TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran, who defended NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake over a controversial statement he is said to have made in the north, said he never thinks that Dissanayake uttered those words with a view to expressing any rac

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to apologize to the Tamil people of the North following controversial remarks made during his recent visit to Jaffna.

The government has reduced the cess on imported cement, the Ministry of Finance said.

An election office for Presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe in Akuressa was damaged last night, UNP Working Committee Member and UNP Akuressa Organiser Dinouk Colombage said.

A 29-year-old Indian national was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials at the Katunayake Airport while attempting to smuggle gold biscuits worth approximately Rs. 30 million.

The Postal Department said that around three million official polling cards for the upcoming 2024 Presidential election have been distributed nationwide so far.

More than 100,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the appointment of the centre-right politician Michel Barnier as the new prime minister.

Two men, aged 61 and 68, were killed in separate wild elephant attacks in Kalmuna and Kebithigollewa, police said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) senior leader MP Mavai Senathirajah at his residence in Kankesanthurai, Jaffna, yesterday.

NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been advised to rest by his doctors after suffering from fever due to exhaustion.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe today told the people in the North not to change their voting pattern.

India has granted US dollars 65 million to expand the Kankesanthurai (KKS) port,’’ Minister of Aviation and Shipping Nimal Siripala de Silva told a rally in Jaffna a short while ago.

The National People’s Power (NPP) is committed to ensure judicial supremacy and the concept of equality before the law under its government, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) presidential candidate said that there is a nexus between independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe and National People’s Power’s (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

A Sri Lankan legend is reportedly joining Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ahead of IPL 2025 as a mentor, a position vacant in the group. He was previously with Rajasthan Royals (RR) but might part ways with the franchise this season.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa will begin a house-to-house campaign today, Party sources said yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s plan to set up operations of Elon Musk’s Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, has been withheld till the Presidential Election is over because of some clearance pending with the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, a top sourc

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday pledged to promote traditional Sri Lankan medicine across the world and bring in much-needed foreign currency to the country.

Claiming that the next Parliamentary session is scheduled for October 8, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that if he wins, he will not convene Parliament on October 8 but only after a general election.

Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has ventured into politics by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), following the footsteps of his wife, Rivaba Jadeja, who is already an active BJP member.

The World Health Organization (WHO) high technology test methods confirm that blood-borne germs are not present during the blood transfusion process, Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Dr. Lakshman Edirisinghe said.

Sri Lanka Customs made a recorded revenue achievement of Rs. 1 trillion, making it the highest figure of revenue generated so far in the country’s history, Customs Spokesperson Additional Director General Seevali Arukgoda said.

Sri Lanka will have to go for another Presidential election in two years time if Ranil Wickremesinghe loses the Presidential election this month, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said today.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter Elon Musk if he wins the Nov. 5 election, during a wide-ranging speech in which he laid out his econ

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed new judges to the Court of Appeal, effective September 6, 2024, under Article 107 of the Constitution, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Parliamentarian Roshan Ranasinghe today announced a new vehicle import policy and said that he can import vehicles at prices up to 80 percent lower than the current market rates.

A total of 20 Sri Lankans who were forcibly detained at an illegal cyber centre camp in Myanmar returned to Sri Lanka after being released.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has launched a two-month amnesty scheme starting from September 1, 2024 which provides an opportunity for individuals to correct their visa status or return to their home countries without incurring fines or

Anura Widanagamage has been appointed as the governor of Uva province by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The Beechcraft King Air 360ER aircraft, donated by the United States to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) will arrive in Sri Lanka next week.