Jaffna District Independent MP Archuuna Ramanathan refused to move away after he sat on the Opposition Leader’s seat inside the chambers despite requests by Parliament staff to move.

A surgery to remove a 10 kg tumor from the uterus of a woman has been reported from the Kataragama area.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived at Parliament a short while ago to deliver the government’s Policy Statement during the ceremonial sitting of the first session of the 10th Parliament. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake adjourned the Sri Lankan Parliament until 9:30 a.m. on December 3.

A fair salary increase will be granted to all Government employees in the upcoming budget proposal, the President said in his policy statement during the 10th parliamentary session.

Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament that a vote on account will be presented in December this year while a budget will be presented by March next year.

The President assured an increase in the amount allocated for the ’Aswesuma’ welfare benefit payments as the first step toward eradicating poverty.

The government is expecting to increase the number of Information Technology (IT) professionals to 200,000 within five years to meet the challenges of the global IT market.

The Australian government is threatening multimillion dollar fines for social media companies that breach a proposed ban on children under 16 from using their service.

The Government expects to sign a new staff level agreement with the IMF by Friday, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament today.

SriLankan Airlines has won the prestigious 2025 APEX Best Entertainment Award in Central/Southern Asia at the FTE APEX Asia Expo, held on 20 November 2024 in Singapore.

No one will enjoy legal immunity under the present Government, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament a shortwhile ago.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka assured that racist politics would not be allowed to appear again at any cost and confirmed that the issues of religious extremism would not be raised in the country.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived at Parliament a short while ago to deliver the government’s Policy Statement during the ceremonial sitting of the first session of the 10th Parliament.

Speaker Dr. Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala informed Parliament that nomination of Sajith Premadasa, leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), has been accepted as the Opposition Leader of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Parliament adjourned until 11:30 a.m., and the Speaker requested one representative from each political party that contested the election to attend a party leaders’ meeting in his official room.

NPP MP Mohammed Rizvi Sally was elected Deputy Speaker following a proposal by MP Nalinda Jayatissa, seconded by MP Saroja Savithri Paulraj.

The swearing-in ceremony of newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) took place at the 10th Parliament today.

National People’s Power (NPP) Gampaha MP Dr. Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala was elected as the Speaker of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka a short while ago.

The ceremonial opening of the tenth Parliament commenced a short while ago marking a significant change after more than half a century.

Thirty percent of children are nearsighted due to prolonged use of digital screens, and the World Health Organisation predicts that this figure will rise to 50 percent by 2050, Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital (LRH) Ophthalmologist Dr. Anusha Then

Former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), Saliya Pieris, PC, stated that there is no basis for claims made by certain factions that the Prime Minister and Cabinet could not have been sworn in prior to the meeting of Parliament, ren

The ceremonial opening of the tenth Parliament today will go down in history for a number of reasons as it is set to be different after more than a half a century.

A 48-year-old man riding a motorcycle was shot dead in Walasgala, Dikwella, this morning.

An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors by concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged $265 mil

The Embassy of Switzerland, in collaboration with the Government of Sri Lanka and International Labour Organisation (ILO), hosted the hand-over ceremony of the Safe Labour Migration Programme (SLMP) at Cinnamon Life, Colombo. This event marked the fo

Ten suspects have been arrested in Gandara, Matara with 160 kg of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) and 60 kg of heroin by the Matara Divisional Crimes Detective Bureau (DCDB).

The government is to initiate action for the establishment of a mechanism for stolen asset recovery in keeping with the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR Initiative) and fresh measures for probing into corruption and frauds as promised in the el

The government has set its sights on an ambitious annual export revenue target of US $ 36 billion to be achieved by 2029, according to the Export Development Board (EDB).