Gunawardena said President Ranil Wickremesinghe had revealed this IMF proposal to the cabinet on Monday

An advertisement will be published in the weekend newspapers calling for applications for members to be appointed to these commissions

Says amendments to the Excise Act will be tabled in Parliament soon

An Aragalaya activist was heard shouting at former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal calling him a thief. The incident took place outside courts. “Aragalaya activist Da

Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, who was at the centre of the controversy surrounding the alleged sterilization of female patients was today fixed for support by Supreme Court.

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) said yesterday that the parties that gathered at the HRC had agreed not to impose power cuts until the end of the Advanced Level Examination.

Constructive engagement across creditors is vital to secure a prompt and comprehensive International Monetary Fund programme for SL

A tense situation was reported at the J R Jayawardena Centre in Colombo today after hundreds of job seekers around the country gathered at the centre following a fake Turkey job interview published on social media.

Member of Election Commission P. M. S. Charles resigned from her post while Chairman of the commission Nimal Pumchihewa is also expected to follow suit, a spokesman from the President’s office said.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland KC will visit Sri Lanka next week to attend the nation’s 75th National Independence Day celebrations.

A Chief Inspector of the Kebithigollewa Police had been admitted to Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital following an alleged assault by an SSP, Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said. He said the

It was transpired before Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court that despite a Court order, police have so far failed to record a statement from former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa regarding ongoi

Sandya Ekneligoda, the widowed wife of disappeared journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda made offerings to the Kali Kovil in Modara on Tuesday to mark the 13th year since the disappearance of her husband on January 24th in

PUCSL seeking a legal opinion on the implementation of the cabinet request for an interim tariff with retrospective effect

The young man, riding on a motorcycle obstructed their way and attempted to make her drink acid

President had reportedly told his cabinet that he had no more intentions of expanding his cabinet

Mujibur Rahuman is seeking an order quashing the Cabinet Decision instructing District Returning Officers not to accept deposits from LG Election candidates

In a fresh move to secure the support of the Muslim world, Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry held talks with Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha and r

Retired Major Attorney-at-Law Ajith Prasanna was yesterday sentenced to a four-year-rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in connection with a contempt of court application.

The Meteorology Department warned of thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara Districts during the afternoon or night. T

Regional rivals China and India are the biggest bilateral lenders to Sri Lanka

The Ministry of Power and Energy and the PUCSL has not taken any step to prevent the schedule power cuts despite the Commission’s instruction

Electricity and Renewable Energy Association and Centre for Environmental Justice filed this writ petition

Says the existing education pattern in the country should be changed

The Election Commission and around 85 political parties yesterday reached an agreement on the maximum amount which could be spent by individual candidates and parties at the local government election.

The Central Bank has said that the interest rates can be relaxed once again with a cash infusion via the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) from International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Central Bank officials told this at the Committee on Public Finance (C

High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige decided to proceed with the case filed against ASP Kulasiri Udugampola

Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday visited the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy to seek divine blessings prior to launching his party’s election campaign. “This is the na

Any government which was detached from people’s true aspirations cannot bring in economic recovery through measures such as imposing taxes, National People Power (NPP) leader Anu