The Army today conducted a search operation in the court complex at Hulftsdorp to ensure that no suspicious substances were hidden in the premises when General Sarath Fonseka is produced in Court tomorrow.

The child who went missing from the Kelaniya temple on Sunday has been found in Marawila, Police Spokesperson SP Preshantha Jayakody said adding that the child was found in a three wheeler with a lady who has been arrested. VIDEO

UNP Leader Ranil Wickramasingha has expressed his willingness to quit from the party leadership if senior members of the main opposition are unhappy about his leadership, UNP sources told Daily Mirror online.

The driver of former Deputy Minister K.A. Baiz has been arrested in Anamaduwa for illegally possessing a weapon and ammunition. He was arrested together with another man while they were traveling in a vehicle towards Kurunegala via Anamaduwa.

The family of slain LTTE Political Wing Chief S.P. Thamilchelvam has sought clearance from the military to seek asylum in India, Deputy Minister of Resettlement Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan told Daily Mirror online.

The US has welcomed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s intention to establish a Commission to examine key aspects of the recently ended conflict in Sri Lanka and added that the findings of the commission should be made public.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today that he planned to step down and that the Liberal Democrats had asked for talks with his Labour party on forming a government. Brown is to be replaced by the end of September.

The Sri Lankan government wants India to carry out a comprehensive probe on the death of two Sri Lankan fishermen last December after they had crossed into Indian waters and were involved in a standoff with the Indian coast guard.

UNP Member of Parliament Sajith Premadasa says the modernization process of the UNP should be a democratic process and not a process whereby a single opinion dominates the whole agenda.  AUDIO

The government has further delayed a trip by UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to Sri Lanka after the UN sought permission to facilitate a visit by Pascoe in May to discuss the developments here, Daily Mirror online lear

The Indian government has allowed the ailing mother of slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran to enter the country for medical treatment, officials said Monday. The government has agreed to grant her a six-month conditional visa

Cabinet is set to approve proposed constitutional and electoral reforms within the next fortnight and present them in Parliament in July with the aim to pass them before President Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oaths for his second term on November 17

The UNP reforms committee headed by UNP MP Joseph Michael Perera wants more time to formulate their proposals and the final report will be issued next week, UNP spokesman Gayantha Karunaratillake told reporters today.

The 14 suspects arrested over the attack on the MTV/MBC media office in Colombo were released on bail by the Fort Magistrate today. The suspects were earlier released on police bail but the Magistrate had reprimanded the police for doing so

Australian authorities today said that five Sri Lankan asylum seekers are presumed dead after their boat went missing last week. A search and rescue operation for the missing Sri Lankans has been called off.

A young child who had come with her parents to the Kelaniya temple to worship today was reported missing and is suspected to have been abducted. A police complaint has been lodged regarding the missing girl

The Air Force had to distribute food by air and also evacuated 4 severely dehydrated devotees trapped in the Somawathiya area in Pollonaruwa today. According to reports two person has died so far and 20 others have sustained injuries

The Matara District Secretariat says a decision has been reached to ban tuition classes on Poya Days and on Sunday mornings following talks with the police and tuition teachers

The police have begun tracking down vehicles that have any kind of tinted glass in the front windows on a directive from the Ministry of Defence which states only clear glass should appear in the front windows of all vehicles.

Legal action is to be filed against the Urban Development Authority (UDA) over the eviction of residents in  Slave Island yesterday. Meanwhile investigations are underway over the assault of two police officers by the residents

With President Mahinda Rajapaksa taking over most of the Ministries under his belt the opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) feels 80-90 percent of the budget will be proposals of the President himself.

The Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) led by Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan has rejected claims of fraud in the council as allegedly claimed in an audit report last week.

Ahead of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Kollam, India on Monday, 36 Tamils from Sri Lanka have been detained and questioned to know how they reached Kerala, an official said.

A tense situation arose in Slave Island this afternoon as authorities began removing unauthorized structures in the area with the assistance of the police and army. The residents claim they have documents to prove the structures being demolished

An SMS making rounds urging mobile users to beware of calls from some mobile numbers saying it could harm the brain and even kill you is false, the Director General of the Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) Anusha Pelpita said.

A group of Indians and Nepalese arrested in Sri Lanka for staying in the country illegally are to be deported following a Court order, the police central crimes division told Daily Mirror online. The group is being held at a detention center in

A reduction of imported vegetables and higher taxes on agricultural imports is to be implemented to help develop Sri Lanka’s local agriculture sector and help improve the livelihoods of local farmers, Prime Minister D.M Jayaratne said.

In one of the closest elections in decades, with no clear winner the Conservative leader David Cameron will get a chance to form a new government for Britain. The division of seats means that Britain has a hung parliament

Mervyn Silva confirmed a short while ago that he had resigned from the post of Deputy Media Minister but added that journalists would be welcome in his home at any time. He added that he held no grudge with any Minister...VIDEO

An agency operating under the Foreign Employment Bureau has uncovered a massive fraud carried out by the former management and is to file legal action to recover the lost money, the Foreign Employment Agency said