In a major public speech delivered in New Delhi on Wednesday former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa reached out to the Tamil community and said that the war of 2009 was against terrorism of LTTE and not against the community.

A fire broke out this morning at an apartment building located on Park Street, Colombo 02.

President Maithripala Sirisena has summoned a special Cabinet meeting today at 12.00 noon at the Presidential Secretariat, sources said.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told the CID that he was neither connected to the matter nor did he know any facts relating to the incident where journalist, Keith Noyahr was abducted and assaulted during the last regime.

Sri Lanka’s prime minister shot back at economists who called out the country as among Asia’s most vulnerable to global emerging market volatility.

Sri Lanka’s national airline said Wednesday (Sept 12) it has stopped serving cashews after the country’s President flew into a rage over nuts served to him on a flight to Colombo.

The Joint Opposition yesterday urged the Government to introduce a formula to increase the salaries of public and private sector employees as they did fuel price revisions every month.

The decision on whether to release those convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by the LTTE is an “internal matter” for India to decide, said former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Sri Lankan war widows and women in former conflict zones are being forced to sell their kidneys to pay loan sharks, a UN expert said Tuesday, urging government intervention.

Attention should be drawn by officials towards an immediate ban on the import of food crops which can be grown locally without trying to submit consumer reports made according to the needs of various racketeers, President Maithripala Sirisena said.

Lanka Indian Oil Company has increased fuel prices from midnight yesterday, in accordance with the price hike by the fuel pricing formula.

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka is a special and important part of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, President Ram Nath Kovind said Monday.

The Retail Prices of Fuel have been revised with effect from midnight today (10) based on the Fuel pricing formula, the Finance Ministry said.

President Maithripala Sirisena doesn’t believe that Ranil Wickremesinghe has qualities to be a Prime Minister, says former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.