Police used tear-gas and water cannon to disperse the protesting unemployed graduates near the Lotus Roundabout a short while ago, police said.

Eight suspects, including mathematics tutor Dinesh Nuwan Amaratunga were further remanded till August 5 by the Attanagalle Magistrate’s Court today.

The Lotus Road in Colombo has been temporarily closed due to a protest staged by a group of unemployed graduates a short while ago, Police said.

The number of deaths among mothers during childbirth has increased in Sri Lanka with 40 deaths from 100,000 live births said Secretary Sri Lanka Medical Association Dr. Kapila Jayaratne.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to testify before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks. He is due to appear before it on August 6.

At least three people were killed and eight others were injured when a bus travelling to Jaffna from Colombo collided head-on with a lorry at Mahamalugollewa on the Medawachchiya-Anuradhaura Road last night, police said.

Former Northern Provincial Council Member M.K. Sivajilingam said that Tamils would not support any Sinhalese or Southern-based candidate at the forthcoming presidential election.

The Attorney General has declined to issue a generation license to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for the purchase of electricity from a 400-megawatt power plant installed in a Turkish ship citing several procedural defects.

Mayor of the UNP-controlled Matale Municipal Council, Daljith Aluvihare, yesterday complained that he was disgusted with his party because it does not possess proper action to run the country.

Finance Ministry has not given its consent for the proposal by Foreign Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana to appoint Dulmini Attanayake, the daughter of former General Secretary of the United National Party (UNP) as the third secretary in the Sri Lankan

The National Elections Commission has informed the political parties that no fake candidates would be allowed at the forthcoming presidential election and if any candidate is found to be a fake candidate he would be severely dealt with.

The Government had not abandoned enacting of State Lands (Special Provisions) Bill despite the decision given by the Supreme Court on it, Minister of Lands Gayantha Karunathilaka said today.

The Easter Sunday bombings case in Sri Lanka is likely to be the first case for the NIA to probe after Parliament amended an Act empowering it to investigate terror cases abroad, officials said on Sunday, the Times of India reported.

A massive fire had broken out at a brush factory in the Ingiriya Town a short while ago, the Police said.

A total of 5,924 individuals driving under the influence of liquor, have been arrested as of today, following the implementation of the special operation to arrest drunk drivers, police said.

A water cut would be imposed until 3.00 p.m today in Kotte, Kaduwela, Maharagama, Boralesgamuwa and Colombo 5,7,8 areas due to a sudden break down in main transmission line, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) announced today.

A man had been shot dead and another injured when two unidentified gunmen open fired at them while travelling in a Land Cruiser early this morning at Jambugasmulla in Kohuwela.

If the people take the correct decision at the end of this year, I will implement all the programmes that were envisaged by my father, the former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa sai

Muslim women’s rights organisations around the country yesterday urged the government to implement necessary reforms to Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA).

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday the importer of the container loads of garbage to Sri Lanka had violated all laws and regulations and assured he would take strict action against those who had imported them.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act, the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and the Vagrants Ordinance are frequently applied in a discriminatory manner, visiting UN Expert Clément Nyaletsossi Voule yesterday said.

The Attorney General’s (AG) Department yesterday admitted that they failed to provide advises to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) regarding possibilities of banning websites and social media accounts of National Thowheed Jamat (NTJ) and t

The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) will take legal action against those who imported the containers of industrial waste without the proper a licence resulting in a public outcry, CEA Director General Hemantha Jayasinghe said.

A 36-year-old man, who is alleged to have funded National Thowheed Jama’at leader Zharan Hashim was arrested in Singapore in May, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday.

The Sri Vairavar Hindu temple located at Chundikuli in Jaffna and its statues were vandalized with some statues being taken away last nights by mobs.

In view of the President’s failure to follow a consistent and discernible criteria when appointing President’s Counsel (PC) and in the conferment of the ‘silk’, a fundamental rights violation petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeki

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 91 runs and Lasith Malinga took the final wicket.

The Batticaloa campus (Pvt) Ltd authorities may have escaped because of loopholes in the existing legal provisions, Central Bank officials today told the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) inquiring into the Easter Sunday attacks.

Attorney General Dapulla de Livera today appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee probing Easter Sunday bomb attacks, but declined from testifying saying such an act would be detrimental when it came to performing his duties.

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has instructed the Hayleys Free Zone Limited (HFZL) to re-export the remaining waste lying at the Hayleys Free Zone premises on or before August 12 2019.