Ven. Galagodatte Gnanasara Thera paid a visit to Chief Prelate of Kotte Sri Kalayani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha of Siyam Maha Nikaya, Ven. Dr. Ittapana Dhammalankara Thera yesterday and thanked the Chief Prelate for measures taken to release hi

Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka will appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on June 7 to give evidence on the irregularities that have occurred at the Ceylon E

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society conducted a comprehensive assessment aftermath of the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks in all three affected districts. The Red Cross teams visited victims’ houses and gathered necessary information with the aim of suppo

Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested an organized criminal known as ‘Thakkali Chaminda’, an accomplice of underworld criminal ‘Angoda Lokka’, during a raid in Wellawatta on Wednesday.

A pandemonium prevailed in parliament yesterday (23) morning, following a serpent was found in a drawer under the table of the opposition MPs’ parlour. According to parliament sources, the serpent was found during a search by a team STF personne

The body of a 67-year-old retired doctor was found inside his residence at Bloemendhal Road in Kotahena yesterday morning.

A Police Constable (PC) was killed last night following a shooting incident that took place during a raid in Akuressa, police said. The raid was conducted based on information received by the Akuressa Police that an individual was in possession of a

An expelled police inspector and his driver were arrested last evening while they were transporting 132 kilos of Kerala ganja valued at Rs.40 million from Mannar to Anuradhapura, police said.

The National Sangha Council (NSC) staged a protest march yesterday from Independent Square to the Presidential Secretariat demanding the removal of Industries and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and

The National Sangha Council (NSC) staged a protest march yesterday from Independent Square to the Presidential Secretariat demanding the removal of Industries and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and

JVP MP Vijitha Herath told Parliament yesterday that there was no Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe allegations levelled against Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and requested the Speaker to allocate a date t

Cabinet approval has been granted to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for the purchase of 400 megawatts of power at Rs.24.80 per unit from two barge-mounted power plants anchored at Dikkowita and Galle.

While calling on the government to provide details of the planned status of forces agreement with the US, opposition parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa yesterday said that ‘immunity being provided to foreign servicemen on Sri Lankan soil is just one o

The opposition will boycott the meetings of the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) in the event a date was not allocated to debate the no-confidence motion (NCM) brought against Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday.

Thirty two suspects who were arrested over violent incidents reported in Minuwangoda were released on bail by the Minuwangoda Magistrate’s Court yesterday. They were released on a surety bail of Rs.100,000 each.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has closed it’s foreign missions in Sri Lanka, Czech and Serbia and downsized the mission in Ukraine due to insufficient funds, The Nation Nigeria reported on Tuesday.

The Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on National Security will meet once again on Friday (24) to discuss the set of proposals presented by the SLFP to ensure national security, eliminate new terrorism an

No feasibility study has been conducted before presenting the cabinet paper with regard to the Suraksha Insurance Scheme which was introduced with the aim of granting an insurance cover for students of the country, former Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Raja

A Buddhist Information Centre built in Kimbulawala, Kotte for the Tri-Nikaya was handed over to Sasana by Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday at an event presided over by Most Venerable Ittepana Dhammalankara

The need of the hour was not to bring ‘No confidence Motions’ (NCMs) but to restore normalcy, law and order and inter faith harmony in the country, General Secretary of the SLFP, former Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said yesterday.

The Anuradhapura Special High Court yesterday sentenced Hameer Umar, the second accused after he was found guilty of the charge of killing of 31 people including Major General Janaka Perera in 2008.

The Corruption case against former Lotteries Board Chairman and former MP Sarana Gunawardana for alleged payment of advances exceeding the total value of the vehicles of the Lotteries Board was postponed for June 19 as the prosecution had not tendere

The closing dates for private and school candidates for the GCE O/L examination had been extended until May 31, the Commissioner General of Examinations said yesterday. “For Government Servants, who need to sit the exam, their respective Heads of

No school had been advised by the Education Ministry to collect funds to install CCTV cameras as an additional security measure, the Education Ministry said yesterday. It said the security camera system would be installed in schools as a facility p

A man who has attempted to bribe the Horowapothana Police OIC to get a suspected National Thowheed Jama’ath member released from custody, was remanded till June 4 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratna yesterday.

A complete report of the Presidential commission appointed to look into the Easter Sunday bombings of churches and hotels on April 21 2019 will be presented to Parliament once it is ready, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said yesterday. Speaker came out with

Most of the aspects with regard to Sharia University has found to be questionable, by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), it was revealed yesterday.

The suspect who was arrested on April 27 for having closer connections with the terrorist group who committed attack on the Easter Sunday April 21 had been handed over to the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) yesterday for further questioning, p

As an additional security measure, CCTV cameras will be installed in schools countrywide, Education M inister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday.

Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said foreign nations influenced Sri Lanka when making certain appointments in the country.