President Ranil Wickremesinghe pledged to prioritize the country’s economic recovery while ensuring that law and order is maintained to prevent anarchy, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The political authority and relevant government officials would have to face legal actions by the Supreme Court just as in the case of Easter Sunday attacks, if they acted irresponsibly with regard to the Local Government elections, Lawyers for Natio

While expressing its concern regarding the attempts by state authorities to disrupt the Local Authorities Elections, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) reiterated that all those responsible for interfere with the electoral process must be dealt

German companies operating in Sri Lanka have raised the red flag with some warning they will be compelled to withdraw from the country if the import ban continues, Daily Mirror learns.

While highlighting that Chairman of Election Commission Nimal Punchihewa had informed them that local government elections cannot be held on March 9, certain opposition groups have told Secretary to Ministry of Finance Mahinda Siriwardana that the

Leading rice mill owner Dudley Sirisena who has a greater control over the market urged the government to increase the support price of paddy for farmers from Rs. 100 to Rs. 140 a kilo.

Three students who were bathing in the sea off Wellamadama in Matara this afternoon, had gone missing, police said.

The writ petition filed by an Independent Group seeking an order preventing the Election Commission from holding the local government elections in respect of Matara Municipal Council was today dismissed by the Supreme Court.

A Colombo Magistrate today ordered police to provide court a list of names of doctors to select a five-member panel of doctors to be appointed to conduct the post-mortem inquiry of leading businessman Dinesh Schaffter.

The heart of a Sri Lankan lady living in Ankara, Turkey has melted for the victims of the deadly earthquake which killed as many as 35,000 people (the number expected to rise further).

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has requested the public to inform them of any vehicles which are emitting excessive smoke.

The postal voting for the 2023 local government election was postponed until further notice, Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Rathnayake announced today.

A public interest litigation filed seeking an order quashing Cabinet Decision approving the electricity tariff revision was today dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said the IMF Extended Fund Facility is expected in March, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

National Organiser of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Women’s Wing former MP Hirunika Premachandra and nine others were today granted bail by Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court for allegedly committing offences during a protest held in July last year.

A hospital staff member attached to the Maharagama Cancer Hospital was today ordered to be remanded till February 28 by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing hospital medicines and selling them to cancer patients.

Sabaragamuwa University has been closed until further notice for all students except for the first-year students, the Vice Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University has announced.

FitsAir, Sri Lanka’s first privately owned international airline, is set to increase international flight offerings with the launch of service to Chennai, India.

The Local Government election could be held with an advanced payment of about Rs. 2 billion whereas about Rs. 8 billion is required for the whole process, Chairman of the Delimitation Commission Mahinda Deshapriya said.

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) mayoral candidate of Colombo Municipal Council Mujibur Rahman was today fixed for support by Supreme Court.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court today fixed for April 6 to deliver its order in connection with a private plaint filed against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal.

The price of lunch packets, kottu and fried rice will be increased by 10% from tonight in the wake of the electricity tariff hike, head of the All Island Canteen Owners’ Association (AICOA) Asela Sampath said today.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife Ayoma Rajapaksa left the Bandaranaike International Airport for China this morning.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed Power and Energy Minister and relevant officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply for electricity customers, the President’s Media Division said.

Three 16 year old boys have been arrested for killing a 35 year old man in Welipanna yesterday.

The visa application center of the Indian High Commission in Colombo has been closed until further notice due to a security incident reported last night, the Indian High Commission said.

Postal ballot papers for the Local Government election in seven districts have already been printed, Government Printer Gangani Kalpana Liyanage said.

Claiming that the Government Printer has been influenced by the President to suspend printing of ballot papers, the National People’s Power (NPP) today urged the Elections Commission to summon the Government Printer and question regarding the matte

Unregistered and low-quality drugs are to be imported with the Sri Lankan government’s endorsement, Ajith Thennakoon of the Society of Government Pharmacists charged today.

Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Monday, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, a week after a major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria killing more than 33,000 people.