Inspector-General of Police C.D Wickramaratneissued a detailed statement clarifying the investigations carried so far concerning the Easter Sunday attack in 2019.
The events that led to the Easter Sunday attack in 2019 suggest that it was hatched meticulously by a...
The Expert Committee appointed to review the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC) states that account details of payments made at two stages of the Compact cannot be found.
According to a media release from the Presidential Media Division, the MCC...
Accountability cannot be established in the absence of credible and verifiable data says security expert Prof.Rohan Gunaratna
The Sri Lankan government is discussing the possibility of asking the UN Human Rights Commission UNHRC) to set up a data base on...
A fire that erupted on the Mary Mount hill near the Victoria Dam is spreading rapidly with strong winds.
This fire that broke out on the western slopes of the Mary Mount yesterday destroyed an area of 500 square metres...
Four Excise Department officials have been arrested by the police over a shooting incident at Marine Drive in Bambalapitiyua.
A delegation of senior Government of India officials, led by Mr. Vinay Kwatra, Foreign Secretary, and consisting of Shri Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor and Mr. Kartik Pande, Joint Secretary,...
The Petition filed by Parliamentarian Diana Gamage challenging the decision of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to expel her from party membership has been fixed for argument by Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has fixed the hearing for February 2.
Opposition...
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene has received the Supreme Court determination on the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill last evening.
He is likely to present it to Parliament on May18.
Parliament was adjourned for the 18th of this month following the...
The Cabinet has approved a bill drafted by the Legal Draftsman and the Attorney General has given the green light specifying that the bill does not clash with the provisions of the Constitution.
Accordingly the Cabinet has approved a proposal...
Security around Kelaniya, Colombo, and Sri Jayawardenapura universities is to be stepped up to protect the students on the instructions of Public Security Minister Tiran Alles.
The directive to increase security was issued to the Inspector General of Police, C.D....
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka is of the view that the judiciary
should be allowed to operate free from external pressure threats or interference for a vibrant democracy to exist.
It has issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to upholding the rule of...
Sri Lankan MP V. S. Radhakrishnan has urged the State and Central governments to accord Indian citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who live in different parts of Tamil Nadu.
Addressing reporters in Tiruchi after meeting K. M. Kader...