Category: Local News

Sri Lanka has best relations with India and will continue to consolidate the special relationship, Sri Lanka’s ruling party said on Wednesday. […]

The government yesterday said that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) would conduct an investigation into former minister Navin Dissanayake’s claim that he had been offered Rs. 100 million by the government to remain in the UPFA coalition when he was about to cross over to the UNP on Sunday. […]

Over 827 field officers from various districts who are engaged in the process of registering of persons under the recently introduced ‘e-National Identity Card’ system, were awarded letters of appreciation in recognition of their dedicated service at a function held at the Folk Arts Centre premises in Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte today (4th Dec). These field […]

The 2015 Budget of the United People’s Freedom Alliance-administered Medadumbara Pradeshiya Sabha, was today defeated by one-vote majority with six members voting in favour and seven against. […]

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage complained to the police last night against a caller who had made defamatory remarks against him during a live television programme telecast on a private television channel. […]

At least 38 Indian fishermen lodged in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna prison for alleged poaching are on a fast unto death demanding their early release. […]

Twenty policemen who acted as security guards of Former Minister of Education Services, Duminda Disanayake have been transferred from Anuradhapura Police Headquarters to Police stations in rural areas, as a political revenge. […]

New Delhi, November 3:  Following increased surveillance on traditional routes, smugglers have found a new way to bring in gold — Sri Lanka. […]

Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa laid foundation stone for the proposed Colombo City Center yesterday (02nd December). Construction work is scheduled to be complete in early 2018 at a cost of USD 150 million. […]

The Joint Opposition’s Presidential candidate Maithripala Srisena said yesterday that he would win the January 8th Presidential Election but would not step into the President’s House since he was committed to abolishing the Executive Presidency within 100 days. […]

Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs has declared that Sri Lanka should give equal rights to Tamils. Does this imply that Tamils do not enjoy equal rights, or perhaps that is the perception? If Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour thinks Tamils do not enjoy equal rights we can’t blame others […]

UNP MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe paid the cash deposit at the Elections Secretariat a short while ago on behalf of Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena for the January 8 Presidential Election. […]

India’s National Security Advisor Mr. Ajit Doval paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at the President’s House in Colombo. […]

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), a former coalition partner of the ruling UPFA government, has decided to support Common Opposition Candidate Mathripala Sirisena at the forthcoming Presidential Election, JHU General Secretary MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said. […]

A 45 year old mother and her 19 year old daughter has died following an earth-slip at the Loinen Estate in Bogawantalawe, Police spokesman confirmed a short while ago. The earth-slip has occurred due to the torrential downpour experienced in the area. […]

Sri Lanka has been listed among the top 10 coolest countries in the world to visit in 2015, by the Forbes magazine. […]