A body of a 29-year-old man was found inside a three-wheeler in Pannipitiya this evening, police said.

Former State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijewardene was elected Deputy Leader at a secret ballot today.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who chaired a Viyathmaga meeting today, has observed that all development projects must adhere to environment preservation guidelines and no harm should fall upon the environment, the President’s Media Division said.

Rear Admiral Kapila Samaraweera was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy with effect from September 12, 2020 by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Navy said today.

A 60-year-old male, who returned from Bahrain and being treated at the Chilaw General Hospital, died due to Covid-19 today, reporting the 13th death from the virus infection in Sri Lanka, health authorities confirmed.

Nearly 256,043 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests have been carried out in Sri Lanka while the total Covid-19 recoveries have surpassed 3,000, the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) said.

The Indian Coast Guard, Sri Lanka Navy and commercial divers today conducted a joint underwater inspection of the MT New Diamond oil tanker for sealing underwater openings in any.

The Presidential Commission probing Easter Sunday attacks today ordered the Police unit attached to it to obtain the personal phone used by former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena which he used to record his c

The hunger strike which was launched by several high profile criminals at the Boossa Prison last Thursday (10) has been called off unconditionally, the Prison Department said.

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has appointed twelve High Court judges today, President’s Media Division said.

Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and MP Abdul Haleem arrived at the Police Unit attached to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks this morning to give a statement.

Acting Chinese Ambassador Hu Wei said Sri Lanka and China should not limit its bilateral relations only to economic cooperation.

Colombo High Court ordered the heir of late Miss Sri Lanka 1962 Jennifer Ingleton to produce the purported Last Will and Testaments in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court on September 22.

Around 20 high profile criminals among those involved in the hunger strike at the Boossa Prison had abandoned their strike as of yesterday afternoon.

Muslim extremists groups had been propagating armed extremism since 2008 - 2009 by pointing out that they were trying to secure from the LTTE and a person named Zahran was also attached to one of the 18 armed extremists groups emerged during that tim

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed a committee chaired by Minister of Education Prof. G. L. Peiris to study the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.

A man who has been under quarantine at the Pampaimadu Army Quarantine Centre in Vavuniya was located near the Mannar Railway Station after he had managed to flee the centre on Saturday.

Special raids were carried out in the Western Province on Saturday following the information of that narcotics were being given to the workers at construction sites by contractors, Police said.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) recorded statements from the Captain of the MT New Diamond oil tanker yesterday, Police Spokesman SSP Jaliya Senaratne said.

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) today arrested three women with narcotics at Maligawatte.

The Sri Lankan navy had sealed an inlet on the fire-stricken New Diamond oil tanker that was leaking fuel oil and sparking fears of an environmental disaster.

A special program to enforce the lane law would be held from tomorrow 6 a.m until 10 a.m on Wednesday (16) in selected roads in the Western Province.

Thirty-eight Superintendent of Police (SP)s have been promoted to the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP).

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa’s wife Limini had given birth to their first child, a baby boy, today, Minister Rajapaksa said. In a tweet, he said both the mother and the baby are healthy and happy.

A Kuwaiti couple are being investigated for torturing a 46-year-old Sri Lankan maid to death, local media reported.

A Sri Lankan man living in Melbourne has been charged with child sex offences over coercing young girls into sending explicit images and videos of themselves and then blackmailing them to send more.

The United National Party is likely to announce a new leader by mid next week after senior members and the key contenders to the leadership post held successful meetings on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, a senior member told the Daily Mirror yesterd

There is a slight decline of incidents in the Human-Elephant Conflicts (HEC) this year (2020) when compared to the previous year (2019), a senior official of the Wildlife Conservation Department said.

Although the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) and the State Intelligence Service (SIS) submitted details on six Islamic extremist groups which operated within the country to be banned, former CNI Sisira Mendis and former Defence Secretary H

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, during a meeting held with his State Ministers, asked them to evaluate the amount of work that can be done from year to year and prepare a Five Year plan.