The Department of Immigration and Emigration is investigating a major racket to provide forged European visas to Bangladeshis for hundreds of thousands of rupees, when four such travellers were intercepted at the airport with fake visas yesterday, th

Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena joked about a future in politics, saying that he and his friends would have to contest under the ball guard symbol.

Claiming that there is no issue with the report by Udaya R. Seneviratne on public sector salary increase, Minister Vijitha Herath said yesterday the issue has arisen as no funds had been allocated.

The security personnel assigned to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been reduced to 60, official sources said.

Finance Ministry Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana said that ‘excellent progress’ had been made on the debt treatment relating to China Development Bank (CDB, and Sri Lanka is now in the final stages of finalizing Comparability of Treatment (CoT) mat

Referring to the remark made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake that he would take steps to clean up Parliament by rooting out corruption, Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday questioned as to whether the former is trying to inflict thr

In a landmark disciplinary action, Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer from practising law for five years following findings that he failed to appear before the High Court in a criminal matter where he was appointed as the assigned Counsel by court.

Ceypetco has revised its fuel prices, effective from midnight today (October 31).

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya announced that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be summoned to provide evidence pertaining to the Central Bank bond scam that took place in 2015. She expressed this during a public meeting yesterday (31).

The government has decided to recall 16 political appointees serving as ambassadors and high commissioners of Sri Lanka’s overseas missions with immediate effect, a Foreign Ministry source said yesterday.

SLPP National List member Namal Rajapaksa called on both President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to clarify their stance over their promised salary increments.

Sri Lanka Customs, one of the three main revenue generating arms of the Treasury, had achieved more than 80% of the stipulated revenue target of Rs.1.53 trillion for the year 2024 by end of October, with positive hopes of surpassing the aim before 20

Some politicians and media institutions are spreading false news to create anarchy in the country with an intention to create instability without giving the new government strong power, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

More than half of the drugs that have failed quality tests so far in 2024 originated from India, according to the Medical Supplies Division of the Health Ministry.

Despite the government regulating prices for Nadu rice at Rs. 220, prices have averaged to Rs.235 a kilo in the market, according to recent reports.

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya recently claimed that the former President deliberately misled state employees by promising them a salary hike.

One wonders as to where Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has learnt the constitution, Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

In light of the rapid proliferation of African Swine Fever (ASF) among pigs, Sri Lank has temporarily banned slaughtering pigs, selling or distributing pork and pork products.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said over the week end that people must make it a point to fill Parliament with National People’s Power (NPP) members while calling the November 14 general election as a “Shramadhana” to clean up Parliament.

Duminda Hulangamuwa was a member of Udaya Seneviratne committee which recommended a salary hike for the public servants during the previous regime, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

Claiming that the government is not expecting to repeal the Prevention of terrorism Act (PTA) right now, Cabinet Spokesman Vijitha Herath said yesterday the matter related to repealing the PTA would be taken up in Parliament once it is formed.

Two suspects arrested in connection with security threats to foreign tourists in the Arugam Bay area are being detained for 90 days for further questioning, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), investigators informed the court.

The government is expected to make a decision in the coming days regarding the Attorney General’s directive to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to cease further action on the deaths of 11 inmates during the 2020 Mahara Prison incident, M

Ruling out any influence behind the recent US travel advisory, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath said yesterday the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka had informed him and the security forces in advance before issuing the travel advisory.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said yesterday that claims on money printing are inaccurate and baseless. It clarified that the liquidity (money) injected through Open Market Operations (OMOs) is a routine central banking function and should not

The National Security Council, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, yesterday discussed a series of bomb threats targeting Indian passenger aircraft and their potential impact on Sri Lanka’s tourism industry.

A three-wheeler driver transporting eleven children and a teacher to a school in Beruwala has been apprehended by the traffic department of the local police.

A strong opposition with experienced people is needed in Parliament to safeguard the nation as National People’s Power (NPP) might even try to introduce Marxism otherwise, UNP Deputy Leader and National Democratic Front (NDF) Gampaha District ca

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila said an impeachment motion would be brought against President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in the next Parliament unless Public Security Ministry Secretary Ravi Seneviratne was not removed from office

An individual suspected of preparing to murder a woman on a contract of Rs. 10 million was taken into custody by the Organised Crime Investigation Unit of the CID during a raid in Habaraduwa area.