Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy and Shibly Aziz nominated as Civil Society representatives to the Constitutional Council.

Kandy District MP Anuradha Jayaratne and Kegalle District MP Dushmantha Mithrapala today (10) gave oaths as Deputy Ministers before President Maithripala Sirisena.

Four presidential Security Division (PSD) officers were killed and several others injured in a road accident this morning (10).

Former Uva Province Chief Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa has been summoned by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Large Scale Corruption (PCoI) with regard to an allegation of distributing state owned lands in Mahiyangana incurring a loss to the government.

Sri Lanka’s rupee, which is hovering near a record low after being floated by the central bank last week, will be brought to an acceptable level before too long, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said on Wednesday.

Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is expecting Rs 3,000 crore worth infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka as it seeks to expand its global presence, its chief A M Naik said today.