Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to meet IGP Pujith Jayasundara today over the controversial cellular phone call the IGP had made with reference to an arrest by the FCID.

President Maithripala Sirisena said the present need in the island is not for political heroes but individuals who can solve the country’s issues in a just manner.

Commuters have been largely inconvenienced due to the private bus strike which came into effect at midnight on December 01.

US Vice President-elect Mike Pence discussed bilateral relations with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, in a phone conversation today, the President’s Media Division said.

President Maithripala Sirisena informed Parliament yesterday that he would call for explanation from IGP Pujith Jayasundara over the latter’s recent remarks on taking persons into custody by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division during a police commemorative event at Ratnapura.

President Maitripala Sirisena has instructed IGP to check VIP vehicles driven haphazardly with burning headlights and to report on the VIPs on board.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) is set to counter strike launched by certain private bus operators by increasing the SLTB fleet to 6,000, SLTB Chairman Ramal Siriwardena said yesterday.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) called a one-day islandwide strike yesterday (30) to protest against several 2017 Budgetary proposals.

Sri Lanka has proposed a penalty of up to Rs17 crore (Indian rupees) on foreign boats that enter another country’s territorial waters for fishing, in the backdrop of a running spat with India over the latter’s fishermen straying into its waters.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has ordered 10 new luxury vehicles despite its top officials, including the Director General, already being granted luxury vehicles.

Former Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman has been arrested by the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) on Tuesday morning.

Three men including one Sri Lankan were sentenced to a year in jail each for breaking into a villa in Dubai and stealing valuables worth Dh1 million while the owner was overseas on holiday.

COLOMBO – China on Monday called on countries to join hands in strengthening maritime security and overcoming the challenges and threats faced at sea.

“It was with profound sadness that I learnt of the passing away of His Excellency Fidel Castro Ruz, former President of the Republic of Cuba and an iconic revolutionary of the twentieth century, states Maithripala Sirisena in a condolence message Cuban President Raul Castro.

India Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba arrived in Colombo on a five-day bilateral visit aimed at consolidating and enhance the bilateral maritime security relations between India and Sri Lanka.