The government is to introduce a new act in place of the Police Ordinance, much-criticized by human rights activists over its alleged misuse during recent anti-government protests.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has disputed a statement by JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake that Lord Buddha had preached equality.
Winding up the House debate on the second reading of budget 2023, foreign minister Ali Sabry yesterday (22) made a statement with regard to the late Mangala Samaraweera, which he claimed not even the opposition would have made.
The budget for 2023 makes no concessions to estate workers, whose plight is worsening by the day, alleged the movement for the protection of upcountry people.
The cabinet has approved the appointment of a presidential task force to prevent youths from addiction to toxic and dangerous drugs.
Prison authorities are investigating a telephone conversation said to have taken place between MP Dayasiri Jayasekara and the boyfriend of Thilini Priyamali.
The sale of state-owned shares of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) as proposed in president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s budget for next year is a threat to national security, trade unions warn.
Plaques with the names of LTTE members who died at war were unveiled to mark the commencement of Maaveerar Naal in Jaffna on November 21.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe barely missed being encountered by protesting Tamil women in the Wanni on November 19 who berated him for failing to fulfill the promises he gave as prime minister of the good governance regime.
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka accused of raping a Sydney woman he met on a dating app has been pictured for the first time since leaving custody on bail.
