State Minister Palitha Range Bandara yesterday said the UNP had to be restructured or 27 UNP MPs would either vote for the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to be tabled on April 4 or abstain from voting.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday (26 March) asserted that they would not be supporting the No-Confidence motion brought against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by the Joint Opposition.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today charged that crimes have increased in the country due to the incapability of the government.

Although parties contest elections as separate entities they should render a service to the public devoid of political differences after winning the elections, President Maithripala Sirisena said.

A shooting incident has been reported targeting a residence at Jothipala Mawatha in Malabe in the early hours this morning.

No decision has been taken to increase fuel prices in CEYPETCO fuel stations, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Dhammika Ranatunga said.

If the UNP couldn’t resolve a number of serious issues within the next three months, the government might collapse within six months, Minister of Plantations Navin Dissanayake said addressing a meeting in Nuwara Eliya, on Saturday.

A 46-year-old man has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen at Chandrika Kumaratunga Mawatha in Malabe.

In his first interview since 2010, former defence secretary of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa spoke about the geopolitical situation in the region, the changing character of Indian diplomacy, the meaning of peace, and his own role in the war.

NEW DELHI, March 24: Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that Sri Lankans want to see him back in power.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe celebrates his 69th birthday today (24). A series of events to mark the Prime Minister’s birthday will be held at Buddhist Temples and other religious places of worship around the country.

The Pakistan Republic Day celebrations were held in Islamabad, yesterday (23) on a grand scale with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena attending the celebrations as the Chief Guest.

A former principal of a school in Matale district was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court yesterday.

Lanka IOC has increased the prices of diesel and petrol.

JVP MP and Chairman of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Sunil Handunnetti has called on Plantations Minister Naveen Dissanayake to name the 53 factories responsible for mixing glucose and sugar with tea leaves.