A five-member panel has 3 months to recommend fixes for stalled NHDA projects, with only 386 of 2,562 villages completed and Rs. 11.26 bn needed.
Ranil, Sumanthiran, Sally, G.L. Peiris and Dolawatte tell CJ Surasena that AKD's May Day reference to a pending May 25 judgment seeks to pressure the bench.
Pakistan HC Major General (Rtd) Nayyar Naseer meets Deputy Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekara; defence training, maritime crime cooperation discussed.
Ex-Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne spends nearly four hours at CIABOC recording a statement on the 2013 SriLankan Airlines Airbus probe.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala says the number of police stations has exceeded requirements and some may be shut as part of restructuring.
Three-judge bench rules Prof. W.M. Thilakaratne, found guilty of cyber stalking and unwanted touching, cannot hold any future post at a Sri Lankan university.
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva says there is 'absolutely no basis' for posts alleging he was attacked by a member at the party head office in Pelawatte.
Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam's TNC writes to TVK invoking Prabhakaran legacy and asking Vijay to raise Sri Lankan Tamil rights internationally.
Government weighs criminal liability after probe finds two suspended Trincomalee doctors falsely claimed strike absence while performing private operation.
Cabinet subcommittee intervenes in long-running Uma Oya land disputes; Rs. 300 million allocated in first phase for 246 displaced residents.
Unawatuna Tourist Police arrested a massage centre employee after an Australian woman alleged she was sexually assaulted during an Ayurveda treatment session.
TN Chief Minister Vijay urges EAM Jaishankar to secure release of six Mandapam fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka Navy on May 10.
Herath will call on President Lukashenko on a four-day Minsk visit invited by FM Ryzhenkov; agreements are expected across education, health and trade.
Nine top underworld figures including Wele Suda and Dematagoda Chaminda now held at the Navy-base facility, with smuggled mobile phones reportedly stopped.
Housing Minister Susil Ranasinghe says 14-15 projects, including cancer and cardiac units, are underway before Anuradhapura is declared a National Hospital.
48-year-old Ja-Ela suspect linked to Ganemulla Sanjeewa, Kehelbaddara Padme and Commando Salinda networks brought back on May 10.
Drug trafficking suspect Manoj Suranga Liyanage, alias Batuwatte Chamara, has been detained for 72 hours of questioning after his repatriation from Azerbaijan.
Police seek a global red notice for the principal suspect behind the April airport seizure of 110kg of Kush and Hash from 22 robe-clad smugglers.
CCD has found the belt allegedly used in Kapila Chandrasena's death was brought from his residence by an employee. Statements taken from 15 people.
Magalla resident extradited from Dubai under Interpol Red Notice in Rs. 87 million scheme that allegedly defrauded 48 job seekers.
A prisoner convicted in the Aragalaya-era killing of former SLPP MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala died after falling from a Welikada Prison building on May 11.
A two-judge bench dismissed the Open University's bid to block release, holding that university by-laws cannot override the Right to Information Act.
Phase 1 of the Rs. 309 million restoration of the heritage Polonnaruwa anicut was launched Sunday by ministers Lal Kantha, Sunil Senevi and T.B. Sarath.
Former minister appeared before Terrorism Investigation Division at 11am on May 11 over claim certain Easter suspects had not been arrested.