Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila  today challenged the Government to call for a referendum in order to seek public approval for the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ECTA).

A 76-year-old woman retired teacher has been killed last night, while crossing the road in Gonaduwa, Horana, police said.

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa who was arrested by the FCID over the inquiry conducted against him on allegations of misappropriating 70 million worth of funds belonging to 'Krish Company’, was remanded till July 18 by the Fort Magistrate Lanka Ja

The full statement by the Prime Minister on the Supreme Court decision on VAT, NBT follows;

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) will meet President Maithripala Sirisena today to discuss the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in Malabe and urge the President to make a final decision with regard to the mat

The Court of Appeal (CoA) today, for the last time, allowed Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to file objections in connection with the petition filed by the Green Movement seeking a writ order to prevent Northern Muslim refugees from being resettled on som

The Supreme Court today fixed December 14 as the date to inquire into the Fundamental Rights petition filed by MP Udaya Gammanpila regarding his arrest by the Police Special Investigation Unit (SIU).

The Supreme Court a while ago issued an interim order preventing the implementation of revisions made to the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Nation Building Tax (NBT).

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa was arrested a short while ago by the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) in connection with financial misappropriation during the previous Government. 

US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski will visit Sri Lanka and Cambodia from July 12 to 20, the US State Department said yesterday.

Nalanda College Principal Ranjith Jayasundara was summoned to the Borella Police Station today to record a statement on an incident said to have occurred in the school premises, Police said.

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa arrived at the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) today as he was summoned to record a statement over an incident of financial misappropriation amounting to Rs. 70 million.

Twenty nine passengers were injured when a SLTB bus plying from Kabaragala to Kandy rammed into a wayside mound of earth at Madolkele, Wattegama today, police said. The injured were admitted to the Madolkele Hospital.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) this morning to give a statement in connection with an incident of financial misappropriation.

Currency notes worth Rs. 2.4 million, of Rs.5,000 denomination, that had been earmarked for incineration at the Central Bank, had been lost.

Brexit or Britain leaving European Union has a positive side effect on Sri Lanka with the increase of the country’s foreign reserves by US $ 250 million, a Minister said yesterday.

The vehicles of all 225 parliamentarians purchased using the special duty free permit provided to them is to arrive in the country within three to four months, Ministers Nimal Lansa and Thalatha Athukorale said.

A man who was seriously injured in an accident at Unnapulavu in Mullaithivu, on Wednesday and admitted to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday, Police said.  

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa today said the Joint Opposition had not appointed a shadow cabinet but assigned its members ministries to observe the activities and shortcomings of the ministries.

The Senior member of the Asgiriya Chapter Karaka Sabha Ven. Gallellge Saddhatissa Thera said the spiralling cost of living had affected the public and the Maha Sangha as well.

The renovated runway of the Batticaloa Domestic Airport was declared open by President Maithripala Sirisena today.

The nine students who were not admitted to the Meegahatenna Primary School will be admitted to a school in Matugama or another school in the Educational Zone.  

A young Sri Lankan male was arrested at Kuwait International Airport for attempting to smuggle a piece of opium and three polythene bags containing a powder suspected to be drugs, into the country, Kuwait Al-Rai daily reported.

Australia's ruling conservatives have been confirmed winners in last week's general election, after opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten conceded.

The Meteorology Department said strong winds could be expected over the country and the surrounding sea areas today.

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will travel to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka this week.

The Sri Lanka government has said it has found land for all 97 landless families of internally displaced persons, who have been living at the Poonthottam welfare camp in the Vavuniya district of the Northern Province, the Hindu newspaper reported.