President Maithripala Sirisena said on Thursday that certain media organisations, journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and traitorous forces act without realizing the importance of ensuring national security.

COPE member and Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said the Central Bank had given Rs. 66 billion to the primary dealer Perpetual Treasuries between February 2015 to March 2016 and added there was a prima facie case against former Central Bank Gover

The Finance Ministry today published the list of goods and services which are exempted from the Value Added Tax (VAT). The list includes goods such as rice, bread, dhal, coconut, medicinal drugs, fuel and electricity.  

Heavy rush-hour traffic was reported in Fort and several other parts in Colombo, Police said. It said none of the roads were closed but there was heavy rush-hour traffic.  

Sixty two students from Grades 6, 7 and 8 of the Bandaranayake Maha Vidyalaya at Hettimulla in Kegalle, were admitted to the Kegalle Hospital today as a result of a sudden respiratory ailment.  

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his pre-budget statement on the status of economy and outlining plans for the next year, said today a new set of investment incentives based on Capital Allowances and low tax regime would be introduced.

A popular motorcycle racing rider from Horana was arrested today on charges of assembling six motorcycles with enhanced engine capacities from parts he had imported having concealed them among other items, Police said.

The Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Nation Building Tax (NBT) will be implemented from November 1, The Finance Ministry announced a short while ago.

Army Intelligence Officer Premananda Udalagama, who was remanded in connection with the assassination of Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, was granted bail by Mount Lavinia Magistrate Mohammed Sahabdeen today.  

The Joint Opposition today urged the government to reverse the decision to suspend the broadcasting license of Carlton Sports Network (CSN) stating that suspension of the licence would set a dangerous precedent.

The Colombo High Court today allowed the trial over the assassination of former TNA MP Nadaraja Raviraj in the presence of special jury.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya today ordered the CCD to detain the eleven suspects, who were arrested in connection with the Mattakkuliya quadruple murder, till October 31 for further interrogation.

Former Army Commander, Retired General Gerry de Silva yesterday said that it was unfair to level war crime allegations against Sri Lankan forces and having inquiries into them, without having a proper idea on what really took place in the humanitaria

The Sri Lankan Navy today arrested three Indian nationals who had attempted to smuggle in two kilogrammes of heroin in a boat in the seas off Arippu in Mannar.

A Health Ministry employee is staging a protest on the roof of a building at the Health Ministry demanding a salary hike.  

A fire has broken out in a building in Duplication Road, Bambalapitiya a short while ago, Police said.

Air vice Marshal D.L.S Dias was appointed as the Chief of staff of the Sri Lanka Air force from October 1, Airforce spokesperson wing commander Gihan Seneviratne said.

Major General Ubaya Medawela had been appointed as the new Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and Major General Channa Gunathilake had been appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff effective from November 1, Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi

After heated arguments which lasted for days, the members of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), yesterday, unanimously agreed on the wording of the report of the investigations it carried out -- which included the controversial

The proclamation issued by the British Government naming 19 Sri Lankans including Kepptipola Disawe as traitors almost 100 years ago was yet to be cancelled, Parliament was informed yesterday.

Member of the Parliamentary oversight committee COPE, and State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Semasinghe Senasinghe said there would be only one COPE Report, which would be presented to Parliament by COPE Chairman Sunil Handunetti, with the

A man has been jailed for three years for trying to rape a Sri Lankan maid in Dubai after he pretended to be the new gardener and followed her into the kitchen to get a broom.

A proposal, which had been made for the construction of by-pass road from the Polduwa junction, Battaramulla to the Udumulla Junction via Suhurupaya was approved by the Cabinet, Cabinet Co-Spokesman Gayantha Karunathilake today said.

The Value Added Tax (VAT) which received public criticism will now come into force, as Parliament passed the legislation with a comfortable majority today.  

A committee had been appointed to consider reforms to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act to the norms stipulated in international conventions, Cabinet Co-Spokesman Gayantha Karunathilaka said today.

The Monday’s delay of SriLankan flight UL132 from Trichy to Colombo was due to a hydraulic fluid leak from an engine driven hydraulic pump, SriLankan Airlines announced today.