The Election Commission states that despite the deferral of the 2023 Local Government (LG) elections, the local government election law remains in effect as the polls have not been completed. MORE..

2 Jul 2024 (7:31 PM)

The Findings and Preliminary Recommendations Report from the recently concluded National Symposium on Catalysing Change- Making Local Governance Future Fit carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been handed over this morning (02) to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. MORE..

2 Jul 2024 (6:55 PM)

President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted today in Parliament that false propaganda regarding debt restructuring and related matters are being spread by various individuals both inside and outside the parliament. MORE..

2 Jul 2024 (6:26 PM)

The six fishermen, who were apprehended aboard a local multi-day fishing trawler carrying 131kg of heroin in the seas off Galle, have been ordered to be further remanded until July 16. MORE..

2 Jul 2024 (6:14 PM)

This order was issued by the two-member Appeals Court bench comprising President of the Court of Appeal Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and Justice Shashi Mahendran following an extensive consideration of the facts presented related to the petition today (02). MORE..

2 Jul 2024 (5:53 PM)

The owner of the mobile phone number through which a false tip-off was provided to the 119 Police Emergency Hotline regarding an impending bomb attack in the Kandy Court complex, has been arrested. MORE..

2 Jul 2024 (5:20 PM)