Ex-chairman Harsha de Silva has been dropped from the Committee on Public Finance (COPA).

Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) MP Selvarajah Kajendren who was arrested yesterday (11) in Jaffna has been released on bail.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a condolence message to the people of Turkey has stated that under the stewardship of President Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish Government and the resilience and strength of its people, the nation will rise from this tragedy even stronger than before.

The Finance Ministry is yet to respond to a request for funding to hold the local government polls due on March 09, said the Election Commission.

The tremors now being felt in Wellawaya are caused by a splitting of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate in two, said professor of geology Athula Senaratne of the University of Peradeniya.

Some difficult decisions must be made to build the economy, though those decisions could be unpopular, said president Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Thousands of people have offered to adopt the baby girl who was born under the rubble of a collapsed building in north-west Syria, following Monday's earthquake.

The Sun has always fascinated astronomers. And now, a new development has baffled scientists.

The High Commission of India in Colombo is inviting applications for around 200 fully-funded scholarships for Sri Lankan nationals, across various levels.

The Supreme Court has postponed until February 23 the hearing of a petition that seeks a postponement of the local government polls scheduled for March 09.