Mullaitivu villagers staged a May Day protest demanding the release of 171 acres seized by the military in 2009, including 59.5 acres of residential land.
Mahinda Deshapriya urges workplace ballots for local workers, fresh expatriate voting legislation, and laws to bar unqualified candidates from public office.
Both presidents addressed the May 4 state banquet at President's House, citing climate justice, the 1965 Maldives independence signing and centuries-old ties.
Cross-party group of opposition MPs say President Dissanayake's May Day comments suggest prior knowledge of a pending judgment and threaten judicial autonomy.
Illegal Assets Investigation Division targets a Dubai-based associate's properties in Madupitiya and Alubomulla West, including a Rs. 25M house.
Anil Jayantha tells Parliament Australia and Paris Club unlikely to treat the $2.5M diversion as a default; Speaker clears 3.30pm urgent debate.
Borella Police arrest three Welikada Prison guards after a 40-year-old inmate died on May 4 following his apprehension during an escape attempt.
Receiving the Kamban Award, President Dissanayake said reconciliation has reached "a point of no return" and pledged new laws if needed to defeat racism.
Free Lawyers ask the Chief Justice to probe Anura Kumara Dissanayake's May Day comments on a pending verdict; Sarvajana Balaya joins NFF condemnation.
Former minister Udaya Gammanpila says the suicide finding on Finance Ministry Assistant Director Ranga Nishantha was reached without complete forensic tests.
SJB MP submits Order Book motion calling for halt to clearance and Wildlife Conservation jurisdiction over the closest urban rainforest to Colombo.
Police screened 26,346 people in 24 hours and detained 548 suspects, 212 outstanding-warrant subjects and 135 drink-drivers in the latest island-wide sweep.
Sri Lanka Navy operations between April 17 and 30 netted 77 suspects, 17 dinghies, sea cucumbers, explosives and prohibited fishing gear.
Human rights scholar Deepika Udagama and former SAARC chief Esala Weerakoon join the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies board, effective April 30.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says the July 1 VAT changes will suffocate SMEs and warned 'you cannot tax an economy into growth.'
Former President Sirisena says PNB officers he awarded for drug seizures were weeks later linked to traffickers and the underworld.
Channa Galappatti and Padmalal de Alwis appointed to UNP Yatinuwara and Harispattuwa seats by General Secretary Thalatha Atukorale.
SLADA warns the President's Secretariat that placing Clean Sri Lanka coordinators inside divisional offices threatens public service neutrality.
SLBFE arrests a former SLPP Haguranketha Pradeshiya Sabha member and his wife over a foreign-employment scam covering 16 complaints worth Rs. 21.3 million.
Apex court dismisses without hearing a petition by Rauf Hakeem and Nizam Kariapper seeking NEC recognition as Sri Lanka Muslim Congress members in Parliament.
Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath has appointed M. Fauser as Sri Lanka's first representative to Palestine, in a posting equivalent to ambassador rank.
Dinana Dakuna submits five questions to Finance Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma on his Australian citizenship history and dates of renunciation.
Chief Justice names a permanent three-judge High Court bench to try the ex-CBSL Governor after he missed a Rs. 1.84 billion repayment deadline.
Sri Lanka's anti-corruption commission has arrested an army lance corporal accused of taking Rs. 129,600 from a retired officer to settle a loan.