Mexican Federal Police officials have found 65 severely dehydrated and hungry migrants from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka wandering on a highway in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, ABC News reported on Thursday.

A 16-year-old suspect, Mohamed Naufar Abdullah, who had allegedly maintained links with the proscribed National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), was arrested in Ampara on a tip-off received by the State Intelligence Services (SIS), police said.

India, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Afghanistan are among the countries where the Islamic State (IS) terror group has found a footing, as its influence has diminished drastically across its territory of origin in Iraq and Syria, the Hindustan Times reported

Thirteen Sri Lankan illegal immigrants, who were deported from Australia, returned to the country from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake this morning.

Three people including two women were killed while two others were injured when a van and a tipper truck collided head-on at Meegaswewa area on the Habarana-Dambulla main road last night, police said.

Three suspects were arrested by the STF officers this morning for allegedly involved in the killing of two underworld gang members yesterday, police said.

In the recent past, there were rulers like Pol Pot, the late Prime Minister of Cambodia (1976 – 1979) who killed over 2.5 million of his own people and under his rule, no one stood a chance to live if he or she was against him, President Maitripala

Two deaths and 18 casualties were reported while 12,877 people from 3,274 families had been affected in several districts due to the adverse weather conditions prevailing around the country, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said yesterday.

Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake would be appointed as the party’s presidential candidate, JVP sources said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday questioned the people in the North whether they wanted an era where mysterious killings take place once again.

The procurement process had been started to build the Jet A-1 fuel transferring pipeline from Muthurajawela to Airport, Highways & Road Development and Petroleum Resources Development Minister Kabir Hashim said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today questioned the people in the North whether they wanted an era where mysterious killings take place once again.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera PC had instructed the acting IGP to expedite the conclusion of investigations relating to five high profile cases without further delay as the investigations of these cases had not been concluded so far despite the

Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Ratana Thera said today he would support, at the next presidential election, the candidate who could face Islamic extremism firmly.

While stressing that Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa was no longer a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) as he had obtained Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) membership and become its leader, MP Mahinda Amaraweera said they would not ta

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was named as the presidential candidate after a decision taken by the Rajapaksa family but he was not the person the people wanted nor was it the decision of the people, UNP Chairman Minister Kabir Hashim s

President Maithripala Sirisena will announce the official stand of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on the presidential election at the 68th SLFP annual convention to be held on September 3 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, UPFA General S

Two underworld gang members including a gangster know as “Anamalu Ranga” were hacked to death during a clash which erupted near Madampitiya Cemetery in Grandpass today, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Replying to reports of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s name not appearing in the list of those renounced US citizenship as at June 30, MP Namal Rajapaksa said they will present documents if needed.

The name of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not in the list of those renounced US citizenship as at June 30 this year, a document issued by the US Internal Revenue Service showed.

Three more activists of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Organisation were arrested today in Ampara on a tip-off received by the State Intelligence Services (SIS), police said.

Pakistan High Commissioner Maj. Gen. (R) Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat has called on Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to apprise him about the grave situation in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

UNF leaders decided to finalise the date to sign the agreement to form the proposed Democratic National Font on Saturday, informed sources said yesterday.

A 26-year-old Sri Lankan national who had arrived at Chennai city last month is missing. Based on the complaint by his mother, the airport police have launched a search for the man.

The leaders of the United National Party (UNP) and its alliance partners have agreed to work out a criterion for the selection of their presidential candidate, the Daily Mirror learns.

The government should accelerate the laws which regulate displaying posters and banners at unusual places causing visual pollution ahead of elections, the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) said.

Former Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council C.V. Wigneswaran who now spearheads the party called ’Tamil Makkal Koottani’ (TMK) said today his support to any main presidential candidate would be conditional to written consent by eithe

PAFFREL Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi said today laws should be brought in to specify the maximum amount of money that can be spent for elections by a candidate contesting an election.

People in the North should not give their mandate to those who completely neglected the area even though they ruled the country for five years after the war, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

The European Commission, through its Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace, has allocated 8.5 million euros to support Sri Lankan efforts to prevent violent extremism, build community resilience, and promote peace and tolerance.