Four State Ministers have been removed from their positions with immediate effect by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The Colombo District Court yesterday issued an enjoining order preventing Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara from circulating defamatory statements against Parliamentarian Velu Kumar on social media and other public platforms.

The Nuwara Eliya Magistrate’s Court yesterday (05) ordered that a house at the Henfold Estate in Lindula, which has been illegally occupied by State Minister of Education Aravindh Kumar since 1987 be handed over to the plantation authorities.

A group of SLPP MPs together with several other parties yesterday formed the Podujana Eksath Nidahas Peramuna (PENP) led by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

Claiming that the Sri Lankan market is too small for entrepreneurs and industrialists to survive in, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that an NPP government will establish trade embassies in the African region to find emerging markets there.

In response to an allegation that he does not have a sound team to back him, independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe said a Presidential election is all about electing a person to lead the nation.

People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) urged the Election Commission to take steps to end the spread of fake postal voting results on social media.

Member of the Executive Committee of Jathika Jana Balawegaya Samantha Vidyaratne said after Leader of the JJB Anura Kumara Dissanayake comes to power immediate steps would be taken to withdraw privileges granted by the government to former Presidents

A group of SLPP MPs are to form a new alliance to contest future elections, Minister Ramesh Pathirana said yesterday.

The contribution of North and the East towards national development will increase under an SJB government, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said.

The Election Commission has criticized the government’s decision to increase public sector employee salaries, labeling it a clear tactic to promote a candidate.

The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) today demanded the government to release a circular before September 21 announcing the proposed salary increments of government employees, including teachers and principals.

With the Presidential Election set for September 21, social media has become the primary platform for campaign activities and criticisms targeting candidates.

SLPP’s Presidential Candidate, Namal Rajapaksa said that the other three leading candidates - Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake came with serious, troubled pasts, but he was the only candidate who did not have any

Resentment brews within the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) over the decision by the party’s Central Committee to back Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa in the absence of some its leaders such as former MP M

The presidential candidates who are found to have spent more than the allowed amount per voter, which is Rs. 109, will face serious consequences, the Election Commission said.

In response to the surge in online financial fraud involving foreign nationals, including Chinese nationals, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has sought assistance from Chinese Special Criminal Investigation Unit officers for investigative

At the moment, the Commission does not encounter well organized misinformation and disinformation campaigns targeting any specific candidate except for hate posts

Ahead of the presidential poll, in an apparent move to ensure that Indo-Lanka bilateral cooperation on national security is not compromised under a future government, visiting Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with four main presiden

The Election Commission has released guidelines for voters on how they should cast their votes in the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election scheduled for September 21, 2024. With more than three candidates in the race, voters will be allowed to choos

Daily Mail; Former Sri Lanka Test cricketer Dulip Samaraweera is facing a Cricket Australia probe amid allegations of serious misconduct towards a female player.

Says will come up with a report on electoral reforms

Claiming that the promise to increase government employees’ salary by Rs. 25,000 is an utter lie, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday the National People’s Power (NPP) would provide government servants with salaries proportionat

Highlighting his commitment to creating a respectable police service, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa announced yesterday that he would introduce a ‘One Rank One Pay’ system to address pay anomalies. Speaking during a rally in Nikaweratiya, Mr

President Ranil Wickremesinghe pledged to initiate a modern dialogue, which will be named the ‘Gen Z Dialogue,’ under which the ideologies of new generations will be used to guide the administration of the nation. “We will set up youth centre

A 47-year-old person was arrested on suspicion of killing a wild elephant and burning it in a pit, according to the Nikaweratiya Wildlife Office.

An individual under the influence of alcohol sustained serious injuries when he fell on a boulder, causing a bottle of liquor hidden in his waistband to break into pieces.

After days of long queues due to delays in passport issuance at the Immigration and Emigration Department in Battaramulla, the situation has drastically improved by yesterday, authorities said.

The committee emphasised that Nawaratne, holding a position of trust, was obligated to ensure transparency in the contractual process

Chairperson of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) and former Supreme Court Judge Kusala Weerawardene said the victim in the Thanamalwila rape case has been subjected to a serious predicament due to the publicity given to the incident. Add