Twenty people have been killed and 26 injured in a mass shooting in the Texas city of El Paso.

The US Embassy in Colombo issuing a fresh security alert on Friday, has reminded American citizens in Sri Lanka of the Level-2 travel advisory that was issued after the Easter Sunday attacks, in view of the upcoming holidays in Sri Lanka.

Eastern Province military wing leader of the banned Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Nauzad Umar, and a 25-year-old student of the Oluvil Campus who allegedly promoted JMI propaganda at the campus were arrested today, police said.

The Chief Jailor of the Welikada Prisons Training School was killed when he was shot at in Ambalangoda this evening, police said.

Maldives police on Saturday said they had arrested former vice-president Ahmed Adeeb and were bringing him to the capital Male after he was refused entry to India, Times of India reported today.

Plans have been made to introduce a single ticket system where passengers could travel to Matara from Colombo via both by train and bus through the Kottawa-Makumbura Multi-Modal Transport Hub, Railways General Manager Dilantha Fernando said.

Central Province Governor Maithri Gunaratne has tendered his resignation to the Presidential Secretariat today.

Indian High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, if SriLankan Airlines is the largest foreign carrier to India; if the 80 % of business of Colombo Port comes from India-related transhipment cargo; if Indians are the largest source market for

Sri Lankan and Russia explored the possibility of enhancing naval cooperation, a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry said yesterday.

Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage and Kandy Development Minister Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday the supremacy of the United National Party (UNP) would not in any way be compromised when forming the National Democratic Front (NDF) in view of the f

The government is to recruit 8,500 GCE O/L and A/L qualified youths next week as project assistants to accelerate rural development work, a senior source at the Prime Minister’s Office said yesterday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday stressed the need for Sri Lanka to have a ten-year development plan to stabilise the economy and that it was time for the people to decide whether they want such a plan without which this country would no

North Central Province Governor Sarath Ekanayake said yesterday the government should obtain the support of Provincial Councils when implementing the land distribution programme.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has requested Sports Minister Harin Fernando for an extension till the upcoming New Zealand series to carry out the directives issued by him regarding the change of coaching staff of the national team.

Six Indians were arrested by the CID officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake today while they were allegedly attempting to smuggle out gold worth Rs.17 million out of the country, police said.

Sri Lanka has no threat from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra this evening, the National Tsunami Early Warning Centre said.

The price of imported milk powder has been increased by Rs. 15 per kilogram and Rs. 5 per 400g packet from midnight yesterday (01), the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) said.

The National Police Commission (NPC) has cancelled its earlier approved transfer of Kurunegala DIG Kithsiri Jayalath to the Trincomalee Division.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said today it would take the necessary legal steps to strengthen the sovereignty of the independent commissions which have become dormant under the present government.

Several small bombs exploded across Bangkok on Friday, rattling the Thai capital as it hosted a regional summit attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and leaving four people wounded but not disrupting the diplomatic event.

The Colombo High Court today issued arrest warrants on Nissanka Senadipathi and Palitha Fernando as they had not appeared in court to face charges of giving and accepting a bribe of Rs.35.5 million in connection with the floating armoury belonging to

The National Police Commission (NPC) today approved the transfer of Kurunegala DIG Kithsiri Jayalath to the Trincomalee Division.

Sri Lankan authorities have failed to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of 17 aid workers 13 years ago, the Human Right Watch (HRW) said yesterday.

Hambantota Mayor Eraj Fernando was sentenced to five-year imprisonment by the Hambantota High Court today for threatening a group of UNP MPs.

S.N. Roshan, alias Ali Roshan, and seven others, who were remanded over the illegal possession of five elephants during 2012-2015 without a valid license, were released on bail today.

One man injured in a shooting incident which took place following a heated argument between two men at a house at Maligakanda Road in Maradana last night, police said.

TID Acting Director SP Jagath Nishantha said yesterday investigations which were being carried out by the TID into the extremist elements were stalled after the arrest of former TID Director Nalaka Silva in 2018.

Two deputy solicitors general who testified before the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on behalf of the Attorney General’s (AG) Department, yesterday denounced the allegations made against their institution wit

The United National Party (UNP) hierarchy is reported to have obtained the approval of the working committee to proceed with the formation of a new alliance with the like-minded political parties subject to changes to its constitution proposed by som

There is a shortage of several essential and most commonly used drugs and medical equipment in hospitals countrywide which is an inconvenience to patients, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said yesterday.