Western Provincial Minister of Tourism, Transport and Highways Nimal Lanza yesterday threatened to take legal action against police commandos for raiding his house at Negombo on Monday night without a Court order. […]

The family of presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra yesterday asked why parliamentarian Duminda Silva was not a prime suspect in the investigation into Mr. Premachandra’s assassination and said they had no confidence in the probe carried out so far. […]

Colombo, Oct 18 (IANS) A report commissioned by the Sri Lankan government to probe allegations of war crimes will be released in mid-November, an official said Tuesday. […]

The government will present its US$ 20 billion Appropriation Bill for 2012 in the Parliament for its first reading today.  President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Finance Minister will present the Budget 2012 in Parliament (2nd Reading) on November 21. […]

Pursuant to the bi-lateral meeting the President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, held in New York along the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management and the Leader of the House together with Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, Minister of Environment […]

Sri Lanka is speaking the language of peace after decades of conflict that affected thousands of Sri Lankans of all communities, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the 9th International Language and Development Conference in Colombo yesterday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa while attributing the comprehensive victory of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) at the concluded local authority election to team work and unity urged newly appointed LG heads to work in the same spirit to fulfill people’s aspirations and needs. […]

The ruling party in Sri Lanka should take the responsibility for the recent murder of a presidential advisor, his family members say. In an exclusive interview with BBC Sandeshaya, Swarna Guanaratne, elder sister of slain Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra said that the family is not satisfied about the progress in the murder investigation. […]

  The Defence Ministry has been re designated as the Defence and Urban Development Ministry, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga told the Daily News yesterday. He said that the gazette notification in this regard was issued last week. […]

Vietnam will always stand by Sri Lanka in the international arena, stated Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang during his bilateral discussion with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. […]

Heavy traffic jams prevailed this morning on several roads leading to Colombo from Rajagiriya due to VIP movement. The traffic jams affected the areas of Town Hall, Ward Place, Horton Place and the Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Road area in Rajagiriya. […]

Parliamentarian Duminda Silva is recovering slowly and has been removed from the life supporting system, Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital Director Dr. Shavendra Gamage said. […]

Senior law experts say that the use of weapons among politicians in the country must be banned. They pointed out that the public representatives appointed by the people do not need firearms to serve them. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that two suspects who were involved in the Mulleriyawa shooting who had fled to India have been apprehended. He added that they will be brought to Colombo today. […]