A con artist wanted for cheating several people using paper advertisements promising loans and financial aide has been arrested from Pandura. The suspect had been cheating the public for some time and had been wanted by the police for the past month.

The Colombo Fort magistrate today severely reprimanded the police for granting police bail on 16 suspects connected with the MTV attack without giving a date to appear in court. The Magistrate also issued notice on the suspects to appear in court

Over 300 workers of a garment factory in Mahiyanganaya who had consumed food last evening have been hospitalized with suspected food poisoning. Health authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. 

A political party in London is under investigation over its links with the LTTE and has been removed from the register by the Electoral Commission. The group was registered with the Electoral Commission as a political party this year

Seven students were injured when a clash erupted between first and second year students who are following the National Diploma in Technology (NDT) at the Moratuwa University. 

A pressure mine weighing approximately 14 ½ kilos was recovered from Kaniya in Trincomalee by the police this evening. The powerful mine was recovered by the police following information they had received

The Department of Elections has decided to impose a strict ban on the media taking photographs or videoing people casting their votes especially VIPs during the General Elections next week in line with existing election laws.

Several members of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) who were produced in court today were further remanded over their alleged involvement in funding the LTTE and the CID informed court that the suspects will be indicted.

The Sri Lankan government has raised suspicion over the timing of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s special statement on Sri Lanka as it coincides with the General Elections scheduled to be held in the country next week...VIDEO

The Director of the Solis business establishment, who was arrested yesterday over his alleged involvement with Dhanuna Tillakaratna, the son-in-law of General Sarath Fonseka, was today remanded till April 7 by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate.

A Kuwaiti criminal court has sentenced a Sri Lankan man and his female compatriot to death in absentia for the premeditated murder of a Kuwaiti man in 2006. The male suspect has been identified as Hajj Mohyeddein and his female compatriot Sisha Si

Belgium is still continuing its probe against General Sarath Fonseka’s aide Senaka Silva for his alleged involvement in an illegal money transfer case in that country, the CID said. Belgium is expected to take legal action against Silva soon

Three people were killed and at least nine others were injured when a train collided with a van at a level crossing at Peradeniya along the Colombo Kandy railway line. The van had attempted to cross the tracks at the time the train was approaching

The Australian Federal Police has been criticised by a Supreme Court judge for bungling a two-year investigation into three men who sent funds to the LTTE in Sri Lanka, including improperly arresting a suspect and abusing his rights

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on the government to send a medical team headed by Sarath Fonseka’s personal doctor and another medical officer nominated by the Director General of Health Services to examine the detained General

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a message to the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, said that Sri Lanka backs the Russian Federation in its continued battle to defeat terrorism

Organizers of the Akon concert, in a press release, said they are in the process of “restructuring” the concert scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka next month and will refund in full for those who do not wish to attend the event which may b

The Foreign Ministry has issued a deadline for a diplomat who was working at the Sri Lankan embassy in Japan and allegedly returned home with his landlord's belongings, to give an explanation over his conduct before Thursday or face action.

A tensed situation developed in Rajagiriya a short while ago after police began dismantling a stage erected for a rally scheduled to be held today by the UNP Leader. The police later returned all the removed equipment to ease the tensions. VI

The police have sought the assistance of the three armed forces to ensure that security is maintained during the General Elections next week with more than 7000 candidates expected to contest for a seat in parliament, IGP Mahinda Balasuriya said.

A voter in Polgahawela who is in perfect health has received a poll card with the endorsement that “the voter is dead”. The angry voter has lodged a complaint to the District Elections Commissioner, demanding to know what led the

A report by the UK House of Commons has concluded that that the review and subsequent revocation of nine extant licenses for exports to Sri Lanka is to be welcomed and regretted that arms were exported to Lanka during ceasefire periods

A Jaffna court has issued an arrest warrant on an EPDP member over his involvement in the abduction and murder of a youth in Chaavakachcheri, reports from Jaffna said. Three students were earlier arrested over the murder

  UNP Nuwara Eliya District candidate leader of United Workers Alliance S. Sathasivam and National Union of Workers Leader V. Digambaram and their supporters were attacked by some goons at the Elboda Estate in Ramboda a short while

Five people, including four women were injured when lightning struck them in Matale this evening. Some of the victims had been plucking tea leaves when a bolt of lightning struck a mobile phone in the pocket of a man nearby. The bolt had then gone on

The Indian Navy today said it did not see any security threat to the country in the Chinese involvement in building the Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka, India’s PTI news agency reported. The port is expected to accommodate nearly 33 ships

Over 750 inmates of the Angoda and Mulleriyawa mental institutions are to be given voting rights from next year, the National Institute of Mental Health told Daily Mirror online. A decision has also been taken to arrange ID cards for these inmat

The government has rejected reports that the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba was setting up operations in Sri Lanka with government Minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan saying there was no evidence to prove that the group was in the island.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are to suspend funding for the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption, Daily Mirror online has learnt.

The Media Ministry has dispatched letters to newspaper organisations and its editors informing them of the decision to obtain details of the assets of journalists before the end of next month, Media Ministry Secretary, W. Ganegala said