The House on Wednesday granted an extension period to the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe Easter Sunday attack till September 30, in order to complete its final report.

Two books titled ‘Wandering with pleasure along the beautiful sea’ and ‘Wandering with pleasure along the Red Fort’ penned by Saman Athaudahetti was launched at the BMICH yesterday amidst a gathering. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was t

State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene yesterday said a fee has not been charged from the parents of students who attend pre-schools in Kilinochchi and Vavuniya and assured that he would look into the allegation that army logos being printed on

The constitution of our country has been crippled and therefore, any party or person cannot win the upcoming Presidential election without being in an alliance, Internal & Home Affairs and Provincial Councils & Local Government Minister Vajira Abeywa

A 23-year-old person was arrested yesterday with a parcel of gold jewellery worth Rs.2.1 million while he was attempting to smuggle them to Colombo by a luxury bus, Customs Additional Director General Sunil

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared opened the newly constructed Sri Lanka and Korea national vocational training institute at Orugodawattha yesterday. Minister Rishad Bathiudeen,Deputy Minister Karunarathna Paranavitharana, State Minister B

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana The Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) yesterday recommended taking legal action against Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the failure of their part to make payments amounting

The US has no right to criticize the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as Army Commander based on the OISL report at the UN Human Rights Council, from which it withdrew describing it as a cesspit, MP Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday assured he would resolve the concerns of the northern people. He gave this assurance during a discussion held with the Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPD

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) raised a legal point on the move to appoint Shantha Bandara as an MP to fill the vacancy that had arisen in the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Kurunegala District list after the death of MP Salinda Dissan

By Chaturanga Samarawickrama According to the new Education Act, the power of regulating all schools including International schools would come under the Education Ministry, the Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawa

Yala national park would remain closed during the months of September and October, informs the authorit

UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday an interim report submitted by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) in parliament had revealed that imported milk powder contained substances h

At least 97 UNP provincial councillors who had met the party’s Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa had wanted him to become party’s candidate for the presidential election. They made this request when they met Mr. Premadasa in Colombo yesterday accord

The proceedings of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) will be open to media from today, Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri announced yesterday. The inauguration of the opening will be held at the parliament complex with the participation of Speak

The High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Pakistani community based in Sri Lanka celebrated the Pakistan’s 73rd Independence Day. High Commissioner of Pakistan, Maj. Gen. (R) Dr. Shah

The Finance Ministry officials have no concern about how people travel by using public transport, Transport Minister Arjuna Ranatunga complained. He said most of the pas

The driver of a tipper transporting waste to Aruwakkalu Sanitary landfill site was severely injured and admitted to Puttalam Base Hospital when his tipper crashed with another waste transporting tipper in Karakattiya Madurankuliya yesterday early

A 27-year-old soldier who was on duty at the Army Headquarters in Colombo died after he had allegedly shot himself early yesterday morning. Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said the soldier who was attached to the Engineers’ Corps of the Army

Parliament was no longer a law-abiding institution but had become a centre for fraudulent businessmen and their clients, President of the “Vinivida” Foundation Attorney-at-Law Nagananda Kodithuwakku said yesterday. Speaking to the media at Thalaw

Pakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Maj. Gen. (R) Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat said yesterday that Pakistan has always extended unconditional support to Sri Lanka at all fora and continue to do so, especially with regard to Sri Lanka’s national sec

A senior CEB official giving evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate corruption of the current administration indicated that those who were involved in the procurement process on constructing the 300 MW LNG power plant a

The Galle District Disaster Management Unit says that three temples, a school and 124 houses have been partially damaged and two houses completely damaged due to heavy rains and strong winds.

A female Indian national who tried to smuggle in a stock of Cocaine worth over Rs.18 million was apprehended by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) last afternoon when arriving into the country . The woman who had come from

General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Dayasiri Jayasekera inquired what else was there for his party to talk to the SLPP when it had already nominated its presidential candidate.

Whatever the Health Ministry might say, there is a severe shortage of drugs at government hospitals, Coordinator of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (Eastern Province) Dr. Niroshan Liyanag

At the invitation of Cambodian King His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath NORODOM SIHAMONI, President Maithripala Sirisena paid a state visit to Cambodia and agreed to enhance the cooperation between the two countries. According to a join

The Ministry of National Policies, Economic Affairs, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development and Youth Affairs allocated Rs.6,000 million for major high impact development interventions in the Jaffna District, an official said.

Minister of Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage and Kandy Development, Lakshman Kiriella said that the Sinhala-Buddhist culture was protected in the Kandyan region, and the manner in which Kandyan kings acted was commendable. He said the present g

The Board of Trustees of the Munneshwaram Sri Ishwara Maha Devale, Chilaw said that the annual Nikini pooja ceremony was scheduled to start on August, 17 at 12.00 noon, after ‘Kap’ planting. It is said that the fu