Speaker Karu Jayasuriya’s youngest daughter Sanjeewanie Indira Jayasuriya Dicker yesterday succumbed to a terminal illness in London, England.

There would be no illegal construction of any buildings in the land near the Sri Pada Forest Reserve, Deputy Minister Parliament Reforms and Mass Media Karunarathna Paranawithana said today.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today vehemently denied the allegations made by Cabinet Spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne that the ‘Aava’ gang was established under the approval of Mr. Rajapaksa during the previous governme

Cabinet spokesman, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne today said the underworld gang "Aava" active in the North was a creation of former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and certain top military officers.

Asserting that the COPE report was a victory for the Yahapalana Government, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he would call for a meeting of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank next week and take steps for probing the Greek Bond.

The Joint Opposition today urged the government to appoint a special Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to monitor the progress of the action taken by the Attorney General (AG) into the COPE report on Central Bank (CB) Bond sale issue.  

Brigadier M.D.U.V. Gunatilake has been appointed as new Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) with immediate effect.

Former MP Tiran Alles and two others have been remanded till November 10 after being indicted, over the case in which they were accused of misappropriating Rs. 124 million at RADA in 2006.

The political party  Ape Sri Lanka Nidahas Peramuna  had been renamed as Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and Prof. G.L. Peiris was named as its new Chairman, sources said.

Responding to the statement made by former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga claiming that he former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was paid by J.R. Jayawardena to divide the SLFP, Rajapaksa yesterday said that he will not to respond to state

The Monetary Board is soon expected to come up with its verdict on the alleged treasury bond scam based on an on-site report prepared by the Central Bank officials, which is now being deliberated by the Monetary Board.

The Special Task Force (STF) camp in Mannar which was established in 2010 has been shifted to Parayanakulam with effect from yesterday, the STF said.

A Sri Lankan national, Wrad Stewan Ratnayaka (78), has been reported missing in Andhra Pradesh, during a pilgrimage to Bhopal.

Up country railway services had been disrupted due to caving in of the railway line between Kadugannawa and Balana, the Railway Control room said.

Chinese Ambassador Yi Xianliang , who responded yesterday to criticism that the Chinese loans were expensive, said yesterday that he had asked Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake why he talked about yet another loan from China if the loans were expens

Colombo Additional Magistrate Aruni Attigalle yesterday directed Prisons Chief to produce Duminda Silva in the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on January 5 for the hearing of three bribery cases filed against him on charges of not declaring hi

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has sought to appoint Inspectors' General (IGs) to monitor the work of Sri Lanka’s missions abroad and report on the progress.

Court of Appeal yesterday issued Notices on the Mass Media Ministry secretary, Mass Media Minister Gayantha Karunatillake, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission and its director general, pursuant to a Writ petition filed by Carlton Sports Netw

Power failures were experienced in several parts of the country this evening, including the Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Central Provinces. Power has now been restored in the areas, CEB Spokesman Sulakshana Jayawardana said.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake is reported to have notified the Cabinet that there was an adverse impact on the budget deficit because of the repeated requests for additional provisions.

Sri Lanka has made commendable progress towards abiding by the conventions needed to regain GSP+, but still more work needs to be done, the visiting delegation from the European Parliament said today.

Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila today sought permission from the Colombo High Court to travel abroad.

Three men including two siblings were arrested by the Mirihana Police today on charges of robbing jewellery worth Rs. 15 million from a jewellery shop in Nugegoda. The stolen goods were recovered in a garbage dump, police said.

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's then deputy leader Maithripala Senanayake, his wife and Mahinda Rajapaksa were paid by J.R. Jayawardena to divide the SLFP.

Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the disabled war veterans who are protesting outside the Presidential Secretariat not to block the entrance and to vacate the premises.