Rejecting reports that he had fled the country, former arms chief procurer of the LTTE Selvaraja Pathmanathan alias KP said that he did not intend to leave the country. […]

Diplomat, journalist and political activist Karunarathna Paranavithana has been appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information. […]

Sri Lanka’s new government promised a tolerant new era of religious harmony and political freedom for the Indian Ocean island nation after years of mounting repression under the decade-old regime defeated in an election on Friday. […]

A group of over 20 Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs including several former ministers have pledged their support to President Maithripala Sirisena. […]

Newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena today invited all political parties in parliament to unite in forming a national unity government. […]

Somarathna Dissanayeka who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) assumed duties last evening. […]

President Maithripala Sirisena will travel to New Delhi next month on his first State visit abroad. […]

Former Economic Development Minister and National Organizer of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Basil Rajapaksa has left for Dubai early this morning. […]

Sri Lanka’s army defied orders from aides of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to keep him in power “by force” when it became clear he had lost his bid for a third term, an ally of the newly elected leader said on Saturday. […]

Former Environment and Sustainable Ministry Secretary B.M.U.D. Basnayake was appointed as new Secretary of Defense, MP Rajitha Senarathene said. […]

Former Secretary of the Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry, P.B. Abeykoon, today assumed duties as the Secretary to newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena. […]

David Cameron congratulated the newly elected President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena. The Prime Minister said: […]

US President Barack Obama praised Friday Sri Lanka’s “successful and peaceful” presidential elections and congratulated the outgoing administration on a “swift and orderly transfer of power.” […]

Newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena says he will not contest for another term. Addressing the nation soon after being sworn in as the sixth President of Sri Lanka Maithripla Sirisena vouched he has no intention to run for a Presidential Election for the second time at the end of his first term. […]

Deputy Minister Premalal Jayasekara has been arrested in connection with the shooting incident in Kahawatta that took place during the election period, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said.  […]