A request made by the Ceylon Shipping Company to transfer the stock of weapons from the controversial floating armoury belonging to the Avant Garde company into another ship was granted today by Galle Chief Magistrate Nilupuli Lankatilleka.

The United National Party (UNP) today defended the court order restraining the publication of the report by the parliamentary Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) on the sale of Central Bank bonds saying the report was not an official document.

Muslims in Sri Lanka will celebrate Ramazan Festival tomorrow (18) as the new moon of Shawwal has been sighted, Colombo Grand Mosque announced.

President Maithripala Sirisena today appointed Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe as the Navy’s new Chief of Staff.

Malwatta Chapter Mahanayaka, Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Thera said politicians should think of retiring at the correct time as politics is not a profession one does for a lifetime.

Former UPFA MP Rajiva Wijesinha said today that the obtaining of an enjoining order, preventing the publication or circulation of the COPE sub committee draft report on the sale of Central Bank bonds, was a huge blow to the freedom of information.

A fundamental rights petition was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking to remove all police security and to suspend all privileges including houses, offices and vehicles afforded to ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa by the State following his nomina

Political parties representing communities and religions should be banned in Sri Lanka to ensure national reconciliation in the country, Chief Incumbent of the Rangiri-Dambulu temple Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thera said.

The Excise Department Bureau of Special Operations raided a popular beach restaurant in Dehiwala on Wednesday night for selling alcoholic beverages without a licence.

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has given instructions to all electronic media institutions to refrain from repeat telecasting the special message of President Maithripala Sirisena.

"The way I do politics has become an issue for many, and there were many who attempted to keep me from being involved in active politics," said Malsha Kumarathunga, who was contesting in the Colombo District under the UPFA said.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) members should decide whether they were going to support President Maithripala Sirisena, who had made his stance clear, to continue with his good governance policies, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Police are seeking public assistance to apprehend a suspect wanted for a robbery at a shop in Wellawatte on July 5.

Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya today ruled out the legal possibility for him to reduce the security and other privileges assigned to Mahinda Rajapaksa as the former President despite him being a candidate at the upcoming polls contesting fr

UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha said today the enjoining order issued by the District Court against the UPFA Central Committee had been obtained without knowing the facts as the petitioner was immature.

The government of the SLFP and UNP headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had failed to take effective steps to put an end to ‘Rajapaksa political culture’, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) sai

The Excise Department had collected a monthly revenue of Rs. 9,900 million as fines in April this year while it had only collected Rs. 3,300 million as fines in November last year under the rule of the previous government, Finance Minister Ravi Karun

The cabinet approval was granted to the proposal made by President Maithripala Sirisena as the Mahaweli Development and Environment Minister to promote the exportation of Gyrinopswalla (Wallapatta) plant and cultivate the plant based on its commercia

SLFP Deputy Ministers Sudarshani Fernandopulle, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Erick Weerawardane today resigned from their Ministerial portfolios.

The statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday had cleared the people's minds and it would pave the way for a Parliament, which would sustain the January 8 revolution, the United National Party (UNP) said.

An Emirates flight from Dubai to Sydney was diverted to the Bandaranaike International Air (BIA) Port, Katunayake yesterday evening due to a medical emergency onboard, the airlines said.

Colombo District Court has issued an enjoining order preventing the publication or circulation of the Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) sub-committee report on the Central Bank Bond issue until July 23.

Mobile phone networks would be disconnected for visitors within the Yala National Park for a week from July 20 considering animal safety, the Wild Life Department said yesterday.

Former Minister Mervyn Silva resigned from his Kelaniya electoral organiser post recently, sources said.

The Malwatte Chapter Mahanayake, the Most Venerable Thibbatuwave Siddartha Sri Sumangala Thera told Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga that, though the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) led governments had ruled the country for the last 2

Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga charged today that President Maithripala Sirisena had indirectly acted to cover up corruption by dissolving Parliament before the no confidence motion against the government could be taken up.

While claiming that President Maithripala Sirisena acted in the manner the UNP believed, Uva Provincial Council Chief Minister Harin Fernando today said that they were certain of the President’s promise that he would not support former Presiden