IGP Pujith Jayasundera and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando were further remanded until November 6 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage today.

The Parliament Select Committee appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks will submit its final report today.

Victory for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) at next month’s presidential election would result to the dissolution of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party founded by late Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, SLFP Kalutara District MP Kumara Welgama said.

Presidential candidate of the National Development Front Dr. Rohan Pallewatte, addressing a rally at Rabindranath Tagore Hall, Matara, last Sunday, said the country urgently needed at least 10 billion USD to address the present precarious economic situation facing it.

National democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Minister Sajith Premadasa said he stands to strengthen media freedom further once comes to power.

Sri Lanka’s appointment of a war veteran accused of serious human rights violations as head of its army will significantly curtail U.S. security cooperation with the country, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

A Sri Lankan motorist risks jail for complaining on Facebook that he had been given a traffic ticket because he is Buddhist.

A total of 1,237 complaints in relation to the 2019 Presidential Election have been lodged with Election Commission thus far.

The United States District Court for the Central District of California has dismissed and denied the claims raised by Ahimsa Wickramatunga against Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The UAE Embassy in Colombo has issued a fresh alert to travellers, warning them not to visit the South Asian country of Sri Lanka.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), issuing a statement yesterday (21), expressed its concern over the decision taken by the Cabinet of Ministers to allow President Maithripala Sirisena to continue to reside in his official residence located in Colombo.

New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday promised not to permit the issue of licenses for new liquor stores while also announcing he would close down wine stores located in close proximity to schools, once elected as President.

SLPP leader and Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday, said that his party would not agree to any of the conditions laid down by the TNA.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential Candidate stated that he will create an intelligence-based economy under his rule.

Presidential candidate of the New Democratic Front Minister Sajith Premadasa says he will not bow down to any conditions put forth by politicians in a bid to gain votes.

SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris, yesterday, said that the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on the Easter Sunday carnage was under a cloud following the shocking disclosure that one of its members, Minister Rauff Hakeem, had held discussions with suicide bombing mastermind Zahran Hashim in Kattankudy, in 2015.