Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament he would submit a report to the House on the alleged fraudulent matters pertaining to the assistance given by the Sri Lankan Government to the Maldives to construct a road in that country.

JVP parliamentarian Sunil Handunettisaid more than 20 files on large scale corruption were today handed over to the special CID unit set up to investigate matters of large scale financial fraud.

Highways and Investment Promotion Minister Kabir Hashim today said the final report of the committee headed by Prime Minister on Colombo Port City Project will be released in a few weeks and said that the project was ‘unlikely’ to proceed

The Palestine Embassy today said the Rs. 130 million donated to Palestine by the previous government was an urgent humanitarian contribution to the people of Palestine after the Israel attack on Gaza.

The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) wants the Government to enact legislation to prune powers of the executive presidency and introduce electoral reforms simultaneously because piecemeal amendments would be counterproductive, the UPFA s

In the wake of a disclosure that the former Foreign Affairs Ministry had paid US$ 354,000 to a US company for various activities including payments being made to US congressmen, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe told Parliament that an investigatio

A robber who was found asleep inside a boutique in Mahiyangana was caught with the bag of stolen goods such as soap, milk powder, and biscuits.

The enacting of the National Medicines Regulatory Bill was deferred yesterday to incorporate some amendments while it was assured that the legislation would be enacted on Friday (6).

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa today said that they were also the viewers of the private television channel- CSN and the any decision on the channel should be taken by its directors.  

As pledged at the January Presidential election campaign, General Elections should be held when the 100-days programme was concluded, the United National Party (UNP) said today.

The Attorney General (AG) today requested the Colombo High Court for more time to decide whether to withdraw or continue the case against General Sarath Fonseka on harbouring Army deserters.

UPFA MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena has been questioned by the Bribery Commission (BC) today over a new complaint made against him. 

A then 15-year-old student of Royal College in Colombo 7 and his mother yesterday filed two lawsuits in the Colombo District Court against the school’s principal and seven others claiming Rs.260 million as damages after an accident left the Gra

The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) has summoned former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Lt. Yoshitha Rajapaksa to record a statement in conncetion with the light aircraft, that was found from the Economic Centre at Narahenpita on January 13.

A 17-year-old girl died after falling from the 6th floor of an apartment complex in Grandpass around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, Police said.

The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has ruled that its people’s representatives should not attend any rallies organised by other political parties without the approval of the SLFP -- as it was the responsibility of the p

The chairman of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and convener of the Pivithuru Hetak organization, the Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today he was disappointed that the government was not keeping the promises it had made to the people before the pr

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation today urged the government to launch a domestic probe on the violations of the 1815 Kandyan Convention, the ransacking of the national heritage and the unethical conversion of Buddhists by the British.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today stressed the need to refrain from making statements which deter the investigations into fraud and corruption and the establishing of good governance.

Colombo district UPFA parliamentarian Duminda Silva and 12 others were today indicted in the Colombo High Court on 17 charges in the killing of former presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and four others at Walpola, Mulleriyawa in 2011

Aviation Minister said that the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) would be shut down in the nights.

The Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) has arrested a former LTTE Sea Tiger Women’s Wing Leader Burugesu Pahiradiat the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while she was attempting to leave for France.

Star batsman Kumar Sangakkara said he was in no way interested in entering politics now or in the future as reported in the social media. 

Two armed motorcyclists wearing full-face helmets have robbed Rs.1 million from a private bank at Attidiya in Ratmalana today.

A large consignment of ethanol illegally imported from Thailand and valued Rs.1,680,000 had been seized at the Orugodawatta Custom’s Warehouse today, Customs Spokesman Leslie Gamini said.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has taken steps to pay 20 per cent of the employees’ basic monthly salary from today as an allowance until the Cabinet approves a salary increase.