Former president and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that he couldn’t figure out the ‘hopper theory’ and that’s what triggered his defeat.

All the lands except the ones occupied for the purpose of security in North and East will be released while paying compensation for the lands that were acquired, Defence Secretary Karunasena Hetttiarachchi said.

The uncertain global economic situation triggered by Brexit could last for two years, and Sri Lanka could also be affected by this crisis for such a period, a report submitted by the Central Bank to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) will summon the authorities of the Central Bank on June 29 for an examination of its transactions, it is learnt.

Warden of the Yala National Park Suranga Rathnayake remains harassed and an unbearable amount of pressure is levelled on him after he revealed to the media how political pressure was exerted on him and Wildlife Conservation Department (WLCD) Director

A 48-year-old police officer attached to the Chunnakam Police died in an accident occurred this evening on Sangupiti Bridge on the Jaffna-Mannar Main Road in Kilinochchi, Police said.

More than 20,000 dengue cases have been reported from all over the country for the past six months claiming 31 lives, the dengue Eradication Programme of the Health Ministry said today.

Sri Lanka will turn towards Asia as uncertainty had gripped Europe with the decision by UK to leave European Union (EU), Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

All soft drinks will have mandatory colour codes given by the Health Ministry following a gazette notification, with effect from August.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) today threatened to go on a trade union action once the students who are said to have passed the MBBS degree from the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) are granted provisional

A 39-year-old woman died and seven persons were injured when a jeep collided with a motorcycle and a three wheeler in the Eheliyagoda Town early this morning.

Veteran cinematographer, film director and producer M. S. Ananda passed away at the age of 83, late on Friday and his funeral will take place at the Borella General Cemetery at 3 pm today.

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and Foreign Minister of Sri-Lanka Mangala Samaraweera have signed inter-state agreements on mutual legal assistance in criminal cases, extradition of lawbreakers and transfer of sentenced persons.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to make several disclosures on matters related to Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, sources close to him said yesterday.

Forty-five foreign fugitives including a Sri Lankan – all subjects of active Interpol notices for individuals wanted in connection with criminal activity – were arrested across the United States this week by U.S. Immigration and Customs E

Terming the recent arrest of five Tamil Nadu fishermen in mid-sea by the Sri Lankan Navy as an “inhumane” act, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged the Centre to take up the matter with the highest authorities of the i

Southern Provincial Councillor D.V. Upul was arrested by the Hambantota police today in connection with an alleged assault on a man in Hambantota last Wednesday, police said.

A Pakistani national was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake today while attempting to smuggle in five kilogrammes of heroin concealed in two bags.

Former president and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa today paid a visit to MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena, who is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Colombo.

A 23-year-old British national died after he fell off a cliff at Bandalwatte Place in Weligama last night, police said.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader and Chief opposition whip Anura Kumara Dissanayke told Parliament yesterday that JVP members representing the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) are ready to resign from it if anyone thinks the stand taken b

The police has busted a drug racket operating in and around several nightclubs in Colombo and seized drugs worth Rs. 600,000.

A 40-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were killed in two separate train accidents which occurred in Wellawatte and Bambalapitiya last night, Police said.

The survey work for the acquisition of land is now underway for the launch of the Panadura–Ratnapura Expressway project, Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said.

The Madras high court has declined to interfere with the India-Sri Lanka agreement, and subsequent executive orders, on the Katchatheevu issue saying the issue could be best resolved through diplomatic channels and not through court directives, the T

Parliament today passed the Right to Information Bill unanimously with amendments. The Bill was taken up for debate in the House on Wednesday.