A District Judge has gone to the Welikada Prisons hospital on Thursday (10) night to visit former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva who was convicted in the Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra murder case and spent some time before leaving, a prison spokesman

Action will be taken against the police personnel who attacked the disabled soldiers during the recent protest in Colombo, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday.

The St. Jude Church at Indigolla in Gampaha had been robbed two days ago and eight church tills and a gold necklace had been stolen from the church.

Arrangements are underway to use the electronic voting system in Parliament and fingerprints are being recorded for this purpose.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today, the 2017 Budget based on the conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund, had pushed the people from the frying pan to the fire.

The Finance Ministry today published special hotlines for further inquiries about Budget 2017 proposals.

The Prisons Department has introduced a dress code for suspects when being transported to courts and back for identification parades in a move to protect their privacy and identity from the public, Prisons Commissioner Thushara Upuldeniya said today.

The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne today warned that they would launch a countrywide strike by private bus operators if the government failed to remove the minimum penalty of Rs.2,500 for traffic offence

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today directed probation officers to monitor the behaviour of the Kadugannawa schoolboy who had hacked the President’s website.

Minister Rishad Bathiudeen said yesterday the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Miroslav Jenca had requested the Sri Lankan Muslim community to work closely with the country’s peace process.

With the election of Republican Candidate Donald Trump as the President of the US, US Ambassador for Sri Lanka Atul Keshap said he hoped the admiration of the new administration towards Sri Lanka would remain the same.  

President Maithripala Sirisena said he was satisfied with his performance as the President where he succeeded in getting the 19th Amendment to the Constitution passed in parliament and getting independent commissions established.

Union Minister of State Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan on Thursday said the Centre would secure the release of 115 boats of Tamil Nadu fishermen.

Once the country’s most prestigious recreational and sports clubs, Gymkhana has fallen under the iron grip of a few shady officials who have been carrying out some corrupt activity for a long time at one of Colombo Seven’s most iconic lan

Five out of seven Indian nationals who were allegedly involved in the kidney transplant racket were arrested by the Pesalai police yesterday, police said.

America’s President-elect Donald Trump had acted in a film co-produced by the veteran Sri Lankan film-maker Chandran Rutnam along with Bo Derek.

TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran said the prices of some essential goods have been reduced marginally and the budget looks good on paper.“The budget looks good on paper but one wonders how realistic some proposals which were presented such as revenue c

Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said that the budget outlines plans of the government to take the nation towards economic prosperity with an emphasis on the issues faced by the youth.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader, MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the government had now decided to put taxes on goods and services that were exempted in the past and the new taxes such as  the carbon tax will increase the burden on the p

Commenting on the 2017 budget proposals Parliamentarian Dinesh Gunawardane noted that the increase in taxes would effect almost all sectors as well as the working class citizens of this country.

President’s Counsel Sarath Jayamanne has been appointed as Director General of the Commission to Investigate allegations of Bribery or Corruption by President Maithripala Sirisena today.

A Melbourne removalist company has been forced to pay $9,000 to a Sri Lankan asylum seeker it underpaid for work over three months, the Guardian reported on Thursday.

The Excise Duty on electric cars with motor power less than 100 KW was reduced in the 2017 budget presented by Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake today as a commitment to encourage green energy consumption.

The minimum penalty on traffic offences will be increased to Rs. 2,500, the Finance Minister said presenting the Budget 2017 in Parliament.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, in his Budget speech announced that the prices of several essential items would be reduced.

The private education sector would be monitored by the government, the Budget 2017 proposed.  

Three members of a family, found guilty of murdering a resident of Kegalle in 2005, were today sentenced to death by Kegalle Chief Magistrate Dhammika Ganepola.