Former minister Harin Fernando has been arrested by the Badulla Police on allegations of election law violations. MORE..
20 Nov 2024 (11:46 AM)
The stunning electoral sweep of the National People s Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is "an earthquake in Sri Lankan politics", says Erik Solheim, the former Norwegian peace facilitator in the island nation. MORE..
20 Nov 2024 (11:45 PM)
Former Minister Harin Fernando, who was arrested this morning (20), has been released on bail, after being produced before the Badulla Magistrate s Court. MORE..
20 Nov 2024 (3:33 PM)
K. M. Mahinda Siriwardena, who was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has re-assumed duties in his post today (20). MORE..
20 Nov 2024 (12:13 PM)
A sixteen-year-old boy has been reported dead after a mound of earth collapsed on a house in the Wathuliyadda area in Medamahanuwara. MORE..
20 Nov 2024 (4:24 PM)
The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence given to Geeganagamage Amarasiri alias Julampitiye Amare who was accused of shooting and killing of two persons at a JVP rally in June 2012. MORE..
20 Nov 2024 (6:07 PM)