The UPFA had problems on discipline among alliance’s members who joined the UNP in 2015 to form the Yahapalana Government but the UPFA has no problem now to take disciplinary action against errant members as all UPFA members have quit the governmen

Commissioner General of Inland Revenue Nadun Guruge said the income tax defaulters will be liable to a fine and interest up to Rs.400,000 under the new Inland Revenue Act effective from April 01, 2019. The income tax payers should make payments on th

Functioning of a thermal power plant in Horana Investment Zone area that provide electricity to the Ceylon Electricity Board was suspended from Tuesday afternoon due to public protests. A tense atmosphere prevailed in Kekulaliya area in Ingiriya whe

The Cabinet has approved a proposal made by President Maithripala Sirisena to implement the drafted National Policy on Garbage Management. The proposal was presented by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and Envir

Sri Lanka would award US$ 50,000 as a symbolic donation for sudden flood relief in Bangladesh, the government yesterday said. The Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday approved the proposal presented by Foreign Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana to award U

Colombo High Court yesterday while recalling the warrant issued for the arrest of retired Major General Palitha Fernando released the passports of the sureties of Mr. Fernando High Court Judge Sashi Mahendran released the passports to the sureties

Certain top officials in the public sector have refused to give appointments to graduates who have obtained their degree from the Open University and were given appointments from the Prime Minister’s office under the graduate placement programme, t

SLPP nominee for presidential candidacy Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said there was a clear difference between ‘discipline’ and ‘military rule’ and what they want to promote is discipline. Addressing a Samurdhi Trade Unions Convention held

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said he is still committed to abolish Executive Presidency in Sri Lanka. Premier Wickremesinghe said this while addressing the Maldivian Parliament during his current visit to the South Asian nation

During the third sermon of the Ashara Mubaraka event, His Holiness Syedna Saifuddin spoke of hope and optimism. Expounding on the sayings of Imam Ali bin abi Talib AS, he counseled the community to never abandon hope even in the most dire circumstanc

Two more suspects were arrested along with a T56 assault rifle in connection with the murder of Chief Jailor of the Welikada Prisons Training School, Police said. The Ambalangoda Police initially arrested a 27-year-old man, a resident of Kuleegoda,

The People’s trust in the government had somewhat eroded as a result of the delay in taking legal action against those who were accused of corruption including those in the bond scam, State Minister Niroshan Per

The government emphasized yesterday that the proposed amendments to the People’s Bank Act never aims to privatise the People’s Bank and added the only objectives were to increase the authorized share capital of the Bank and to enable the Bank to

The police is misusing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Act and thus preventing the establishment of peace and harmony among people of different races and religions which is the very purpose of this legislation, JVP MP Bimal R

The Joint Opposition yesterday made a fresh call for the arrest of Former Western Province Governor Azath Salley whom they alleged of threatening the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mawanella, Gamini Tennekoon. Joint Opposition MP Jayanth

The Election Commission (EC) is expected to give the green light for election monitors from the Commonwealth and the European Union to oversee the presidential election. EC Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya informed the political parties in writing that

A 34-year-old man was stabbed to death and another injured during a clash at Sylvester Road in Ratmalana, Mount Lavinia, the Police said. They said it was a result of a cla

A person has been stabbed to death by another person in front of his house due to exchange of harsh words with regard to a packet of drugs in Gangarama Road in Werahera, Boralesgamuwa.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday called for unity within the government in order to create a bright future to the people. The Prime Minister made this call at a public rally in Kuliyapitiya after opening some development projects an

The next public rally of “Sajith Coming” will be held on September 05 in Kurunegala, UNP sources said. There were two

Attending to the repairs of engine and passenger compartments has become a major problem for the railways department due to comparatively inadequate running sheds and workshop facilities with the expanding service, railways authorities said.

The District Conventions of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party have been organised and will commence from Galle this week. SLFP Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera said that it has been planned to encourage the Organisers and Party Supporters by holding conven

With the demise of the Kurunegala District UPFA Parliamentarian Salinda Dissanayake, filling up his vacancy in Parliament has now turned out to be an issue. In order to resolve this the Kurunegala Returning o

State Minister Buddhika Pathirana who called for the change of the party leadership, has a word with UNP Leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Batik Lanka Exhibition organised by the Ministry of P

An International Conference, “The voyage of Faxian and the Silk Route” organized to commemorate the 1620th anniversary of the traveller-scholar Chinese Buddhist monk Venerable Faxian’s (also known as Fa-Hien) visit to Sri Lanka was held under t

The Police Department is in the process of introducing facial recognition system to identify suspects involved in criminal activities, it was revealed yesterday during a meeting with the Presiden

The Ministry of National Policies, Economic Affairs, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Northern Province Development and Youth Affairs has implemented development programmes for the benefit of the people in th

President Maithripala Sirisena has promoted six Brigadiers of the Army including Director of Army Media Brigadier Sumith Atapattu to the rank of Major General with effect from July 30. Brigadier S

Three accomplices of underworld figure ‘Angoda Lokka’ have been arrested yesterday in connection with a double murder, where a businessman and his driver were shot dead in Hanwella, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said. A soil businessman

Though the Procurement Appeal Board (PAB) decided to award the second phase of the Suraksha Student Insurance Policy to Allianz Insurance Lanka Limited in 2018, the officials attached to PAB do not have sufficient knowledge about this insurance schem