In the wake of President Maithripala Sirisena’s outburst against the purported politicization of police, a committee headed by him and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to be set up to take policy decisions of the government regarding matt

The Monetary Board today said that it noted with concern the sharp disparity in the performance of primary dealers, as well as certain issues related to the pattern of trading activities.

The Movement for a Just Society and the Purawasi Balaya Movement that toiled for the victory of President Maithripala Sirisena today condemned and expressed their displeasure over the recent statement of the President regarding the CID, FCID and the

A 52-year-old retired sergeant major attached to the Intelligence Unit of the Army had allegedly committed suicide after writing a letter claiming that he had assassinated Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge.

The killing of three youth in the Weliveriya town in 2013 during a protest campaign demanding drinking water for Rathupaswala, was today declared as an act of crime by Gampaha Chief Magistrate Ms Kavindya Nanayakkara.

The new European Union (EU) Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Tung-Lai Margue today said the European countries are amazed at the rapid progress made by Sri Lanka under the new government during a very short period.

Sri Lanka was among the 26 counties which abstained from voting on a resolution by the UNESCO which denounced Israeli violations in and around the al-Haram al-Sharif (also known as the Temple Mount) compound in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem al-Q

Kodikamam Police OIC, who served as the Chunnakam Police OIC in 2011, was arrested by the CID last evening in connection with an incident where a suspect held in Chunnakam police custody was found dead.  

Shiv Sena in Mumbai has extended its support to a new Sri Lankan Tamil outfit called Siva Senai, triggering concerns among the mainstream politicians of Sri Lanka that sectarian outfits will reopen wounds of a 20-year-old civil war that ended only in

The Thai government has set a mourning period of one year for the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

The Court today ordered to auction the 16 acres of land in Mapitigama, Malwana that was alleged to have been owned by former Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) yesterday requested the Central Bank (CB) to seize the excessive profit of Rs. 5.1 billion earned by Perpetual Treasuries Limited as of March, 2016.  

The Prisons Department is planning to install CCTV camera systems by the end of this year, Spokesperson Thushara Upuldeniya said.

Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL), the controversial primary dealer connected to the family of former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, has recorded a mammoth after-tax profit exceeding Rs.10 billion within a period of 14 months, according to

President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met last night for a special discussion at the official residence of the former, informed sources disclosed.

An high-ranking official who holds a top position in an independent institution is expected to resign soon, informed government sources said yesterday.

While declining to comment on the views expressed by President Maithripala Sirisena on the FCID at a function held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on Wednesday, its Chief DIG Ravi Waidyalankara said action could be taken in case the President o

Despite rumours that all police personnel in the Western Province had been stationed in their respective police stations last night, the Province's Senior DIG Nandana Munasinghe said that they were conducting a special crime operation covering al

The joint opposition today challenged Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to give a direct response to the statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday including the President’s displeasure at former Defence Secretary Gotabaya

SAARC has not lived up to its potential, a top White House official has said adding that they regretted that the regional summit has to be postponed after most of the member countries pulled out of it.  

The UN General Assembly unanimously appointed former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres on Thursday as the ninth secretary-general of the world body for five years beginning January 1, 2017, the Reuters said.

In the wake of President Maitripala Sirisena lashing out at the alleged politicization of the FCID, CID and the Bribery Commission, National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader and MP Wimal Weerawansa said it was time for the President to walk the talk.

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years on the throne, the palace says.

The Maldivian Government today announced that it would leave the Commonwealth, a collection of countries made up largely of former British colonies, citing the organisation had taken punitive actions against the Maldives despite the progress made by

Three men convicted by the US of being LTTE terrorists would get their sentences reduced by 10 years after a Brooklyn judge revealed that he had been “haunted” by the case, the New York Daily News reported on Thursday.

Police Narcotic Bureau arrested a woman who was found in possession of 55.39 grams of heroin worth Rs.180,000 in a housing complex at Dematagoda a short while ago, Police said.

National Media Centre Chairman and former Media, Postal and Telecommunications Minister Imtiaz Bakeer Marker's son Adhil had passed away in London, UK yesterday.