The Election Commission announced that postal voting for the 2024 Presidential election will conclude tomorrow (11). Hence, government employees who missed their chance to vote on September 4, 5 and 6 can still cast their postal votes today (11) and tomorrow (12).

Pesident Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed MP Seetha Kumari Arambepola as the Minister of State for Health, Women's & Child Affairs. This announcement was made today by the Presidential Media Division (PMD).

Presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe's campaign team has strategically reduced the number of public rallies from 92 to 84, Harin Fernando said.

Sri Lanka protested with the UK Home Office regarding the display of LTTE emblems during a demonstration organized by the Tamil Diaspora activists, an official said.

Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and three other suspects, implicated in the alleged importation of substandard human immunoglobulin vials, have been released on bail by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court.

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi initially decided to support Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming presidential election. However, the party’s leader, Mavai Senadhiraja, announced that a discussion was held today in Vavuniya to reconsider this decision. Senadhiraja stated that the party’s final decision will be officially presented on the 14th and 15th of this month.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has removed five State Ministers, including Geetha Kumarasinghe, with immediate effect, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.

The Convener of the Inter-University Student's Federation (IUSF) and several other demonstrators were arrested this afternoon near the Fort Railway Station during a protest march in Colombo. The rally was against government policies affecting higher education and the rising cost of living.

Around 80 SLPP MPs have booked tickets to leave the country because of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s action of promoting NPP candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, SJB MP Mujibur Rahman said.

Conducting coaching or tuition classes targeting at the 2024 grade five scholarship examination will be prohibited from tomorrow midnight (11), Examinations Department Commissioner General H.J.M.C Amith Jayasundara said.

The government has objected to the Comprehensive Report on Sri Lanka by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressing surprise that the report steps far out of its mandated sphere of human rights to comment on macroeconomics as well as financial and budgetary issues under sovereign parliamentary purview.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has no secret pact with NPP presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, UNP Assistant Leader Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today.

TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran, who defended NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake over a controversial statement he is said to have made in the north, said he never thinks that Dissanayake uttered those words with a view to expressing any racist feelings.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, to apologize to the Tamil people of the North following controversial remarks made during his recent visit to Jaffna. Speaking at a rally in Udupitti, Jaffna, President Wickremesinghe criticized Dissanayake’s comments, accusing him of using coercion to pressure the Northern population.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe acts as if he is the General Secretary of the National People's Power (NPP) and both seem to have got into a political deal.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) senior leader MP Mavai Senathirajah at his residence in Kankesanthurai, Jaffna, yesterday.

The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard intercepted 03 Indian trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters and apprehended 14 Indian fishermen, during a special operation conducted off the Delft Island yesterday.

Former SJB MP Thalatha Athukorala was in attendance at President Ranil Wickremesinghe's rally in Welimada, seemingly pleadging her support to him at the upcoming Presidential election.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that investigations are underway regarding a potential plot to attack a presidential candidate.

Sri Lanka’s plan to set up operations of Elon Musk's Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, has been withheld till the Presidential Election is over because of some clearance pending with the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, a top source said.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa will begin a house-to-house campaign today, Party sources said yesterday. Mr. Rajapaksa's campaign is to speak about his manifesto during the campaign. The campaign will be conducted in all 22 electoral districts and all the polling divisions.

Claiming that the next Parliamentary session is scheduled for October 8, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that if he wins, he will not convene Parliament on October 8 but only after a general election.

Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets saw a significant increase of 5.3% in August 2024, reaching USD 5.95 billion, up from USD 5.65 billion in July, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

All government MPs who will not back President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the upcoming Presidential election, have been informed to leave, reports say.

The Beechcraft King Air 360ER aircraft, donated by the United States to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) will arrive in Sri Lanka next week. The U.S. Embassy said that funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Building Partner Capacity programme, this donation, which originated in 2019, is part of a long-term collaboration with the Sri Lanka Air Force.

A total of 20 Sri Lankans who were forcibly detained at an illegal cyber centre camp in Myanmar returned to Sri Lanka after being released. The group included 16 males and 4 females.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) placed deposits at the Galle District Elections Office this morning to contest the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha elections. SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam and several others participated in the occassion.

Anura Widanagamage has been appointed as the governor of Uva province by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. He was appointed to fill the vacancy created after the resignation of former Uva Province Governor A.J.M. Muzammil. Widanagamage, brother of State Minister Thenuka Widanagamage, is a former minister of the Uva Provincial Council.

Four women were injured when a land mine exploded while they were clearing mines in Mankulam, Vavuniya last evening. Police said the women, who were part of a non-governmental organization engaged in demining land mines buried by the LTTE, were initially admitted to the Mankulam Hospital.

Uva Province Governor A.J.M. Muzammil has resigned from his post, extending his support to Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa.