President Maithripala Sirisena appointed two Deputy Minister and a State Minister today (April 06).

President Maithripala Sirisena has given his approval to provide 4.68 million rupees as compensation for 33 victims of Rathupaswala incident.

Selection Committee Chairman Aravinda de Silva has finally come forward to reply the strong criticism made by former captain Lasith Malinga and former Selection Committee Chairman Kapila Wijegunawardene…

Sampath Bank Plc Managing Director Aravinda Perera said that there are a number of customers who are now converting saving accounts into fixed deposits due to the ever increasing interest rates offered by banks.

President Maithripala Sirisena says the people of Sri Lanka handed over the country to him on January 08, thus giving him the responsibility to bring in the required transformations for the country.

CHENNAI: Opposing the Centre’s decision to offer boats and fishing equipment to Sri Lankan fishermen, DMK president M Karunanidhi, on Monday, said that the move has pained the people of Tamil Nadu.

Government plans to build three hospitals similar to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.

The Police Narcotics Bureau and Immigration officials at the Bandaranayake International Airport arrested a Sri Lankan suspect in connection with the 110kgs of heroin seized last week.

With multiple explosions taking centre-stage in the world arena posing a terrorist threat globally, a suicide jacket that surfaced amongst other explosives in Chavakachcheri last Wednesday (30) was creating a political conundrum here in Sri Lanka.

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran on Saturday blamed the Sri Lankan government for adopting a “dominating, domineering and hegemonic” attitude towards the Northern Province.

The Sri Lanka Navy states that eleven suspects were arrested and a foreign vessel taken into custody after a stock of Heroin was seized in the southern seas on Friday.

Sri Lanka is seeking foreign assistance to rescue its loss-making national carrier, a minister said Thursday, after the government announced the airline was unable to pay back nearly $1 billion in debt.

When Hagoda Gamage Shalika Perera, a small Sri Lankan businesswoman, got a deposit of $20 million in her account last month, she said the funds were expected but had no idea they were stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank in one of the largest cyber heists in history.