The order given by Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa stands on the matter of impeachment of Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayaka, said Deputy Speaker of Parliament Chandima Weerakkody yesterday, adding that no Court shall issue notices on the Speaker of the Parliament or members of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC). […]

Sri Lanka will send its first astronaut to space within the next seven years with the help of the Chinese Government now that we have entered the space age with the launching of the SupremeSat–1 on November 27, Science and Technology Senior Minister Tissa Vitharana said yesterday. […]

  By Shenali Waduge All the calls for fairness, justice, integrity are all well and fine but how many in the legal fraternity have publicly questioned the justification of a Member of Parliament, a member of a political party and a practicing lawyer to contest and become the President of the Bar Association of Sri […]

By Walter Jayawardhana Dr.Chandra Wickramasinghe of the Buckingham Center for Astrobiology in the Buckingham University , UK said the cells found in the Red Rain collected in Sri Lanka according to preliminary investigations contain high concentrations of arsenic and silver and “that makes them extremely unlikely of any earth origin.” […]

HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces cordially welcomed the visiting India’s Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC Thursday (20) noon when the latter paid a courtesy call on him at Presidential Secretariat, accompanied by his Sri Lankan host, […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited United National Party Parliamentarian and Bar Association president Wijedasa Rajapakshe’s house at Nawala yesterday after he came to know that Rajapakshe’s residence had come under attack, Presidential Media Coordinating Secretary Wijayananda Herath said. […]

Dec 19 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s rupee currency gained on Wednesday, helped by remittances and exporter conversions ahead of holidays, while stocks were barely changed. The rupee firmed to 128.40/50 to the dollar compared with Tuesday’s close of 128.70/75, dealers said. […]

The Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, yesterday filed a Writ Application, in the Court of Appeal, against the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) which found her guilty of three charges in an impeachment motion against her recently. […]

The Mirihana Police are investigating a complaint lodged by BASL President MP Wijeydasa Rajapakshe after two empty cartridges were found in the vicinity of his house early this morning, the Police said […]

Three more deaths from floods and and earth slips were reported yesterday, bringing the death toll to 23 while the number missing rose to 15 and injured to 34. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said relief for those affected is being provided and rescue operations were being conducted by the Army, Navy and the Police. […]

Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha, who is concurrently accredited to the Holy See, presented his credentials to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on the 13th of December 2012 at a ceremony held at the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State of […]

President Mahinda Rajapakse said that no one can erase the great history created by our ancestors, and no amount of money or might can change a country’s history. He said that we are living in an era in which certain elements are trying to rewrite the history through money power. […]

Four thousand nine hundred and seventeen persons from 1,219 families have been affected by the extreme weather prevailing in the country. The Disaster Management Centre stated that 18 temporary shelters have been set up to house 830 families that have been displaced. […]

Sri Lanka and the Republic of Haiti established formal diplomatic relations on Friday (14).    Dr. Palitha Kohona, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of Sri Lanka, while  Jean Wesley Cazeau, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Haiti to the United Nations, signed on […]

The incident in which two children and their mother were killed in a fire which occurred in Kaldemulla, Ratmalana has been confirmed as a murder, police stated. […]

FILE PHOTO Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that war heroes attached to the Civil Security Department (CSD) were rendering yeomen service in the country.’s development drive. […]