Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today assured Parliament that elections for Local Government bodies would be held before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

Parliament today approved three months leave for Lands Minister M.K.D.S. Gunawardane who is undergoing treatment in Singapore. Leave will come into effect from today.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has agreed to suspend the emission test fee which was increased from the budget on buses, Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association (LPBOA) president Gemunu Wijeratne said.

Former Narahenpita OIC who was arrested in connection with a bribe of Rs.2.5 million said to have been accepted by the Crimes OIC was released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapititya today.

A retail price mechanism for fuel will be introduced during the first quarter of 2016, Petroleum Minister Chandima Weerakkody told Parliament yesterday.

Legislation will be introduced soon to make the private sector salary increment compulsory, Labour Relations Minister W. D. J. Seneviratne told Parliament yesterday.

Two Sri Lankans, and one Indian were arrested this morning at Netaji Subhas Chandra (NSC) Bose International airport, Kolkata in India for allegedly trying to leave the country with fake Indian passport.

Stating that the government had taken a decision to stop providing army security to individuals, State Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardane today said that the army was not there to protect Parliamentarians, but to protect the nation.

Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) officials today visited the D. A. Rajapaksa Museum in Weeraketiya to investigate the misuse of state funds amounting to Rs.90 million for setting up the museum.

The Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekera conducted an inquiry today into some of the objections made against candidates contesting the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections next month.

One person was killed and 27 others sustained injuries when a CTB bus collided head on with a lorry near the Gal Odaya Bridge on Mahaoya Road in Padiyathalawa a short while ago, Police said.

Sri Lanka has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, the Foreign Ministry said.

An Inspector attached to the Kirulapone Police Station who was found guilty for baton charging a female HNDA student at a protest held in Town Hall on October 29th was interdicted with immediate effect.

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) today condemned the statement made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in parliament about the GMOA and its president Dr. Anurudda Padeniya and said a decision would be taken at Sunday's

Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake would reveal the list of persons, who had accepted money from the Avant Garde Security Service Company soon, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.

The Mumbai High Court has overturned Bollywood star Salman Khan's conviction for a 2002 hit-and-run case, BBC news reported.

The road from the Ceramic Junction towards the NSA Roundabout in Colombo had been closed temporarily because of a protest march, the Police said.

Former DIG Vass Gunawardena, his son and four others filed petition before Supreme Court challenging the death sentence served on them in Mohammed Shiyam murder case.

The eagerly anticipated cricket series between India and Pakistan is on the verge of being called off.

Heavy traffic was reported in the Town Hall area because of a protest carrying out by the Engineering Faculty students of the Eastern University outside the University Grants Commission (UGC) in Colombo 7.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Nihantha peiris today ordered the Colombo University to produce a report on the alleged CCTV footage connected to the death of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen within 14 days.

Texas-based global investment giant, TPG, one of the world's largest private equity (PE) funds, has bought 28 percent of the shares of Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC in a transaction of over Rs. 7.5 billion this morning from Actis Investment Holding

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) a short while ago to recorded a statement from former SLBC Chairman Hudson Samarasi

The government is to conduct a forum of world renowned economists including some attached to the Harvard University , to advise on the implementation of the economic policy plan laid down by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a Deputy Minister said

A 32-year-old Sri Lankan man was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), while attempting to smuggle out foreign currency worth more than one million Rupees and 109 ATM cards yesterday evening.

School children in the Western Province from Grade 8 and above would be given cadet training from next year to improve discipline and skills among them, Western Province Chief Minister Isuru Dewapriya said yesterday.