The Vehicle Import Permits offered to public officials and officials of the State Corporation and Statutory Boards under a concessionary basis would be implemented again with amendments, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremeisnghe will leave for Indonesia tomorrow on an official visit to participate in the 12th annual World Islamic Economic Forum.

Responding to Former President and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa’s statement on the Office on Missing Persons, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera today said MP Rajapaksa is trying to score political points at the expense

The Chairman of Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya (NSS) of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Airport & Aviation Branch Warnasiri Bandara was arrested yesterday for using two State owned vehicles for the Joint Opposition’s Paada Yathra mar

The keepers of unprotected railway gates would be on strike from this morning, urging a wage hike, their collective said.

A 16-year-old Afghan national was drowned and three others were hospitalised after they drowned while bathing at the sea at Thalpe in Habaraduwa yesterday.

Western Province Chief Minister Isuru Devapriya said today he would reveal the Joint Opposition’s conspiracy with the UNP to save the Rajapaksa family in the future.

UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra said today the Jana Satana Paada Yathra would not make any impact on the government other than some physical changes on the Joint Opposition MPs who were marching from Kandy.

The Jana Satana Paada Yathra organised by the Joint Opposition was passing Weweldeniya town a short while ago on its third day.

Veteran spinner Rangana Herath grabbed a five-wicket haul to help Sri Lanka stun top-ranked Australia by 106 runs on the fifth and final day of the first Test in Pallekele today.

In an effort to find a permanent solution to the vexed fishermen issue with Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday held a high-level meeting with various stakeholders and deliberated on its different aspects.

The suggestion made by Northern Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran for an MoU between the Northern Provincial Council and the Central Government to divide the ownership of Moragahakanda Project was unacceptable, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader A

Request made by the Peliyagoda Police to restrict the Jana Satana Pada Yathra from Kiribathgoda to Colombo were yesterday rejected by Colombo Additional Magistrate Chanima Wijebandara.

Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya is reported to have emphasised at a meeting with Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Faiszer Mustapha that the local authorities’ election should not be delayed any further.

The Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) yesterday strongly opposed comments made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe against the media while speaking at a public meeting in Kandy recently.

If the former leaders had performed their duties and governed properly, there would not be a need for them to undertake long marches for political purposes, hurting their feet, President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said the management of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) should return the money of students with interest for the years they had wasted seeking a degree.

Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) today charged that Western Province Education Minister Ranjith Somawansa had ordered the Provincial Education Director to add another classroom to grade one in 21 schools located in Western Province to facilitate the whims

A 30-year-old man was shot dead at a house in Redbarnawatta, Modara by three men who had arrived in a three-wheeler this evening, police said.

Gampaha Magistrate Kavindaa Nanayakkara today ordered the Joint Opposition’s Paada Yathrawa to march on the left side of the Colombo-Kandy road from Kalagedihena to Kirillawala next Sunday (31), so as not to inconvenience the public.

Attanagalle Magistrate Dinesh Lakmal Perera today refused to grant a restraining order to prevent the Joint Opposition from holding meetings in Nittambuwa on Sunday in line with its Paada Yathrawa and the United National Party (UNP) from conducting a

The Jana Satana Paada Yathrawa organised by the Joint Opposition reached Kegalle town a short while ago on its second day.  

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) today said it was not certain as to when the renovation of the Hyde Park Ground would be completed so that it could release the ground to those who had reserved it including, MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara.

Former TNA Ampara District MP P.H. Piyasena was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) in Colombo this morning over an alleged misuse of a government vehicle, Police said.

Former Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) to give a statement over

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahinda Balasuriya has been summoned by the CID to record a statement with regard to the investigation on the murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge.

Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya, who resigned as the Wildlife Department Director General recently, said in an exclusive interview with Daily Mirror that he did not want to work for the government or in a public sector background again.