Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe has been summoned to Parliament today to testify on the alleged coal purchasing deal which is alleged to have caused the government to incur a loss of Rs.1.8 billion, informed sources said.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday vowed to proceed with the proposed Customs Bill despite objections from some quarters.

Singapore's South Asian Region Chief Executive Ong Kim Pong said he had already undertaken a study on the development of the Eastern Container Yard of the Colombo Port and pledged that the country's Ports Authority would extend its support to

Displaying a kilogram packet of sugar at a news conference, UPFA member Bandula Gunawardane said today the prices of consumer items had not come down despite the controlled prices introduced by the government.

Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran is to play a major role in finalizing trade agreements with foreign countries including the proposed Indo-Lanka Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ECTA), top government sources said today.

The Jaffna University Vice Chancellor today assured that an impartial inquiry would be held into the recent clash between two groups of students and that the University would reopen in stages from July 20.

Former economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa was who was remanded on Monday was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital (CNH) from the Welikada Prison Hospital a short while ago, hospital sources said.

The joint opposition today said that there could even be ‘bloodshed’ in the country if the government signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement (ETCA) disregarding the objections raised by the people.

Eighteen inmates of the Jaffna Prison have launched a hunger strike from this morning demanding that they be released on bail.

Members in Rajya Sabha in India yesterday sought government intervention in ensuring the release of a large number of Indian fishermen, arrested by the Sri Lankan navy in the recent past.

The Kataragama Devalaya was temporarily closed after 12.00 p.m. today after a body of a 75-year-old man was recovered from a thicket near the ‘Aliwadiya’ in the Devalaya premises, Police said.

Karapitiya Teaching Hospital's Consultant Psychiatrist Dr. Ramani Ratnaweera said yesterday the worldwide medical specialists in psychiatry had urged that addiction to the internet be classified as a mental disorder.

A 42-year-old woman was arrested this morning while attempting to smuggle out foreign currency worth Rs.166 million concealed inside her baggage at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).

Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus fare revision would be effective from August 1st increasing the minimum fare to Rs. 9 from the current Rs. 8, Transport Deputy Minister Asoka Abeysinghe said today.

A 16-year-old boy and a 19-year-old girl were reported missing after have gone to bath in the Kelani river at Hanwella yesterday.

The amendments proposed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to be incorporated in the VAT Bill would be presented to President Maitripala Sirisena as party leader today, SLFP officials said yesterday.

Sri Lanka Audit Service Association yesterday warned of tough action if the reports and queries of the Auditor General were continuously rebuked publicly, in an attempt to create a public opinion against the legitimacy and validity of them.

The government, which should be empowering the Tamil community, is instead allowing Tamil extremism to raise its head in the country, the joint opposition charged yesterday.

The five-day Jana Satana Paada Yathrawa organised by the Joint Opposition (JO) against alleged ‘suppression’ by the government towards the people and the JO members will be launched from Kandy on July 28.

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Singapore and India, the Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that is to be signed between India and Sri Lanka will help establish a tri party programme which will ben

National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa today said the Government needed at least one of the Rajapaksas in prison at any given time and that it may even place Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe in jail, because he was also a ‘Rajapaksa

The special commodity levy on imported sugar has been reduced from Rs. 30 per kilogramme to 25 cents with effect from midnight today, the Finance Ministry said.

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) National Organiser Nishantha Warnasinghe yesterday condemned the clash between two student factions, which occurred at the Jaffna University campus last Saturday.

Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Former Director General of the Divi Neguma Development Department, Kithsiri Ranawaka were today ordered to be remanded till August 1 by the Kaduwela Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala.

While condemning the clash at the Jaffna University, a collective of university lecturers, civil activists, artistes and the JVP allied Socialist Youth Union (SYU) today said the people should look into the incident with a broader and prudent mind co

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today refused to issue a warrant, through Interpol, for the arrest of a one-time Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga and directed that summons be forwarded through the Foreign Ministry to his address in Uk