The 23 member Sri Lankan crew of the ship hijacked by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman yesterday are in good health and efforts are now underway to secure their release, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) questioned businessman Tiran Alles this afternoon on the death of Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickramatunga over a phone conversation he had with Lasantha just before he was killed last year

The UNP filed a writ application before the Court of Appeal today challenging the conduct of the polls chief and sought an interim order on him to inform Court of any person or institution that refuses to obey and respect guidelines

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has taken over the investigations from the Homagama police into the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, Police spokesman S.P Jayakody told reporters this evening.

The CID questioned JVP parliamentary group leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake for the second time today. CID sleuths have asked about campaign funds received by Retired Gen. Sarath Fonseka during the Presidential Election.

The organizers of the Akon concert said they have sought government approval to go ahead with the concert next month minus the R&B singer as several other artistes were also due to perform at the ‘Super Fest 2010’ in which Akon was to

Sri Lanka has expressed deep concerns on the current deteriorating humanitarian situation in Palestine and other Occupied Palestinian Territories and called on the parties concerned to maintain restraint and help advance the peace process

Cabinet has ratified the government decision to reject a visa to R&B singer Akon on the basis that one of his videos brought disrespect to Buddhism, Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena told reporters a short while ago.

A Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the Slave Island police to conduct investigations into the attack on the MBC/MTV head office at Braybrooke place and present a report on the probe to the Court. The President has also ordered a probe

The Mount Lavinia Magistrate today fixed the dates for the trial in the case filed by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa against the Sunday Leader newspaper seeking compensation over a defamatory article published against him.

US R&B singer Akon, in a statement, said he was not aware that a Buddha statue was even on the set of a popular music video which featured him and was disheartened to hear what had transpired in Sri Lanka over the video.

Pirates have seized a British Virgin Islands cargo ship with a mainly Sri Lankan crew of 25 off the Oman coast on Tuesday, foreign media reports quoted the EU's naval force patrolling the region as saying. The fate of the Sri Lankan crew is no

Journalist JS Tissainayagam has been nominated for an international award. Tissainayagam, who is currently on bail, is among 16 international journalists nominated by British Press Awards under the International Journalist of the Year.

The government has decided to reject a visa for popular international R&B singer Akon to perform in Sri Lanka over allegations leveled against him regarding a controversial video which showed scantily clad women dancing around a Buddha statue

Sri Lanka had funded at least five visits by British MP Liam Fox to the country, a BBC investigation said. According to the BBC, Dr Fox visited Sri Lanka in November 2007 and four times between 2008-2009 and all were funded by Sri Lanka.

The upcoming concert by R&B star Akon hangs in the balance with the Tourism promotion bureau saying it was looking at the religious sentiments expressed over the concert as well as attempts by anti-Sri Lankan elements to stop the event

All 16 suspects who had been arrested over yesterday’s mob attack on the MTV/MBC head office at Braybrooke Place have been released on bail, the police said today. However the police are continuing investigations.

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayaka says he was questioned again by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). CID detectives are investigating the sources of funding for retired General Sarath Fonseka’s recent election campaign

A group of ex-military officers who were arrested over allegations they were involved in an alleged coup with Sarath Fonseka against the government but were later released over lack of evidence are to file a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition over t

A group of supporters of Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardene who were resting under a tree at the Matugama playground after pasting propaganda posters at the Matugama town last night were shot by two unidentified gunmen who came on a motorcycle.

Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam (AKA Akon) means no disrespect to Buddhism or any race or religion and is eager to perform in Colombo according to event organizers who have secured a performance by the international R&B act on March 24 at the S

The Sri Lanka Navy says there is no proof that would be illegal asylum seekers reaching Australia are crossing Sri Lankan waters as the Navy continued to strictly survey the area and that instead they may be coming from Malaysia and India.

General Sarath Fonseka was refused lunch today by military officials when one of his aides had visited him while the military said that only Mrs. Anoma Fonseka had access to the detained General.

An armed group believed to be associated with a notorious Deputy Minister attacked the MTV/MBC office at Braybrooke Place a short while ago, an MBC official said. The police who rushed to the scene made several arrests...VIDEO

The police are seeking the help of the candidates to arrest 158 suspects who are now hiding from police for violating elections law, Head of the Police Elections Desk, Senior DIG Gamini Navaratne said.

The opposition United National Party (UNP) said today that the country would prosper under President Mahinda Rajapakse’s leadership and a UNP led government as this would benefit the UPFA, UNP and the country.

The government has launched a full scale investigation to probe how General Sarath Fonseka gave interviews to the media while under military custody at the heavily guarded Naval Headquarters, the Defence Ministry said today.

Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting over the weekend with a declaration calling for the army to crush the Taliban like Sri Lanka did against the LTTE

Former President Chandrika Bandaranayaka Kumaratunga hosted a group of diplomats at her Horagolla residence for lunch this afternoon. The envoys from America, India, Australia and Britain were among those who attended the luncheon.

Over 700 suspects have been detained under the emergency regulations with both the TID and the CID continuing investigations after the emergency was extended this month, a TID source said.