Senior members of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) have warned that failure on the part of Justice Minister and SLMC Leader, Rauff Hakeem, to step down from the government would result in divisions within the congress for the second time, SLMC sources said.

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By Ravindra Wickremasinghe

There are no facts, only interpretations – Friedrich Nietzsche

Edward Lucas, the genial international editor of The Economist has once again challenged us to not take our freedom for granted ...
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Intense protests are to be staged by teachers' and principals' unions today morning, to pressurize the government into taking definite and substantial ...

A Nigerian national was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday on the charge of swindling millions of rupees from locals. ...

Leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF) and Minister of Housing and Construction, Wimal Weerawansa, alleged, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) would ...

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), yesterday presented a Private Member's Bill to Parliament to scrap the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

The six-member Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentary delegation, led by R. Sampanthan, has pointed out the need of the Indian Government being ...

UNP Kalutara District MP, Ajith P. Perera, yesterday told Parliament he was informed by the Ministry of Defence there was evidence to prove Prageeth ...

The government should introduce a framework to monitor tuition classes to ensure that tutors are qualified in their subject matter and bring in laws to ...

The ‘cancerous spread of corruption’ in the schools is a direct result of the government’s failure to provide adequate funds for ...

Two suspects have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in connection to the fire that erupted at the Colombo Port in May, Police Media Spokesperson ...

Some 600 activists belonging to pro-Tamil Eelam outfits were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to march to the Defence Services Staff College at ...

Customs officials at the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) have seized a stock of heroin weighing  1 ½ Kg worth 12 M from a suspect ...

Ven. Athuraliya Rathana Thera tabled a proposed 21st amendment to the Constitution to strap 13th amendment provisions in the form of a private members ...

A draft bill that ensures voting rights to displaced persons in the North was passed in parliament with amendment a short while ago.

The sluice gates of many reservoirs in the Nuwara- Eliya District have been opened due to the heavy showers experienced in the area.