain conditions.