The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), which decided to support the 19th Amendment sans the clauses that need approval at a referendum, has appointed a committee to explore how best to introduce electoral reforms through a 20th Amendment to be enacted s

China and Sri Lanka have held a joint drill at a comprehensive military training base in southern China to enhance their capabilities, specially in combating terror.

All liquor shops, bars, taverns and places selling alcohol will be shut from April 12 to 14 on the orders of the Excise Commissioner General.

The argument by the SLFP and a few other parties which opposed the 19th Amendment if not introduced simultaneously with electoral reforms is no longer valid, because the arbitrary powers of the executive presidency has not been curbed to the extent o

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) said today President Maithripala Sirisena should pack his bags and leave so as to allow a leader with a backbone to administer the country which was fast heading towards anarchy.

In the wake of Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa requesting the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) to nominate an MP for the post of opposition leader, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) with 14 seats in Parliament has written to the Speaker staking i

Sri Lanka was ranked 88 out of 133 countries in the Social Progress Index conducted by the US-based Social Progress Imperative Organisation, ahead of the neighbouring countries including India and Pakistan.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today praised the Supreme Court determination and assured it would support the 19th Amendment to the Constitution after the necessary changes have been incorporated into it.

A statement is being recorded by the police Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) from Shasheendra Rajapaksa, the former Chief Minister of the Uva Province over allegedly misusing two luxury buses bought during the CHOGM, the police said.

A train carrying fuel from Navalapitiya to Kotagala had derailed between the railway stations of Galabada and Watawala this morning obstructing the upcountry railway line.

The body of a 10-year-old school boy, who had been hacked to death, had been recovered from a home garden in Vavuniya yesterday, the Police said. They said, the investigations were carried out after a message received to the Vavuniya Police.

Despite Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s pledge to grant on arrival Indian Visas to Sri Lankan tourists from April 14, confusion reigns over the matter with doubts if it would be implemented from that date.

Following an advert featuring a semi nude man which created a furor on Facebook causing the advert to be removed shortly after it was uploaded, officials of the Lakpahana office said yesterday that they were unaware of how the advert got there.

MP Tiran Alles, who was grilled by the Police Special Investigation Unit for about two hours, told media that Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka was behind all this carefully planned mudslinging effort in order to tarnish his political image.

A Special Task Force (STF) member died after his weapon went off accidently while he was engaged in official duties in the Ridee-Ella area in Dambulla, Police said.

A man who was shot at by an unidentified person in Tissamaharama town today, was later shot again  at the Hambantota Hospital while undergoing treatment, police said.

The 18-year-old son of the 39-year-old woman who was found dead in Kotakethana on Monday, had been arrested today in connection with the killing, police said.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the managers of two state banks and a private bank that the bank account details pertaining to the Pushpa Rajapaksa Foundation named after former Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s wife be handed over to the Po

Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe, the Director General of Bribery or Corruption Commission today said that she is attentive on the complaint made against her by the Ravana Balaya Organisation charging her of misconduct and said the true nature of these alleg

President Maithripala Sirisena today said the parliament will be dissolved after the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is passed on April 20.

Parliamentarian Tiran Alles was summoned to the Police Special Investigation Unit (SIU) today to make a statement over financial fraud allegations leveled against him, the Police said.

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga who attended the meeting of the Kurunegala District SLFP Balamandalaya this morning at the Kurunegala Maliyadewa Girls’ School auditorium came under hooting and jeering of the crowd.

The Supreme Court has determined that the 19th Amendment to the Constitutions is consistent with the Constitution but certain sections require a referendum, Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa announced in Parliamnet a short while ago.

Dinithi Aloka Ranasinghe’s parents, Gamini Ranasinghe and Damani Indira Rodrigo today handed over a petition to the Ministry of Child Development requesting that action be taken into the matter where Minister Rajitha Senaratne’s son Eksat