Video: China's new leaders: Xi Jinping heads line-up

Xi Jinping has been confirmed as the man chosen to lead China for the next decade.

Video: Vehicle prices going up

The Excise Duty on all vehicles had gone up by between Rs.200,000 and Rs.500,000 in the 2013 Budget thus greatly increasing the prices of all vehicles, said Mahinda Sarathchandra the chairman of the Vehicle Importers’ Association.

Call for Cameron to boycott SL

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is being urged by MPs to consider boycotting next year's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka in protest at its human rights record

Govt. to discuss 13th A with all parties

The government yesterday expressed its readiness to discuss the repealing or amending the 13th Amendment to the Constitution with all political parties including the Tamil parties

Pakistanis charged with kidnapping two Tamils in France

Four Pakistanis have been charged with kidnapping and beating up two Tamils after being stopped on the motorway heading south from Paris at the weekend.

Aluthgamage wants probe on fixing allegations

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage wants Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to probe the match-fixing allegations, involving Sri Lanka, by British journalist Ed Hawkins in his recent book.

Two charged with top LTTE leader murder in Paris

Two Sri Lankan men were charged Tuesday with the murder of a former commander of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebel group in Paris, a French judicial source said.

Is Govt. rejecting joint statements with UN, India: Ranil

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today asked the government to clearly state its stance on the 13th Amendment

Reconsider the impeachment-UN

The United Nations today called on the Sri Lankan government to reconsider the impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake and ensure that any disciplinary procedure.

Video: No drugs behind Kahawatte killings

Police spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said today there was no political pressure on the investigations into the Kahawatte killings and that all suspects alleged to have been involved in the 13 killings have been arrested and produced in the courts.

SL denies intimidating UN workers

Sri Lanka on Wednesday denied allegations in a leaked United Nations report that it had intimidated UN humanitarian workers during the final stages of the country's Tamil separatist war.

TN government to construct 2500 houses for Lankan Tamils

Amid DMK pitching for the cause of Sri Lankan Tamils, the ruling AIADMK government today stepped up welfare measures by announcing construction of 2,500 durable houses for them at various camps in Tamil Nadu.

Attack on JSC Sec; Assailant used fake number plate

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) filing an investigation report on the attack on the Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) informed the Mount Lavinia Magistrate that the assailants had come in a vehicle with a fake number plate.

Hedging case is against SL Govt.-CPC

Sri Lanka's state-run oil firm Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said that a $60 million arbitration award to Deutsche Bank early this month was against the island nation's government and not against the firm.

Over 1000 students in Gampola hospitalized

Over 1000 students in Gampola Jinaraja Balika Vidyalaya were hospitalized this morning, as a result of an alleged allergic reaction.

World Bank MD due here

World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati will visit Sri Lanka from November 15-19 to find out how the development institution can do more to support the country’s progress, the World Bank’s Colombo office announced today

Speaker appoints Anura Yapa as PSC head

Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa has been appointed as the head of the 11 member Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to look into the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice, by Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa

Mathews fifth in the ODI all-rounders' table

Sri Lanka vice-captain Angelo Mathews has broken into the top five of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders in the latest rankings released on Tuesday, after his team's series against New Zealand

UN 'failed SL civilians'-probe

The United Nations failed in its mandate to protect civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, a leaked draft of a highly critical internal UN report says.

Teachers sound alarm bells

The academic activities of all schools are likely to be crippled on December 4 as disappointed principals and teachers announce their plans to launch a countrywide token strike to protest the Education Minister’s lax attitude towards their demands

Report on UN’s own action in SL this week

The United Nations said yesterday that the UN Chief would receive the report of his Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka later this week.

Video: Moves to bring prisons under Defence Ministry - Karu

UNP parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya said today that he was surprised to hear the Commissioner of Prisons saying that the prisons should be brought under the Defence Ministry

Student clash in Karapitiya Medical Faculty

At least four people were hospitalised following a clash between two students groups in the Karapitiya Medical Faculty, Galle this evening, police said

LIOC net profit up over 300%

Lanka IOC PLC (LIOC), a unit of Indian Oil Company saw net profit for the September quarter (2Q13) soar over by 300 percent Year-on-year (Yoy) to Rs.1.1 billion amidst higher finance income and foreign exchange gains, the interim financial accounts released to the Colombo Stock Exchange showed

One of the escapees captured

One of the five inmates who had escaped from the Welikada prison during Friday's mayhem was captured at Dehiowita, Police said

SL maid rescued

A 25-year-old Sri Lankan had been rescued after allegedly being held against her will by her sponsor for almost 18 months, Bahrain Daily News reported.

Dissanayake discharges himself

Central Provincial Council Chairman Saliya Bandara Dissanayake who was admitted to the Kandy Hospital last Saturday following an alleged suicide attempt had left the hospital at his own discretion today, the Director of the Kandy Hospital said.

13th A: UNP says amend it but don’t discard it

The main opposition United National Party (UNP), the architects of the 13th Amendment, which resulted in the provincial council system, said today this amendment should be amended to rectify any shortcomings but it should not be abolished

Explosive match fixing revelation involving SL

A Test match played between England and Sri Lanka at Cardiff in May 2011 - which was sensationally won by England - was fixed, an award-winning sports journalist Ed Hawkins in his new book titled 'Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy' revealed.

More Lankan boat people sent home

The federal government has sent more Sri Lankan asylum seekers home as a new boat arrived in Australian waters. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said the 30 men were returned to Sri Lanka from Christmas Island on Tuesday