Visiting Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov today said his country would not physically intervene in the US-Iran issue but said they reject any escalation of the situation regardless of the faction which promotes it.

Former Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to give a statement this morning.

MPs talking to government officers over the phone is a natural phenomenon but one cannot approve the action taken by MP Ranjan Ramanayake to record the conversations, UNP MP Mujibur Rahuman said yesterday.

Eight men were hospitalised following an acid attack at them at Moronthota in Bulathkohupitiya on Saturday night.

Award-winning actor and dramatist Jayalath Manoratne passed away early this morning following a brief illness. He was 71.

Three Sri Lankan students studying at the Western Caspian University in Baku, Azerbaijan have died in their apartment as a result of suffocation from smoke inhalation due to a fire that broke out on Thursday.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said a committee would be appointed to study the salary anomalies prevailing in the non-academic and academic staff of universities and recommend a streamlined mechanism to resolve them.

The body of a male with gunshot injuries on the head was found at an abandoned block of land in Samadigama, Thanamalwila today, Police said.

The exposure of audio recordings taken into custody by the Police from the residence of Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake exposed the nudity of the Yahapalana Government led by Prime Ranil Wickremesinghe, Government spokesman and Minister Keheliya Ra

If the US - Iran conflict escalates further, the government will take steps to bring back about 30 Sri Lankans living in Iran, Government spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambulwella said today.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said the people wanted a leadership to set the country, which was on a wrong path, on the correct path but not a person called Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the last presidential election.

Matale Mayor Daljith Aluwihare, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting a UNP Councillor, was released on bail by the Matale Additional Magistrate Indika Attanayake this afternoon.

A fire has broken out at a leading motor company at the Hyde Park Corner a short while ago, the Fire and Rescue Services said.

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake yesterday said his battle and target is to bring drug paddlers, thieves and murders before the law and the methods he used to achieve this could be unethical.

A number of Sri Lankan dairy farming families have been left devastated after investing in a fresh milk scheme which saw the import of dairy cattle from Australia and New Zealand. Dozens of cattle in local dairy farms have died following a government

President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday morning from the White House. de-escalating a crisis with Iran following its missile strikes overnight on two bases in Iraq where U.S. troops are stationed.

Revealing as to how the controversial audio recordings of former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayaka leaked into the social media and to the Press that triggered a huge debate in the country, State Minister of Power, Mahindananda Aluthgamage claimed tha

The UNP today called for the setting up of Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to probe the phone conversations of MP Ranjan Ramanayake and the whole episode pertaining to the MP.

A Ukrainian airliner with 176 passengers and crew on board has crashed near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport in Iran early on Wednesday.

Government members are expected to request President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the exposures from the audio recording among former state minister Ranjana Ramanayaka, a CID officer and a High Court Judge, State M

Cases investigated by former CID director SSP Shani Abeysekera and court orders given by High Court Judge Padmini Ranawaka should be reviewed by the Chief Magistrate to ensure justice is done, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila said today

At least 15 passengers were hospitalised after the bus they were travelling in collided head on with a bowser at Malpitiya in Pothuhera this afternoon, police said.

Former MP Sarana Gunawaradene, who was sentenced to three years in prison this morning, has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court soon after the Magistrate’s ruling.

MP Patali Champika Ranawaka’s former driver Thusitha Dilum Kumara was yesterday released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate with two sureties of Rs.250,000 each.

At least nine people had been reportedly killed and many others injured when an SLTB bus fell down a precipice at the 6th Mile Post on the Passara-Madolsima Road this evening, the Police said.

The three suspects including former State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) Chairman Dr.Rumy Mohamed, who were remanded over the ‘white van’ incident, were released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Lanka Jayaratne today.

Former IGP Pujith Jayasundera and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando were further remanded until January 20 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.

Twenty eight prison inmates of Batticaloa Prison climbed onto the roof of the prison and began a protest yesterday afternoon demanding a probe over the mysterious death of an inmate.

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who was arrested yesterday, has been granted bail by the Nugegoda Magistrate Court this evening.

UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake who was arrested by the Colombo (South) Crimes Division yesterday, would be produced in the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today after recording a statement, Police said.