Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila said today they hoped to get former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to participate in the election campaign after the General Election was declared.

JHU General Secretary and Minister for Power and Energy, Champika Ranawaka said the 19th Amendment will only come into effect under a new Parliament and Prime Minster.

ISLAMABAD: In a joint press conference with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the signing of six memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the two countries.

Body of the woman that went missing from Kotakethana are in Kahawatta has been found from the Kotakethana canal, the police confirmed a short while ago.

Strict enforcement of laws related to road lanes on five roads in Colombo and suburbs will come into effect from Monday to Friday.

At least five persons were killed and several others injured in two separate accidents in the Puttlam and Marawila area this morning, Police said.

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga stated she was ready to take on her successor, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa if the latter tried to destroy the attempts of the government to rebuild the country.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena at Islamabad airport, as he arrived on a three-day official state visit to Pakistan on Sunday.

The Sri Lankan government has launched a criminal investigation into the country’s national airline over allegations of “shocking” corruption.

Six Sri Lankan actresses are believed to have been closely associated with drug baron ‘Wele Suda’ the ongoing probe into the kingpin’s life has revealed.

Fresh issues arose this week within the new Government as a ruling coalition partner, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), said yesterday that it would move amendments to the 19th Amendment — now before the Supreme Court — charging that the draft did not conform to what was agreed to by party leaders.

China on Friday said it appreciated Sri Lanka’s stance on the Dalai Lama, as it seems unlikely their government would grant him a visa to visit.

Cabinet Spokesman and Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said yesterday that it was Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who had told him that the Chinese contractor building a section of the Colombo Outer Circular Road connecting the Highways had agreed to reduce the cost of the project by Rs. 30 billion.

New Delhi has agreed to help Colombo rescue 67 Sri Lankans stranded in Yemen, officials said on Thursday. India’s nod followed a request by the Sri Lankan government for help in the repatriation of Lankans from Yemen.