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.

Six persons died and another 11 were injured in accidents involving the vehicles belonging to the Presidential Security Division (PSD) during the period January 9, 2015 to March 31, 2016, Parliament was informed yesterday.

Provincial Council and Local Government Ministry has decided to issue an identity card to the street artists who were self employed near the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo within two weeks.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday appreciated the leadership of President Maithripala Sirisena in creating the environment for resumption of the Port City development project.

An Australian national lodged a complaint with the Anuradhapura tourist police today that his Visa and money had lost in the Anuradhapura bound train from Colombo.

Deputy Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma has undergone a bypass surgery at a private hospital in Colombo yesterday.

Two Maldivians were arrested on charges of possessing 350 grams of heroin in Dehiwala today, Police said.

During a debate on Sri Lanka in the British Parliament on Thursday, State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Hugo Swire said there needed to be an international element in the accountability mechanism in Sri Lanka to reassure the communities t

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) over irregularities at the Srilankan airlines catering service concluded its inquir

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday assured that the Sino-Sri Lanka cooperation does not target any third country nor will it affect their respective relationship with other countries.

In the backdrop of a legal challenge against recent increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT), the Government yesterday sought to give legal effect to the VAT increase by enacting fresh legislation through the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill which was p

In the wake of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe calling for the Speaker to overrule a Supreme Court ruling, former UPFA MP G.L. Peiris said it looked like an attempt to make way for the appointment of foreign judges to try war crimes against the a

President Maithripala Sirisena today vowed that he would not allow any foreign court, judge or organization to interfere with the internal administration and judiciary in the country.

The joint opposition today urged President Maithripala Sirisena to take action against Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera whom it accused of violating the collective responsibility of the Cabinet.

A 64-year-old businessman was found dead inside a washroom of an Ayurvedic Massage Parlour in Katugastota, Kandy last evening, police said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accompanied by a delegation of nine members arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago at the invitation of Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

A body of a suspected Medical Officer, was found in a hotel room in Gampaha, the Police said. Upon examination of the body the Police had found a medical identity card on him, and syringes in the vicinity of the body.