Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila said he would make a statement to the CID tomorrow on an alleged coup by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, G. L. Peiris and himself during the night of the presidential election.   

The National Executive Committee (NEC) today discussed the alleged coup planned on the January 8 night to block the transfer the power to the winning candidate, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said for the first time since 1931, the residence of the Rajapaksa family was searched by the police and questioned whether it was a part of the present Government’s policy of good governance.

The armoury of the Rakna Lanka Security Service affiliated to the Defence Ministry at the BMICH was opened for inspections today, where a number of weapons were discovered.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Executive Committee has approved a suggestion by Chief National Selector Sanath Jayasuriya to get an opinion on Lasith Malinga from world renowned Australian doctor of Sri Lankan origin Professor Siri Kannangara.

With a new government taking office in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may travel to Colombo in March. If he does go, it will be the first state visit by an Indian PM since Rajiv Gandhi's trip in 1987.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that Sri Lanka was not a party to the Rome Statute and therefore all matters should be determined by domestic jurisdiction but that the new Government would engage with the UN Human Rights Council an

Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaska yesterday rejected allegations of holding an account at the Bank of Ceylon Taprobane Branch with a balance of Rs.8 billion.

The Police are yet to determine the fate and whereabouts of some 172 vehicles of the 752 fleet of the presidential secretariat, SSP Ajith Rohana said today.

Former Army Commander and Democratic Party (DP) Leader Sarath Fonseka today expressed optimism that new President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would restore his civic rights and all his military decorations.

The Tangalle Police today search the Carlton Residence of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Tangalle for a Lamborghini car.

General Secretary of the Patriotic National Movement Wasantha Bandara had been arrested today by the Colombo Crime Division in connection with the clashes near UNP Headquarters last month.

The Police would get fingerprints from the seized sports car seized from a house in Piliyandala on Sunday to ascertain the previous user of the vehicle, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said.

Cabinet Minister of Tourism of the new government, Navin Dissanayake had also been appointed as the Sports Minister today.

Referring to the firearms found aboard a ship at the Galle harbor, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana today said that the legality of the ‘floating armoury’ and its arms had not yet been verified and the primary objective of the investigat

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his office on Monday. Reportedly, Samaraweera is carrying an invite for PM Modi to visit the island nation.

Replying to a question on Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe's remarks on offering more autonomy to Tamils in Sri Lanka, India’s Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu said it was a 'serious' statement and the NDA Gover

Governor of the North Central Province Karunaratna Divulgane has resigned from his post today.  He had submitted his resignation to the Presidential Secretariat through a fax, sources said.

Sale of liquor at Lak Sathosa super markets would be prohibited from January 21, Minister of Food Security, Gamini Jayawickrama Perera announced today.

Former Deputy Minister of Disaster Management Dulip Wijesekara and Biyagama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman had been arrested in connection with an assault incident during the Presidential Election, the Police said.

JVP MP Vijitha Herath today filed a writ application urging the Appeal Court to issue an arrest order on Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP), the former LTTE leader, and institute judicial proceeding against him.

Former minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP Mahinda Samarasinghe today claimed that a mob led by United National Party (UNP) MP Palitha Thewarapperuma had forced an Agalawatta Pradeshiya Sabha UPFA member to kneel down at the Agalawatta town and t

The Central Province Governor Tikiri Kobbekaduwa resigned from his post today on the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena.