Prime Minister D.M Jayaratna warned this morning that a new military wing of the LTTE was forming to seek a separate state and that Tiger proxies were making preparations to convene their ‘Transnational government' in Switzerland

An unidentified man who was seen taking pictures inside the chambers in Parliament was removed by the authorities a short while ago after the opposition complained to the Speaker saying he is a member of the Presidential Securi

Member of Parliament General Sarath Fonseka lodged a complaint with Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa this morning saying his parliament privileges have been violated as he has been asked to attend the second Court Martial hearing this afternoon &

Al- Qaida terrorists may have slipped into India using Sri Lankan fishing boats, The Economic Times in India reported. However the Indian Navy brushed aside the report saying it was impossible for them to reach Indian shores in foreign fishing ves

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to reprimand all eight UPFA members elected from the Kandy District following a recommendation by the disciplinary committee appointed to look into incidents that took place during the General election.

A civil defence force officer shot and injured a police officer and another civil defence force officer at a police post off Medirigiriya late this evening. The motive for the shooting was unknown

Three Cabinet Ministers and three Deputy Ministers from the hill country are to take oaths before President Mahinda Rajapakse on Wednesday prior to the first cabinet meeting of the new UPFA government, reliable sources said.

A ‘five-step strategy’ proposal to revamp the United National Party (UNP) and strengthen the party's second level leadership was handed over to UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe by UNP MP for the Kurunegala District Dayasiri Jay

The second court martial hearing into the alleged illegal arms deal conducted by General Sarath Fonseka will resume tomorrow as scheduled despite the General expected to attend parliament sessions on the same day

The Government says they will ask their embassies to work closely with the respective countries in dealing with LTTE front organizations that organize transnational polls by the so called provisional LTTE government.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to participate in the 14th summit of the Group 15 in Tehran on May 17 and is scheduled to take over the chairmanship of the Group during the summit, the Fars News Agency reported. 

The Appeal Court issued an interim order today preventing the hearing of the first Court Martial probing conspiracy charges against General Sarath Fonseka until 21 May. It is probing charges that Fonseka conspired against the President

The government says while the Emergency regulations will be amended Anti Terrorism laws and the Terrorism Investigations Act will not be relaxed therefore unlike the Emergency regulations it did not need to be amended time to time.

Measures are being put in place to curb ragging at universities by implementing a system which involves new students and their parents signing an agreement ensuring that the student will not engage in any ragging activity.

UNP defectors who split from the party in 2006 say that even if Sajith Premadasa or anyone else is appointed as the new UNP Leader, they will not return back to the party noting that the UNP was now deteriorating

The Government has started advertising details of the salvaged vehicles belonging to civilians which were recovered from such areas as Pudumathalan and Puthukkudiyirruppu so that their rightful owners could get them back.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to pardon journalist J.S. Tissainayagam who is out on bail after being convicted on 31 August 2009 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris told reporters a short while ago

Eight students have been arrested over a clash between two students groups in Dehiwala last evening, the police said adding that the suspects were produced in Court today. At least two students were injured

The Sri Lankan government says the polls for a transnational government of Tamil Ealam held in Canada yesterday is illegal and is an attempt to keep the LTTE movement alive. Tamil Canadians turned out by the thousands to cast ballots in the poll

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief, M Karunanidhi, on Sunday said that he would discuss issues related to rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamilians with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The JVP, the largest party of the Democratic National Alliance led by General Sarath Fonseka, said today that they would mount pressure on the Government in Parliament to present a budget for 2010 instead of a Vote on Account

The Government has appointed Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva as the Leader of the House while Minister Dinesh Gunawardena was appointed as the Chief Government Whip, the Government Information Department said.

The Disaster Management Center says investigations are underway into a series of ‘explosions’ which occurred under rock plateaus in Mahawa, Kurunegala over the past few days. There have not been reports of damage to property in the area

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing the UPFA May Day rally in Colombo today, invited the opposition to supporting the government to develop the country and urged them not to oppose everything for the sake of opposing.

The Upuveli police in Trincomalee today arrested a group of treasure hunters and also recovered priceless artifacts including a golden miniature stupa, bangles and other valuable items. The arrest was carried out by a special police team.

The report compiled by the committee investigating the incidents which led to the re-poll in Nawalapitiya was handed over to the President after his return from the SAARC summit, government sources told Daily Mirror online.

Several areas including Attanagalla, Rajagiriya, Maharagama and some roads in Fort were flooded late last night and today due to the heavy rain fall experienced in many parts of the island last night. The highest rainfall was recorded fr

Several residents in parts of Puttalam today obstructed engineers setting up cables connecting wind turbines to transformers, saying the cables were too close to other power lines and posed a threat to the general public in the area.

Brigadier Duminda Keppetiwalana former aide of General Fonseka who was arrested with four other Army high rankers for allegedly conspiring to over throw the government was granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate today.

The EU is concerned about the continuation of Emergency Regulations and the detention of General Fonseka, but is not in a position to dictate to Sri Lanka on domestic affairs, Head of the delegation of the EU Commission, Bernard Savage said.