Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayke today said that he would request private sector employers to increase the salaries of their employees similar to the salary increase of government sector employees.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya restrained Avant Guard Maritime Service (Pvt) Ltd Chairman H. N. Yapa Senadipathi of from leaving the country because of the ongoing investigations into the floating armoury maintained at the Galle port.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Central Committee is scheduled to meet at party headquarters today, President Maithripala Sirisena tweeted.

Professor D.G. Dissanayake has been appointed ITN Chairman while Dhanushka Ramanayake was appointed a Working Director, Government Information Department said.

Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya today said former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was still the Chairman of SLFP and UPFA,according to a letter sent to him by the SLFP some 10 days ago.

The government of Seychelles has said it will assist with all formal requests for an investigation into the assets of Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Thailand's legislators have voted to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and ban her from politics for five years.

Fifty three vehicles belonging to the presidential secretariat were found at a vehicle yard in Sri Jayewardenepura, Pita Kotte by the Mirihana Police last night.

The Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakhita Thera yesterday expressed his concern and the displeasure over the decision to reopen the road in front of the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state television.

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said the attempt by the Rajapaksas to stage an 'election night coup', that sought to tamper with the election results and seize power using the military, failed due to the vehement objections

Sports Minister Navin Dissanayake said that he cannot remove or change any of the officials of cricket board as all of them have been elected to office through a democratic process of an election.

The Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said that the government employees’ salaries would be increased by Rs. 5,000 from the interim budget on January 29.

Notorious drug smuggler Samantha Kumara alias Wela Suda had revealed that four persons including a Colombo District MP, two sub inspectors and a former IGP had connection with him, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said.

Member of the Western Provincial Council Hirunika Premachnadra today lodged complaint at the Commission to Investigate Bribery and Corruption on alleged frauds with regard to Hambantota Port making the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Chairman as the

Former External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris had been questioned by the  Criminal Investigations Department officers this afternoon over an  alleged  attempt  in  the  early  hours  of  Friday 

Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) would match the fuel prices of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Lanka LIOC Managing Director Subodh Dakwale said.

The new Cabinet of Ministers has decided not to purchase any more vehicles for the use of the President, Prime Minister or any Minister throughout this year, Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said today.

Roads in Colombo considered hitherto as coming within the High Security Zones would be opened to the public from today, Police Spokesman Ajith Rohana said.

President Maithripala Sirisena has called for an explanation from the newly appointed Defence Secretary on the statement he made regarding an account held by former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Rajitha Senaratn

The Cabinet has approved the setting up of the Committee Against Corruption (CAC) headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to probe the incidences of large scale corruption that had taken place in the past.

The government had not exactly done what it promised, Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) said today commenting on the fuel price reduction, JNP Leader Wimal Weerawansa told a media briefing that that those who were running the government had not kept its

Brigadier K.J Jayaweera, currently the Director, Directorate of Media at Army Headquarters has been appointed temporarily as new Military Spokesman, Director Training and Coordination and Spokesman-Media Centre, Ministry of Defence and Office of the