Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe during his official visit to Sri Lanka this morning (11).
Colombo district leader of the United National Party (UNP) Ravi Karunanayake promises a major reawakening to create a bright and blooming party by taking political leaders like the late V.A. Sugathadasa as an example.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has asked eight of its suspended members to a meeting of the party’s central committee on 14 July.
A presidential recommendation for a second service extension for C.D. Wickramaratne as the IGP has been referred to the Constitutional Council for approval, said speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
Buddhist clergy has called for the enactment of a ‘Sanghadhikarana bill’ to discipline misbehaving monks.
Tamil politicians have accused government MP Sarath Weerasekara of demeaning a magistrate over his ethnicity and thereby intimidating the judiciary.
Nearly 150 victims of aerial bombings on a church and a kovil in Navali in Jaffna in 1995 have been remembered.
UNP chairman Wajira Abeywardena has complained to the CID against what he calls false news being circulated in social media with regard to the revoking of a forfeiture of gold jewelry at his request.
Sri Lanka has agreed to fully support and work together with other countries to suppress the production and distribution of synthetic drugs, public security minister Tiran Alles said.
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) yesterday launched a mobile and a web-based application with the timetables of long-distance buses and facilities for passengers to reserve seats during an event under the patronage of Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana.
