The Presidential Secretariat and the Railway Department have jointly organized a special train titled ‘’Puravesi Athwela’ humanitarian train’’, to collect relief material to be distributed to those who were affected by the recent floods and landslides.

Tamil Nadu politician Vaiko or V Gopalasamy was denied entry into Malaysia and questioned for hours at the Kuala Lumpur airport for hours, reports news agency ANI.

Chairman of the South Asian Institute for Technology and Medicine (SAITM), Dr. Neville Fernando, yesterday said the Sri Lanka-Russia Friendship Teaching Hospital (SLRFTH) Hospital, constructed to facilitate clinical training of SAITM medical undergraduates would be handed over to the government by the end of this month.

Popular Sri Lankan singer Prince Udaya Priyantha passed away at a private hospital in Colombo, today (8).

The Special Commodity Levy on one kilogram of imported sugar has been increased to Rs 23.00 from Rs 13.00.

The Sri Lankan government said on Wednesday that the police were continuing search operations to hunt for a controversial Buddhist monk wanted for making alleged hate speeches and attacks against the minorities in the island country.

Some Sri Lankan banks stopped buying Qatar Riyal QARLKR=R on Tuesday, saying their counterpart banks in Singapore advised them not to accept the currency a day after the Arab world’s biggest powers cut ties with Qatar.

Sri Lanka is expected to produce over 90 percent of its drug requirements by the end of 2018, Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne said.

A man was shot dead by two gunmen arrived on a motorcycle at Jubilee Mawatha , Mattakkuliya a short while ago, Police said.

The JVP yesterday demanded that the government pay Rs 2.5 million as compensation for each life lost in the recent disasters.

Strict action would be taken against any individual or group, who incited racism via social media, the Police said today.

Conflicts between the Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the disputed Inland Revenue Bill continues after local authority changed some sections without fund approvals.

President Maithripala Sirisena says as we recall the sorrowful memories of a three decade long, brutal war, it is the responsibility of all to act in a way to prevent recurrence of such disastrous situation in the country.

Diplomats on Thursday condemned violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka and urged the government to uphold minority rights and freedom of religion.