Category: Local News

Democratic Party (DP) Parliamentarian Jayantha Ketagoda has joined the government to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa, sources said. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said a short while ago that UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake had joined the government. […]

United National Party (UNP) Tissa Attanayake, MP, handed over his letter of resignation as party General Secretary to its leader Ranil Wickramaginghe, a short while ago, a source said. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena and 17 other candidates today handed over nominations at the Elections Secretariat in Rajagiriya for the presidential election to be held in January. […]

Major UNP member has submitted his resignation to UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe. […]

Having parted after a hopper meal at the Temple Trees, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his former Health Minister SLFP General Secretary, Maithripala Sirisena will meet for the first time face to face today when the duo visit the Elections Secretariat to hand in nominations for the upcoming presidential poll due on January 08. […]

Chairman of the Kotikawatte – Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha Prasanna Solangaarachchi stated that he will be rendering his support to the Common Opposition Candidate, Maithripala Sirisena. […]

At least five more government MP’s are expected to defect to the Joint Opposition Front (JOF) this week, informed sources said yesterday. […]

Price of a 12.5 kg domestic LP gas cylinder reduced by Rs. 250 /- with effect from midnight today. […]

The US Embassy in Colombo rejected the allegations by Minister Gunaratne Weerakoon that he was offered a ‘bribe’ by outgoing US Ambassador Michele Sison. […]

India and Sri Lanka airlifted drinking water to the Maldives on Friday after a fire at a desalination plant led to severe shortages and triggered unrest on the streets of the islands’ capital. […]

A Government Minister has claimed that he was offered a ‘bribe’ by outgoing US Ambassador Michele Sison. […]

Price of petrol & diesel reduced by Rs. 7 per liter & kerosine reduced by Rs. 5 per liter with effect from midnight today. […]

Dec 3 (Reuters) – Bangladesh signed a pact on Wednesday to export 50,000 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka at $450 a tonne in a first government-to-government deal, a senior food ministry official said. […]

A Sri Lankan man on the death row was pardoned by the father of a young Saudi man run over by the expatriate in Saudi Arabia, foreign media reported today. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa requested the Tamil community in the Northern Province to keep faith in the motherland as the gold they owned that was returned to them yesterday (04th December). […]