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.

President Maithripala Sirisena today said that as Sri Lanka and Japan are both interested in maritime security, they should further increase cooperation between the two navies to ensure international maritime security as well as safety and security i

While claiming that participating in constitutional reform under this government was not a feasible option, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said today they would put forward a set of proposals to reform the constitution at the forthcoming preside

Attorney General Dappula De Livera commenced giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday’s attacks a short while ago.

The Rural Economic Affairs subject held by Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara and the Livestock Development subject held by Minister P. Harrison has been swapped among the two ministers, the President’s Media Division said.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 10 political parties to form a new political alliance.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa arrived at the Special High Court Trial-at- Bar for the hearing of the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum case.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, select ministers and a state minister are to be summoned by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attacks on August 6, informed sources said today.

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades-long dormant policy allowing the federal government’s use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.

The remaining seven out of the nine Muslim parliamentarians who resigned their ministerial portfolios, are to be sworn-in as cabinet ministers before President Maithripala Sirisena this morning at the Presidential Secretariat in the same positions th

Non-Cabinet Minister of Digital Infrastructure and Information Technology, Ajith P. Perera in a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Sectoral Oversight Committee of Legal Affairs, Corruption and Media had requested to arrange an investigation on

Introducing a motion in parliament, TNA Leader R. Sampanthan yesterday called for the Constitution introduced in 1978 to be abolished and a new one brought in.

Former Commandant Eastern Province Major General Lal Perera yesterday said he had warned National Thowheed Jamaath Leader Zahran in 2014 to desist from the extremist activities he was engaged in.

The controversy surrounding Dr. Siyabdeen Shafi for alleged unlawful sterilisation of hundreds of women has to be resolved through a forensic investigation sooner than later because the problem has got out of hand, Megapolis and Western Development M