Latest Sri Lanka News and Top Stories

Dr. Sarath Amunugama took oaths as the Cabinet Minister of Special Assignments before the President a short while ago.

If the Paranagama Report was released before passing the Geneva Resolution, the resolution could have been much more negative than the current one. The Paranagama report is much more serious than the UN Report, Cabinet Spokesman and Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said.

India’s former Union Finance and Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said “credible inquiry” [into alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka] could be achieved in many ways.

Two cases filed against former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake and her husband were yesterday fixed for January 21 by Colombo Chief Magistrate, to seek the opinion of newly elected Bribery Commission to decide whether it proceeds with the cases or not.

JVP Leader and Chief Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday made a stunning revelation in Parliament that a former Higher Education Minister has robbed valuable furniture and other items donated to the female hostel at the University of Colombo.

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, will be visiting Sri Lanka today (21) on a four-day official visit.

President Maithripala Sirisena expressed deep appreciation to China for providing continuous assistance for development of Sri Lanka.

PMK leader S. Ramadoss on Tuesday appealed to the University Grants Commission (UGC) to allow universities in Tamil Nadu to conduct correspondence courses in Sri Lanka for the benefit of Tamil students in Sri Lanka.

The view of the Commission of Inquiry into Abductions and Disappearances (Maxwell Paranagama Commission) has found that the principal reason for the loss of civilian life during the final phase of the war was the hostage taking and use of human shields by the LTTE.

Former External Affairs Minister, Prof. G.L. Peiris had written to the religious leaders including the Mahanayaka Theras informing them on the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka and requesting them to intervene to reject the resolution from being implemented.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate today granted leave for former UPFA MP Sajin de Vass Gunawardena to travel to Singapore for a five-day visit to seek medical treatment.

The future will always be on the right path, if it is based on the correct path at present, said President Maithripala Sirisena issuing a message to mark World Statistics Day 2015 which falls today (Oct.20).

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers conducting investigations into the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda have unearthed evidence to suggest that he may have been killed and dumped in the seas off Trincomalee.

UPFA Western provincial councillor Upali Kodikara was arrested this morning when he surrendered to the Cinnamon Gardens Police on charges of obstructing the police in performing their duties.

A special Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team has boarded a floating armoury which has weighed anchor in the Colombo Port and has commenced counting the munitions aboard it.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has acknowledged that there are “no definite figures” regarding the final estimate of casualties in the last stage of the Eelam War, which concluded in May 2009.