Aluth Pola, a pop-up fundraiser organized by Justice for Animals Sri Lanka, held an exhibition featuring a wide range of goods, including handcrafted jewelry, second-hand books, home-cooked meals, artisanal bread, sweets, drinks and more.

Former SJB MP Thalatha Athukorala was in attendance at President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s rally in Welimada, seemingly pleadging her support to him at the upcoming Presidential election.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe acts as if he is the General Secretary of the National People’s Power (NPP) and both seem to have got into a political deal.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe must apologise to the northern people for inciting racism during a rally in Jaffna, instead of challenging him to apologise to the northern people, NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

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.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe attended an election rally in Jaffna, urging voters in the North to cast their votes freely and without undue influence. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

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.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is pictured here chatting with some men in a bakery after an election rally in Morawaka today (September 6, 2024). Pix by Pradeep Pathirana.

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