This week marks 28 years since the Kumarapuram Massacre took place in Trincomalee, where the Sri Lankan military killed 26 Tamil civilians and gang-raped a 15-year-old girl.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored that the Anuradhapura North Water Supply Project is designed to safeguard agriculture in the region,

The National Movement for a Just Society never propagates postponing elections, said its chairman Karu Jayasuriya.

State Minister of Higher Education Dr. Suren Raghavan has announced the plans to enhance the educational landscape in Sri Lanka.

The United Republic Front led by MP Patali Champika Ranawaka says it will initiate a dialogue with the people on how it should perform once gaining political power.

VAT income in January, projected at Rs. 55 billion, has met with a shortfall of Rs. 10 billion, said finance ministry sources.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena has called on Afreen Akhter, the Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Bureau of South Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department in Washington DC.

Bilateral delegation-level talks took place in New Delhi between Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG), V. Srinivas and Secretary to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Anura Dissanayake for collaboration in Personnel Administration and Governance.

Piyum Hastika, alias 'Piyuma,' identified as a primary accomplice of the notorious drug trafficker Salidu Malshika, also known as 'Kudu Salidu,' was arrested in Dubai and brought to Sri Lanka this morning (15).

Chief Government Whip and SLPP Gampaha District MP Prasanna Ranatunga yesterday (14) declared that he would back President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s candidature at the forthcoming presidential election.