Wijeyadasa appointed SLFP Chairman, Keerthi appointed Acting General Secretary

Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has stepped down as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).



Sri Lankan tutor arrested for sharing O/L English paper

Sri Lanka Police reported that this morning (May 12), they arrested a tutor from the Katugastota area in Kandy for sharing the General English question paper of the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) exam on WhatsApp.



Sri Lankan Baker Tharshan Selvarajah joins Olympic torch relay in France

As the Olympic flame touched down in France from Greece, excitement brewed for the relay involving 10,000 torchbearers, each representing diverse stories of achievement.



Former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Joins BJP, Contests Lok Sabha Election

Former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has joined India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is contesting in the elections.



Debt owed by Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to China rise to record levels: Data

Debt owed by various countries, especially in South Asia and Africa, to China has multiplied in recent years.



Sri Lanka welcomes over 800,000 tourists in May

The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka crossed the 800,000 mark in May, which is two months earlier than in 2023 when achieving the milestone.



Supreme Court postpones Diana Gamage’s party expulsion case

The Supreme Court has ordered that the petition filed by former State Minister Diana Gamage challenging a decision taken by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to expel her from party membership be heard on May 28, 2024.



Ranil Wickremesinghe & Basil Rajapaksa continue political future talks

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa met for their sixth round of talks on Thursday evening (May 09), discussing future political affairs.



Mujibur Rahuman sworn in as MP

Mujibur Rahuman was sworn in as a Member of Parliament before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (May 10).



Sri Lanka President highlights economic progress and future challenges

Addressing the Parliament of Sri Lanka today (May 09), President Ranil Wickremesinghe provided a comprehensive overview of the country’s economic journey over the past two years.



Special unit formed to track Sri Lankan citizens deployed in Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of a special unit to gather information on the human trafficking of retired Sri Lankan military personnel to the Russia-Ukraine war through illegal channels.



Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election scheduled for day between September 17 and October 16

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has announced that the 2024 Presidential election will be held between September 17 and October 16, 2024.



Court imposes foreign travel ban on Diana Gamage

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court issued a restraining order today (May 09) against former Minister of State Diana Gamage, preventing her from traveling abroad.



President sets deadline for Bingiriya industrial zone development

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe directed relevant officials to ensure the completion of infrastructure development in the Bingiriya Industrial Zone by the end of the year 2024.



Sri Lanka’s Election Commission informed of vacant MP seat in Parliament

The Secretary-General of the Parliament of Sri Lanka has informed the Election Commission that a parliamentary seat in the Ninth Parliament became vacant on May 8, 2024, due to the cancellation of Member of Parliament Diana Gamage’s seat.



No legal barrier for non Sri Lankans to register political parties – Mahinda Deshapriya

There is no legal barrier for non-citizens to register a political party, former Chairman of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Deshapriya, said to the Daily Mirror newspaper on Wednesday (May 08).