Some 46 people die of cancer every day in Sri Lanka out of the 105 cancer patients who are detected daily, the National Cancer Control Unit (NCCU) Director Dr. Ishani Fernando said today.

The Catholic Church would have forgiven former President Maithripala Sirisena if he had accepted his shortcoming and resigned the day after the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, a spokesman for the church said today.

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda met with the External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar today (31) at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi to review the current status of the relations between Sri Lanka a

While reiterating its continuous support to Sri Lanka for the implementation of the IMF programme, the United States however said yesterday that all creditors must agree to fair and equitable treatment as then only the IMF can move forward.

U.S. Under-Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, has pledged the US Government’s support for Sri Lanka’s ongoing recovery efforts, President’s Media Division(PMD) said.

Steps were being taken to reduce the number of public sector employees in all government institutions and a self-retirement mechanism would be introduced for that effect, Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawradena said today.

Sri Lanka’s National Report under the 4th Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) would come up for consideration by the UN Working Group on UPR on February 1, 2023, during its 42nd Session to be held in Geneva, Ministry of Foreign Affairs sai

MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara charged that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution is in spotlight once again due to the impending visit of the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland to Sri Lanka.

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka will not accept the apology tendered by former President Maithripala Sirisena on the shortcomings in preventing the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, National Director Communications Archdiocese of Colombo Fr. Jude Chryshan

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in a note to the Cabinet, has stressed that public officers should refrain from obtaining goods and services on credit basis, and any officer who violates this will be held personally responsible for such expenditure.

The notice to commence Local Government election process was handed over to the Government Printers today by the returning officers of relevant districts to be published in a gazette notification.

An explosion took place at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar in Pakistan on Monday, and at least 90 people were wounded, a local police official told Reuters.

The case against Colombo district former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra, for her alleged involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender, was today fixed for February 28 by Colombo High Court.

Discussions are in progress to launch ’’Southern Odyssey’’ luxury tourist train to facilitate tourists visiting the down south.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had not officially informed the Government of any issue about the approval of funding to Sri Lanka due to China’s moratorium being insufficient, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said today.

The world’s number one and two shipping companies Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and AP Moller-Maersk have announced that they will be ending their vessel sharing partnership in January 2025.

The March 9 Local Government election would be a turning point in Sri Lanka’s political history and a new direction in where the country is heading, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel to Nepal, India,Sri Lanka, and Qatar from January 28 to February 3, 2023, the US State Department said.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena endorsed the certificate on the Regulation of Election Expenditure Bill and the Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill which were debated and passed in Parliament recently.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is unique as its members who have different views are able to come to an agreement at the end of the day, MP Harsha de Silva said today.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today instructed former President Maithripala Sirisena to stand in the dock during a magisterial inquiry as he stayed away from the dock, being an accused in a private plaint in connection with Easter Sunday attacks.

Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy and the officials that took part in the discussion with Human Rights Commission were pressurized over the matter with regard to proving continuous electricity supply during the A/L examination, Power and

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has prorogued Parliament till February 8, 2023, President’s office said.

The Court of Appeal today granted more time for State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage to file objections against a writ petition filed seeking an order declaring she is disqualified from being a Member of Parliament since she is a British citizen.

The Mahanayake Theras of all three Chapters said they had requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe not to remove security personnel assigned for the development and security of Buddhist religious places with historical importance in the north, east a

A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday.

Thirty eight illegal Sri Lankan migrants who were arrested in Réunion Island of France have been repatriated to Sri Lanka on Wednesday night. The Navy said the group of Sri Lankans were apprehended on January 14 as they were attempting to migrate t

Former State Minister Nalaka Godahewa and two others were yesterday acquitted and released from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case by the Colombo High Court.

The home coming of a couple in Galatha in Gampola ended up in a dispute yesterday when the bride assaulted the groom for enjoying a beer with one of his friends.

Thirty-eight illegal Sri Lankan migrants who were arrested in Réunion Island of France have been repatriated to Sri Lanka last night.