Category: Local News

UNP General Secretary Parliamentarian Thissa Attanayake has stepped down from the UNP leadership council. […]

The JVP yesterday maintained that once again it has been able to expand its vote base and seats at Saturday’s Uva Provincial Council Election since the last Southern and Western Provincial Council elections despite threats and harassments it suferred at the hands of the ruling UPFA. […]

UNP candidate Harin Fernando, who gave up his Parliamentary seat to contest the Uva Provincial Council, obtained a record number of preferential votes and topped the list in the Badulla District. Mr. Fernando polled more than 88 per cent of preferential votes and it was the highest ever polled by any candidate at an election. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for New York last night to attend the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 24. […]

Sri Lanka’s ruling party saw its popularity significantly eroded in a narrow local election win seen as a bellwether for a snap presidential election, official results showed on Sunday. […]

The Uva Provincial Council elections have been won by the United People’s Freedom Alliance led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa getting a total of 349,906 votes from all two districts. […]

Four Army officers died after an earth mound collapsed on them at the Ambepussa Army Camp, Army Spokesman Ruwan Wanigasuriya said. […]

All measures have been finalized to hold the Uva provincial council election on Saturday (20). Voting will take place at 516 centers in Badulla district and at 318 centers in the Moneragala district, The Elections Secretariat said. […]

The suspect who was arrested in connection with the killing of an eight-year-old girl in Akmeemana, Galle died after drowning in the Ma-Oya while attempting to escape from police custody, Police said today. […]

The government opts to further reduce the electricity tariff in the near future, Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. Responding to a question by a journalist at the Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry auditorium yesterday, the minister said addition of Sampur Coal Power Plant and the expiration of agreements signed with Independent […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday evening at Temple Trees, handed over one million surgical gloves to the World Health Organization as Sri Lanka’s contribution toward the global effort in combating the Ebola outbreak in Africa. […]

CHENNAI: A special court on Wednesday granted six days custody of suspected ISI agent Arun Selvarajan to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The judge, however, dismissed a petition by CBI to include it as a party in the investigation. […]

One person died and 20 others were injured – including former Uva Provincial Council Minister Senthil Thondaman – when the ex-minister’s vehicle, driven by his driver, rammed into a crowd of supporters during an election rally in Bandarawela yesterday (17). […]

Four million illegally imported cigarettes were seized by the Revenue Task Force (RTF) of the Sri Lanka Customs, this morning. […]

All Propaganda activities pertaining to the Uva Provincial Council Elections ends at midnight today.

Sri Lanka and China signed the following agreements to further cooperation between the two nations: […]