The no-confidence motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake was defeated by a majority of 94 votes, with 51 parliamentarians voting for and 145 voting against.

President Maithripala Sirisena visited the Parliament Complex a short while ago to witness the debate and the vote of the No-Faith Motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake. The Motion was presented in Parliament by Joint Opposition MP Dinesh

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa should be held responsible for the Salawa Army Camp explosion, UNP Spokesman Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today.

Three people including two women were killed and a nine-year girl was injured in a hand grenade explosion in a house at Deekin Gardens,Talangama today.

Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Minister Harin Fernando tweet posted on his Twitter handle said he would resign his portfolio if it was proven that he had used or ordered a vehicle from the budgetary supplement.

Dr. Sumith Pilapitiya a leading environmental specialist in the South Asia Environment, Water Resources and Climate Change Unit at the World Bank office who was appointed as the Director General of the Wild Life Conservation Department (WLCD) in Apri

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya informed Parliament today that the failure of microphones in the chamber yesterday was a technical failure and not a conspiracy as claimed by certain people.

The no-confidence motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake was presented in parliament by joint opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardane a short while ago.  

I boycotted Sinhala language as I hated the Sinhala Only Act, NPC Chief Minister C.V Wigneswaran said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will jointly inaugurate the renovated Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna through video conferencing on June 18, Indian officials told Express on Wednesday.

There had been no reports to suggest that chemical emission from the weapons used during the war time, had got into the bodies of civilians, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed Parliament today.

The Joint Opposition today slammed the Government for seeking to spend Rs. 1.1 billion to purchase vehicles to 30 Cabinet and State Ministers.

The Government should intervene to protect the lives of Basnayaka Nilames as they faced death threats trying to protect the temporalities of the Devalas, the Basnayake Nilames said today.

Three Ministers today justified the Government's move to seek Parliament approval to purchase luxury vehicles to various State and Cabinet Ministers and said Ministers need super luxury vehicles to travel to their electorate, various functions an

The Supreme Court today rejected the fundamental rights petition filed by former economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa where he sought an order to prevent his imminent arrest by the FCID in five cases connected to the purchase of land.

The no-confidence motion against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake which was scheduled to be taken for debate and vote in Parliament today was postponed for tomorrow because a technical fault in the Chamber audio system resulted in Parliament sessio

Vehicle movement on the Awissawella-Colombo main road could be interrupted at times as the erecting of light posts and laying of water lines are taking place in the area, Military Spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera said

A no-confidence motion, against Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dasanayake, in connection with the vote on the supplementary estimate was handed over to the Speaker yesterday.

Parliamentarian Prasanna Ranatunge and his wife, who had been indicted before the Colombo High Court and ordered to appear in Court on June 17, were released on bail by High Court Judge Manilal Waidyathilaka today.

Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullumon Monday apologized to former Sri Lanka’s bowling star MuttiahMuralitharan for running him out during a match in 2006 in Christchurch, NewZealand.

The alleged kingpin of the kidney racket busted at Delhi’s Apollo Hospital was arrested from Kolkata on Tuesday.

Best practices of government tender procedures have come into question over the recent open tender by state-owned Litro Gas for the supply of 250,000 metric tonnes of LP gas, Daily Mirror learns.

The Government, at yesterdays Cabinet meeting, had decided to handle the operation of the Trincomalee Upper Tank Farm as a joint venture between Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) in pursuance of an announcemen

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said today the government was taking steps to reduce taxes and that the increase of VAT was to pay back the loans obtained by the Rajapaksa regime.