The actions of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the LTTE were the main instrumental factors for the current economic crisis, former Minister S.M. Chandrasena said.

He told reporters that if the destruction of property and lives caused by the JVP and the LTTE was evaluated, it would be clear that their actions must have led to the crisis situation the country was facing today.

He said the JVP is now trying to show the country that they are good people by pointing fingers at others for the bankruptcy.

A British Sri Lankan, Veterinary surgeon, Brin Pirathapan, has claimed the prestigious title of MasterChef Champion 2024, triumphing at the end of the 20th series of TV’s biggest cooking competition. Brin was awarded the coveted MasterChef trophy by judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace on BBC One.

The Examinations Department today announced the date of the holding of the Grade Five Scholarship Examination for 2024. Examinations Commissioner General H.J.M.C. Amith Jayasundara said the Scholarship Examination will be held on September 15 (Sunday).

Two days after arresting four Sri Lankan nationals suspected to be ISIS operatives, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Wednesday said that all the accused have been previously booked in gold and drug smuggling cases.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has reported over 36,900 breakdowns resulting in power interruptions to more than 300,000 consumers in the last three days due to the inclement weather, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijsekara said today.

A number of leading NGOs funded by various foreign sources for projects such as gender rights, human rights and democratic governance have been registered only as guaranteed companies under the registrar of Companies leaving the National NGO Secretariat in the lurch in having a check on their expenses and activities, a top source said.

Sri Lankan detectives have uncovered that one of the four Sri Lankans with suspected links to ISIS who was arrested in Indian earlier this week, is the son of a notorious underworld don. The four suspects arrested by Indian detectives are:

Despite speculations that a General Election will precede a Presidential election, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the Cabinet today that the Presidential election will be held first this year.

Former Army Commander, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, has decided to contest for Presidency at the upcoming Presidential election, the Daily Mirror learns.

The Sri Lankan Parliament observed one minute's silence for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and others who were killed in a helicopter crash recently. Observing of a minute's silence was proposed by Chief Government Whip Prasanna Ranatunga.

Ven. Gnanasara Thera is not among the 278 prison inmates to be released under the Presidential pardons in view of Vesak Poya which falls tomorrow (22), the Prisons Department said.

Former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Shani Abeysekera has revealed details concerning his arrest in July 2020 and his involvement in the inquiry against Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen of the Kurunegala Hospital.

Successive governments, opposition leaders, the religious establishment and the media have failed the victims of Sri Lanka’s there-decade-long war and the people at large, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said.

Incidents such as the recent arrest of four individuals commemorating the Mullivaikkal war dead will deter the Tamil population from voting for any majority candidate in the upcoming Presidential Election, opined the Thamil Makkal Thesiya Kuttani (TMTK) Leader and Opposition Parliamentarian C.V. Wigneswaran.

Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe will officially announce his candidacy for the Presidential election next month, Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said today.

One person has been killed and several others injured on a Singapore Airlines flight from London that was hit by severe turbulence. The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 15:45 local (08:45 GMT).

The Russian embassy expressed concerns over the western pressure on Sri Lanka regarding human rights while the very same forces are having a separate stand on the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan etc.

Former State Minister Diana Gamage was today ordered to be released on bail after she appeared before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court in connection with a magisterial inquiry over a complaint that she had obtained a Sri Lankan passport after furnishing false information.

Ambassador-designate to China Majintha Jayesinghe assumed duties on May 20, 2024 at the Embassy in Beijing, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister died when their helicopter crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has not requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe to hold a general election first but only conveyed the opnion of the SLPP to the President, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said today.