The country is in no need of a government that dances to the tune of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

The Committee on Public Finance Chairman Dr. Harsha De Silva told Parliament yesterday (20) that the Committee appointed to look into the salary increase of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) employees has recommended that the CBSL staff salary hikes of 70 percent be suspended until next year.

The Executive Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party yesterday (19) unanimously elected Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva as the party’s Chairman and Duminda Dissanayake as the SLFP General Secretary.

External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India Dr. S. Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Sri Lanka on 20 June, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said.

tand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya and the owner of the ‘SL VLOG’ YouTube channel Bruno Divakara have been released by the Fort Magistrate’s Court from the case filed against them for allegedly making controversial statements on Buddhism.

Associations representing fishermen in the north yesterday (18) staged a protest in front of the Indian Consulate in Jaffna demanding to stop the Indian trawler that were trespassing in the Sri Lankan waters.

Applications have been called from interested individuals to fill in a vacancy in the post of a member of the National Police Commission, the Communications Department of Parliament said.

From June 8-14, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, in collaboration with Foundation of Goodness and IImpact Hoop Lab, hosted a veteran National Basketball Association (NBA) player and veteran Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player as part of the U.S. Sports Envoy program.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has affirmed that all agreements with international women’s organizations mandate that women must have the same rights as men.