Sri Lanka's Education Ministry has reached a decision to close schools in certain areas due to adverse weather conditions.

The United National Party (UNP) made key appointments for its election campaign at a meeting of its working committee at Sirikotha yesterday (02).

President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed that with the stabilization of the country’s economy; there should be no inclination towards traditional politics.

The Colombo Law Society, the largest and the most elite branch association attached to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has unanimously passed a resolution urging BASL office bearers including its President Kaushalya Nawaratne, PC to immediately step down from their positions, pending the conduct of the inquiry regarding activities involving the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the BASL.

There is no truth whatsoever to claims that 20 SJB MPs are going to crossover to the government, said its national organizer Tissa Attanayake.

NAtional Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Namal Rajapaksa has asked the party’s electoral organizers and rural leadership to support the provision of relief for the flood-affected people.

The mastermind behind the Russia human trafficking racket identified as Chaturanga has described himself as a secretary to MP Sarath Weerasekara.

Local tea producers are considering a boycott of the Colombo tea auction due on Tuesday and Wednesday as a mark of protest against minister Jeevan Thondaman, reports "Mawbima".

The mother of consultant coach to the national cricket team, Sanath Jayasuriya, has passed away.

A court in Sri Lanka has released on bail a nun who was arrested by the police for allegedly torturing female students at the hostel of an 80 years old girls school located on an islet in the north.