Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday informed Parliament that he would have to reconsider handing over recordings of MP Ranjan Ramanayake to parliament MPs as the recordings contained mostly filth.

Defence State Minister Chamal Rajapakse said yesterday he would look into whether there had been any overlook on the part of the CID officials who were investigating the complaints involving Udayanga Weeratunge.

SLFP General Secretary and State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara today claimed that it was the US which had violated the fundamental rights of Army Commander Lt. General Shavendra Silva and his family by refusing them visas to enter the US without any s

Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today said that Catholics cannot be satisfied with the ongoing investigation carried out by the government over the Easter Sunday bomb attack.

The two factions of the United National Party (UNP) decided to contest the general elections under the swan symbol, a party official said today. The decision was arrived at a meeting attended by UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Opposition Leader S

Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga is welcome to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) or to the proposed SLFP-SLPP alliance at any time though she has been removed from the post of SLFP organizer of the Attanagalla electorate, SLFP General Secretar

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to visit Japan in May and participate at the global conference “The future of Asia” by becoming one of the first leaders from South Asia to bring fresh insight to the conference, the President’s Media D

It is, in fact, a joke that US has banned Army Commander Shavendra Silva from entering the US based on the allegations concerning the war crimes, with the US being the number one war criminal in the world, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Ga

UNP MP S. M Marikar yesterday said Sri Lankans should stop applying for US visa till the Army Commander Shavindra Silva is allowed entry into that country.

State Minister of Transport, Dilum Amunugama said today that instructions had been given to integrating all government medical centres into an online system for people to get their medical reports.

The preliminary report of the four-member Committee appointed to review the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC) was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today requested the Elections Commission (EC) to register their new alliance ‘Sri Lanka Nidhahas Podujana Sandhanaya’ to contest the upcoming elections under the lotus bud

Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, was further remanded until February 26 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court today.

Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, was remanded until February 17 by the Fort Magistrate Court Ranga Dissanayake today.

The United National Party (UNP) extends an invitation to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to join the new alliance led by Sajith Premadasa and contest the upcoming parliamentary elections, UNP MP Harshana Rajakaruna said yesterday.

UNP National Organiser Navin Dissanayake told a press conference held yesterday that he would not contest the upcoming general elections if he were not allowed to contest under the elephant symbol.

State Minister of Inland Fisheries Industry, Sanath Nishantha Perera said yesterday that he would proceed with the project to construct a playground at Kadolkele mangrove in the Negombo lagoon despite objection from the Gampaha District Wildlife Offi

Cabinet spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardana said today the family members who accompanied Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on his visit to India last week had spent their own money for air tickets and accommodations.

Referring to the incident in which the Gampaha District Forest Officer rejected the proposal to construct a playground at the Kadolkele mangrove in Negombo, Environment and Wildlife Resources Minister S.M. Chandrasena said State Minister Sanath Nisha

The newly-formed Samagi Janatha Balawegaya led by Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa today urged UNP to lend elephant symbol to contest the general election if it does not want the alliance to contest under a new symbol.

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who was arrested in connection with the controversial audio clips, was further remanded until February 26 by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today.

A proposal to construct a playground in the Kadolkele mangrove of the Negombo lagoon had been withdrawn following the strong stand taken by the Gampaha District Forest Officer Devani Jayathilaka at meeting chaired by the Fisheries and Inland Fisherie

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in the country a short while ago from India after concluding his first official overseas visit.

Over 170 patients, over the weekend, sought treatment at various hospitals in Sri Lanka, including the IDH in Angoda, in fear that they may have contracted the novel coronavirus, health ministry sources told Daily Mirror yesterday.

Minister Wimal Weerawansa requested the acting IGP and the CID to carry out a probe into an incident where US $100,000 had been transferred to the bank account in the United States belonging to former minister Rishad Bathiudeen during the 52-day gove

The UNP working committee meeting yesterday ended in a stalemate following the issue on the symbol of the alliance led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to contest the next general election.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made a sudden inspection visit to Welikada Prison this evening, the President’s Media Division said.

Cabinet spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardana said today President Gotabaya Rajapaksa takes the full responsibility of Cabinet decisions and government’s performance and therefore would prefer to personally chair all cabinet meetings.

SriLankan Airlines former CEO Kapila Chandrasena and wife Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayaka were remanded till February 19 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today.

The body of a police sergeant attached to the Valachchenai was recovered with injuries at Mullamunai in Vavunathivu this morning, Police Media Division said.