President Maithripala Sirisena today said whatever setbacks, whatever road blocks were thrown in its way, the consensual government would run its full term of five years to fulfil its pledges given in August 2015.

The NGO Secretariat has sent out a circular to relevant NGOs calling for data, which is to be sent in by July 29, a statement from the Prime Minister’s office said today.

The former Chairman of the Development Lotteries Board Chandrawansha Pathiraja was today released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya for the three cases filed by the Bribery Commission under corruption allegations for causing a Rs.

The Collective of Retired or Disabled Military and Police Personnel staged a protest march earlier today urging the President to intervene in the proposed pension scheme. They sat on the road outside the Fort Railway Station pledging to leave only af

Power and Renewable Energy Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera said the ‘porondam’ (compatibility) chart of President Maithiripala Sirisena and Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe were fully agreeable and that the marriage between the two would cont

The eighth suspect, Yashmin Ilhami Mohammad, of the alleged F&G fraud case, was today released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.

More than two days since an Indian Air Force’s AN-32 aircraft (K-2743) with 29 persons on board went missing from the radars, no clue could be obtained to its location.

The Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice K. Sripavan and Justices Priyasath Dep and Buwenaka Aluvihara today fixed for August 3 the proceedings in the case where UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa is charged with contempt of the Bribery Commission.

While criticizing the controversial statement made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Kandy on Saturday, regarding certain media personnel, Opposition MP Udaya Gammanpila today said the Prime Minister should not play with fire.

Considering the revision bail application filed by former senior DIG Anura Senanayake, who is in remand custody over the inquiry conducted into the killing of Ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen, the Colombo High Court today noticed respondents to appear in Co

Two people have been murdered and 16 have been wounded in a mass shooting at a Florida night club.

Former cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan’s teaming up with the Australian camp during the Warne-Murali trophy would be disadvantageous to Murali himself in the long run, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday.

Heavy traffic was reported along the Lotus road in Colombo due to a protest march carried out by a group of retired and disabled military and police personnel.

The national ceremony to enshrine treasures and relics on the main dam of the 'Kalu Ganga Reservoir’ of the ‘Moragahakanda – Kalu Ganga Multipurpose Development Project’ (MKMDP) was held a short while ago with the particip

A US resident, convicted of killing his Sri Lankan wife, has been sentenced to five years in jail by a Saudi court, the Arab News reported on Monday

Four naval vessels, two Japanese ships, ‘Inazuma’ and ‘Suzutsuki’, the US ‘New Orleans’ and the Royal Omani ‘Khassab’ arrived at the Colombo Port on goodwill visit yesterday.

Canada has renewed its call for Sri Lanka to fulfill its commitments on human rights and democracy, the Hindu reported on Sunday.   

Four people were killed and another four injured in two separate road accidents in Warakapola and Mankulam yesterday, police said.

Ahead of the Pada Yatra to be started on Thursday, President Maitripala Sirisena has called for a meeting with the members of the Joint Opposition MPs representing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) this evening, it is learnt.

Foreign embassies in London including Sri Lankan High Commission have failed to pay £95,811,650 in congestion charges since 2003, UK Parliament was informed.

A tourist who was playing the violin on the road side to earn money was taken into custody by the Ella Police.

The Colombo Municipal Commissioner has been directed to develop empty lands within the city limits as soon as possible.

At a meeting with Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh in Tehran on Sunday, Chandima Weerakkody announced Colombo’s readiness to restart importing Iran's crude.

A businessman of Dehiwala who was alleged to have links with underworld figures, was arrested by the police today on charges of kidnapping another businessman and taking Rs 3 million as ransom in June 28.

A supplier of explosives for manufacturing fireworks, who was illegally possessing over 800 kilos of Potassium Perchlorate which had been imported defying regulations of the Ministry of Defence was nabbed by Negombo Police this evening.

Colombo District Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardene said the JVP, would never realise its dream of forming a government in 2020.