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Politics LNP - Sri Lanka received USD 650 million in FDI in first quarter: Minister
Sri Lanka received USD 650 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the first quarter of this year (2025), according to Minister of Industry and…
Politics LNP - Tesla is ‘not interested’ in producing cars in India – minister
Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla is “not interested in manufacturing in India”, the country’s heavy industries minister has said. The remarks…
Politics LNP - Australia ready to work with Sri Lanka’s new administration: Australian Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia Richard Marles, reflecting on the 70-year economic and political relationship between the two…
Politics LNP - “Pay your taxes, and we’ll protect every rupee” – President Anura Kumara
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that he has taken measures to reduce expenditure under the President’s budget wherever possible, with the aim of…
Politics LNP - Ex-Ministers Mahindananda and Nalin Fernando join Welikada’s general inmates
Former Ministers Mahindananda Aluthgamage and Nalin Fernando, who were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court on Wednesday (29), have…
Politics LNP - Ex-Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage sentenced to 10 years RI
The Colombo High Court has sentenced former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to 10 years and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando to 25 years of…
Politics LNP - Minister Mervin Silva indicted
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has filed indictments against former Minister Mervin Silva, accusing him of…
Politics LNP - Bribery Commission files case against former Minister Chandrani Bandara
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has filed an indictment against former Minister Chandrani Bandara before the…
Politics LNP - PM Harini receives death threats via email; IP addresses traced to Europe - Minister
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has received death threats to her official email address at the Prime Minister’s Office, the Minister of…
Politics LNP - President appoints committee to probe allegations of irregularities in SriLankan Airlines
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the relevant authorities to appoint a special committee, led by the Presidential Secretariat, to investigate…
Politics LNP - Deputy Minister explains how duty is imposed on vehicles
The value of the vehicle is not the determining factor when imposing taxes, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma said in…
Politics LNP - Country not fully free even after end of war: President
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that the country is not fully free even after the end of the war. Addressing the National War Heroes’ Commemoration…
Politics LNP - President vows to prevent repetition of past tragedies during visit to war heroes
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake paid a visit this morning (19) to the Mihindu Seth Medura convalescent home in Attidiya, where he inquired into the health…
Politics LNP - Ex-Minister Mahindananda remanded
Former Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage has been remanded until May 26 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court in connection with the controversial…
Politics LNP - Govt. reviewing COSTS before renovating ‘dilapidated Parliament building’
The Urban Development Authority has declared the Parliament Complex building to be a dilapidated and dangerous structure The old Parliament building, located…
Politics LNP - President urges DCC chairs to boost production economy and rural development
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has urged all Chairpersons of District Coordinating Committees (DCC) to actively engage in revitalizing the nation’s…
Politics LNP - Bribery Comm. files case against two including ex-Minister Lakshman Yapa
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has filed a case against former Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshman Yapa…
Politics LNP - Govt. keen to maintain electricity tariffs unchanged, Energy Minister claims
The government hopes to maintain electricity tariffs unchanged in the current situation, Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody stated in Parliament. …
Politics LNP - Former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella remanded
Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) earlier today, has…
Politics LNP - NPP sweeps 2025 LG elections with over 4.5 Mn votes
The National People’s Power (NPP) has emerged as the clear winner in the 2025 Local Government Elections securing 4,503,930 votes (43.26%) and 3,927 seats…
Politics LNP - NPP rules out joining opposition parties to form councils: Tilvin
The National People’s Power (NPP) will not join hands with opposition parties rejected by the people to establish councils, JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva…
Politics LNP - Sajith comes out with picture of chessboard in his FB page
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has come up with a picture of a chess board in his Facebook account, indicating that there could be discussions or that…
Politics LNP - NPP leads LG polls with 43% vote share
The National People’s Power (NPP) is leading decisively in the Local Government elections with 43.44% of the votes and with 3,412,883 votes counted so…
Politics LNP - Prime Minister under probe over alleged election law violation
Sri Lanka’s main election monitoring body, the People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL), has requested the Election Commission to inquire into the…