The European Union has suspended the import of fish and fishery products from Sri Lanka effective today (15 January). Three months before this import ban came...

The new cabinet of ministers were sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago. Cabinet Ministers 1.Prime...

After his overwhelming victory at the yesterday’s elections, President-elect Maithripala Sirisena commenced his first term in office after taking oaths amid the...

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya, announced the victory of Maithripala Sirisena at the 2015 Presidential Election, having secured 51.28 percent of the votes...

Maithripala Sirisena is to be sworn in as the sixth President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, at Independence Square this evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGeO5QdV3mI This...

Following a brief discussion with Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe and assuring the smooth transfer of power, President Mahinda Rajapaksa left Temple Trees...

Final Results Maithripala Sirisena 6,217,162 (51.28%) Mahinda Rajapaksa 5,768,090 (47.58%) Update 3.49 am 09.01.2015 Maithripala Sirisena 311,117 (...

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The National Selectors at a meeting held selected the following players for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. 1.Angelo Mathews (Captain) 2.T.M Dilshan 3.Kumar...

An AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai, Tamil Nadu was among few other flights delayed and diverted to nearby cities due to thick fog engulfing the airport...