President Mahinda Rajapaksa has named an eight member ‘Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation’ Commission to report on the lessons to be learnt from the events in the period, Feb 2002 to May 2009.

Several roads in Colombo have been submerged as a result of the heavy rain today. The roads include Barney Raymond road, the Ibbangala junction and the Library roundabout, police media spokesman Preshantha Jayakody said. VIDEO

A landslide warning has been issued for parts of Ratnapura, Kalutara and Galle as heavy rain continued to lash the island with strong winds since this morning. The authorities have urged residents in these areas to take precautions.

The Department of Meteorology says a storm is developing over Sri Lanka and this is the cause of the heavy rain and strong winds being experienced in many parts of the country since this morning.

Over 1900 suspects arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will remain in custody despite some of the emergency regulations being relaxed recently, Prime Minister D.M Jayaratna said.

At least three flights scheduled to arrive and depart Sri Lanka early this morning were disrupted as a result of the ash clouds over Europe and inclement weather conditions over Sri Lanka.

Police surveillance cameras are to be installed in Colombo to curb crime and traffic offences. A delegation which includes some senior police officers have already left for Singapore to study the use of the security cameras, reports said.

The opposition United National Party (UNP) has warned of legal action against any party member who crosses over to the government in future as they have signed documents saying they will not cross.

Over 10,000 Metric Tons (MT) of excess white rice imported from Pakistan by dealers who had obtained bank loans for this purpose has now been kept under storage in Pettah as local white rice is in abundance and selling at a cheaper rate

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit India on June 8. This was announced after a meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna and Minister G. L. Peiris on the sidelines of the G15 summit in Tehran today

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is to push for the release of detained former Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka and will conduct an ‘Adistana Pooja’ on Tuesday evening to coincide with the first anniversary of the war victory.

The threat of water borne disease spreading including dengue has resurfaced with the heavy rain experienced over the past few days and the onset of the monsoon expected this week, health officials told Daily Mirror online.

There will be no cancellation of SriLankan flights to Britain today due to interference of ash clouds, despite reports that parts of British airspace could be closed beginning today, Sri Lankan Airlines told Daily Mirror online.

UNP Puttalam district Member of Parliament Palitha Range Bandara today slammed his party general secretary Tissa Attanayaka over his failure to take disciplinary action against UNP member Shantha Abeysekera.

Volcanic ash from Iceland could disrupt air travel in both Britain and Germany in the next few days. The British Department of Transport said there's a risk that parts of British airspace could be closed beginning on Sunday

The Sri Lankan government has sought talks with the Tamil Diaspora as well as the International media in order to change their mindset about the LTTE and post war Sri Lanka, a top government Minister told Daily Mirror online

The police are investigating information of a possible racket being carried out by underworld figures to sell new born babies, the Colombo Central Crimes Intelligence Unit said.

The South-West monsoon may hit Sri Lanka around May 20, a week before schedule, the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting and the US Centre for Environmental Prediction said.

A judge sentenced a Tamil Tiger fundraiser to six months in jail after the man pleaded guilty to raising money in Canada to help support the Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka noting the "great harm to all Sri Lankans" from the violence of the LTTE.

India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea seeking direction to the central government to fly the ailing mother of the slain LTTE chief to Chennai for medical treatment. Parvathi Ammal, 86 and mother of Velupillai Prabhakaran, is suffering from

The Maradana Police today arrested a man who had allegedly raped several women and stolen their jewelry after drugging them with high quality sleeping tablets. The police said the suspect had lured the victims by making them fall in love with him&

UNP Kandy District MP Abdul Cader said he will accept the government polices and will not participate in any affairs of the UNP in the future, but will not crossover in a hurry either.

Business tycoon Harry Jayawardena has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), the Petroleum Industries Ministry announced a short while ago

The Indian government today extended the ban on the LTTE by another two years following intelligence reports that remnants of the Sri Lankan Tamil terror outfit were trying to re-group in Tamil Nadu.

Sri Lanka has urged the European governments not to provide any political or symbolic support towards the LTTE’s initiative to forming a so called Provisional Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (PTGTE).

Residents of Slave Island whose houses were removed by the Urban Development Authority (UDA) recently, staged a protest along the streets to vent their anger over their eviction. The residents staged the protest amidst tight security 

Two dogs have helped expose a massive timber racket near the Moragahakanda reservoir where more than 500 valuable trees were found razed to the ground. However the authorities have not taken action to nab the culprits, residents said.

Several areas in Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara have been flooded as a result of the heavy rain experienced since early this morning. The Mathugama-Aluthgama road and Jawatta road are among the roads inundated this morning.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a message to British Prime Minister David Cameron, noted that Sri Lanka has entered a post conflict phase of optimism that devotes priority to economic and social progress, reconstruction and reconciliation

The United National Party (UNP) met at the party headquarters in Sirikotha this evening to discuss party reforms, UNP sources said. The meting was held under the leadership of the UNP Deputy leader.