Former Presidents used to enjoy unlimited perks and privileges where they used to get organic vegetables that were grown in Nuwara Eliya every week for their consumption, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake revealed yesterday.

A young man who assaulted his mother demanding the possession of house and property and locked her out forcing her to spend the night in the jungle was remanded till November 07 by Maho Acting Magistrate Udaya Rajapakse.

A woman and her son had been seriously injured when a house at Muriyakulama in Karuwalagaswewa came under wild elephant attack.

People’s Action for Free And Fair Elections (PAFFREL) has received 972 complaints of election law violations islandwide in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in November, according to a recent report.

A total of 93 fresh complaints related to the upcoming parliamentary election were received, taking the total number of complaints to over 1,000.

Sri Lanka Customs entered into a mutual agreement with its Russian counterpart on Wednesday to counter illegal trading activities and to boost legal trade facilities between the two nations in the future, an official said.

A trust fund (Venerable Galboda Siri Gnanissara Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund) will be established on November 3, to carry forward late Venerable Galboda Siri Gnanissara Thera’s vision.

Highlighting that third tranche of IMF is delayed while some banks are facing a liquidity issue, former State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe yesterday said the hierarchy of the government should inform the nation of the true status of the econ

India has strongly reiterated that the use of force on their fishermen in Sri Lanka’s Northern seas should be avoided under all circumstances, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said following a joint meeting of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Working

However, in a letter dated August 30, the Attorney General’s Department instructed the CID to halt further action, asserting that the officers acted lawfully during the incident and did not exceed their right to self-defence. This letter was signed

The Supreme Court yesterday permitted the petitioners to add former President Ranil Wickremesinghe as a respondent in a Fundamental Rights petition filed challenging the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP).

Whilst highlighting the delay in the release of the the third tranche by the IMF, UNP Deputy Leader and New Democratic Front (NDF) Candidate Ruwan Wijewardene said Sri Lanka is losing the economic stability it had achieved during the past two years.

An individual who pushed his mistress off a moving bus causing her serious injuries was taken into custody by Dambulla police yesterday.

Jerudong International School (JIS)’s Year 11 students who took the International GCSE (IGCSE) examinations in June 2024 have achieved some of the best results in the school’s history.

A treat at Kandy Queen’s Hotel organised by former Parliamentarian and Kandy District candidate of Sarvajana Balaya Party contesting the General Election was cancelled by the Kandy Elections Office and the police.

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, former MPs and candidates of New Democratic Alliance (DNA) Susil Premajayantha, Sagala Ratnayake, Premanath Dollawatta and Ravi Karunanayake in conversation during a party meeting held in Athurugiriya yesterday

The Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), conducted a public lecture titled “Military Innovations and Its Contributions to National Security” recently at the “Nandimithra Auditorium” of the Ministry of Defence at the Defence Head

Exercise Indus Shield-2024, a leading regional military exercise, displayed the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) advanced multi-domain combat capabilities, with Air Chiefs and senior military officials from various allied nations in attendance. The event

The ‘Muslim Wedding Expo’ organised by the Kosha Event Solutions CEO Naziya Yakoob was ceremonially opened by chief guest Hassim Omar Foundation Chairman Hassim Omar and Mrs. Mariyam Hassim Omar at Miami Banquet Hall in Colombo yesterday.

Nishantha Perera, leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) candidates group who contested the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election which held on Saturday, is likely to be picked for the post of chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha.

Police had given chase and shot a lorry transporting cattle illegally for slaughter and seized it at Bopele junction in Suriyawewa in the early hours of last morning.

Following the modernisation of the Maho-Anuradhapura stretch of the northern railway line, train services between Colombo and Kankesanthurai will resume today (28), Sri Lanka Railway Department said.

Referring to his political fate and his rival candidate at the Presidential Election Anura Kumara Dissanayake, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said both himself and Dissanayake are in the same boat.

In the wake of potential security threats facing tourists in Arugam Bay, Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva met with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya at the Prime Minister’s office.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday requested the information officer - Presidential Secretariat in writing to provide him with records of evidence given by Public Security Ministry Secretary Ravi Seneviratne befo

Refuting claims made by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe that his government had allocated funds required to increase public sector salaries, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday no such funds had been allocated.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed gratitude to the monks who participated in the panel discussion on Pali as a classical language held in Colombo. ICCR’s Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Colombo organized it under the aegis of the

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman yesterday questioned as why Sri Lankan security forces and police are providing security to Israeli establishments in Colombo and elsewhere.

The case against former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte in connection with threatening and intimidating with death a Tamil detainee in Anuradhapura prisons was taken up yesterday before Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate and Addl. District Judge Nalaka Sanj

Claiming that no travel bans have been issued other than travel advisories for citizens in some countries, Public Security Minister Vijitha Herath said yesterday the embassies have expressed confidence regarding the security situation in the country