UNP MP Chaminda Wijesiri yesterday said he is undecided on how to use his vote in Parliament with regard to the no confidence motion (NCM) that have been brought against Minister of Industry and Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons,

Banners and posters had come up everywhere in the Vavuniya town yesterday demanding the removal of the Minister of Industries and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen from the Parliament. These posters and banners were in both Sinhala and Tamil. These poster

The CWC leader and former Minister Arumugam Thondaman and representatives of his party met the Malwathu and Asgiriya chapters Chief Prelates yesterday morning. Former Minister Thondaman and his group first visited the Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya

Leader of the House and Public Enterprise Minister Lakshman Kiriella yesterday questioned the rationale behind the protest by the joint opposition against the decision taken by the government to grant Samurdi benefits to poor U

SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said yesterday his party would not participate in the deliberations of the Parliamentary Select Committees (PSCs) appointed to look into the Easter Sunday attacks and to discuss the no-confidence motion agai

Claiming that the police failed to implement the law against those responsible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks, MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had requested President Maithripala Sirisena to hand over investigations into the incident to an independent

On the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena, a decision has been taken to strengthen the drug eradication programme and broaden related projects. Accordingly, a national drug eradication week has been announced from June 22 to July 1 an

A woman who defrauded money from several individuals on the promise of employment opportunities in Canada was arrested on a tip off last Friday by the Special Investigation Unit of Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). During the raid, th

Three foreign nationals in two separate incidents were arrested recently on the charges of illegal trading and overstaying thus violating immigration and emigration regulations. In one incident, two Pakistan nationals who had outstanding warrants is

The Health Ministry announced the names of the members of the committee set up to probe the allegations levelled against Dr. Siyabdeen Mohamed Safi. The committee members are: Consultant Dr Anil Samaranayake, Administrative Service Officer L. A. Bas

The journalist who was arrested on suspicion over the possession of 326 CDS alleged as having contained sermons and other publicity material of the National Thowheed Jamath organization was ordered to be released on two surety bails of Rs 200,000 eac

The special investigation unit of the Southern Province under the Senior DIG and all other special investigative units under his official name, had been dissolved with immediate effect, stated the new Senior DIG of Southern and Sa

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has submitted a right to information (RTI) application to the Presidential Secretariat asking whether the President or anyone on behalf of him sought legal advice from the new Attorney General Dappula de Livera

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said yesterday President Maithripala Sirisena should not have exercised his executive powers arbitrarily when pardoning Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, who was j

An Appeal Court Bench comprising Justices Kumudini Wickramasinghe and Priyantha Fernando yesterday acquitted a suspect setting aside the conviction and the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on him. Mr. Alaguthurai is a resident of Trincomalee and

Reiterating that all Muslim people are not terrorists or extremists, Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday requested Mowlavis to inform the law enforcement authorities if there is any sign of extremism or terrorism. Speaking at an event held at the

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday urged the Government to stop unnecessary expenses allocated for functions at this crucial juncture claiming that it was waste of public money to spend Rs. 180 million for the function to distribute Samurd

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said the government should compensate the women who were illegally sterilised. He said this in response to a question asked by journalists at his residence at Wijerama in Colombo. When asked whether the m

Local politicians expressed concern about dumping of garbage in the proposed Arawakkalu garbage recycling ground even before the completion of the project.

By Chaturanga Samarawickrama Two suspects were arrested with a large stock of expired cosmetic products from a house in Angurukaramulla area in Negombo last evening, the Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said. Speaking to the media during the da

One died and another was seriously injured in a head-on collision of a trishaw and a lorry at Nedunkarni on Puliyankulam – Mullativue highway on Sunday night (26)

Parliamentarian Ven. Aturaliye Ratana Thera said he would mobilize the masses against the government and the Western Province Governor Azath Salley in case of any attempt to safeguard Dr. Siyabdeen Mohamed Shafi and to brush under the carpet the alle

Four suspects including a Buddhist monks who stood charged with throwing petrol bombs at the two mosques in Panadura and Eluwila in Panadura and damaging a shop at Eluwila in 2017 were discharged by Panadura Chief Magistrate Amila Ariyasena on Attorn

The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) that had claimed many lives in certain regions in Sri Lanka had been caused by the pollution of chemicals in water resources of the central hills, Bio-Medical Scientist Dr Kamal Gammanpila said addressing a programme

The Bellanwila Esala Festival would be from August 04 to August 25, The Chief Incumbent of the Bellanwila Rajamaha Vihara and Chief Adhikarana Sanghanayake of Singapore, Ven. Dr Bellanwila Dhammarathana Thera said addressing a meeting to make arrange

A suspect taken into custody in connection with the cache of hand grenades recovered from Dickhena Junior School in Baduraliya was produced before the Matugama Magistrate and handed over to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) for further questioning fo

An underground bunker in a house in Bondupitiya in the Welipenna area was detected during a search operation carried out by the Police and the Security forces. The Welipenna Police and the security forces held a search operation in the Welipenna tow

More than 65 houses damaged and many public utility services including electricity had been disrupted due to a gale force wind that ripped through several villages in the Mahaoya Division in Ampara on Saturday (25), Mahaoya Divisional Secretary Sudar

President Maithripala Sirisena had used ‘Presidential Pardon’ on no rational basis but political motives by releasing Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera, Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) alleged

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera, who was released from the Welikada Prison yesterday said, as he had mentioned during the last five years, Sri Lanka is still at risk and therefore, we are committed to work for