The Facebook officials responsible for emerging markets yesterday denied restricting content and profiles or pages on the platform, purely based on the requests made by governments, while stressing that it adheres to the highest norms of internationa

The Police Narcotics Bureau and Special Task Force (STF) arrested a Pakistani national with over 2 kgs of heroin at a hotel in Kollupitiya yesterday, the Police said.

Facebook has significantly increased its investments to ramp up Sinhala and Tamil language expertise targeting to curb hate speech and other harmful contents originating from Sri Lanka on the social media platform.

A team of US counter-terrorism experts is reported to have stressed at a meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe the need for stricter border control and coast guard to ward off terrorism.

The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), which is looking into the April 21 attacks, is to receive a list of guests that were staying at the Hotel Taj Samudra in Colombo on the day of the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) and the police jointly launched a special awareness programme to identify unroadworthy vehicles in the Western Province and to issue prohibition or repair orders, DMT Commissioner-General A.H.K. Jagath Chandrasir

Police had not received any information that Zahran was involved in terrorist activities other than some clashes with different Islamic sects in Kattankudy, Eastern Province Senior DIG Kapila Jayasekara said yesterday.

Taking the cue from Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) announced that it too was reducing petrol and diesel prices with effect from midnight yesterday (10).

The Attorney General had sought the sanction of the Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuirya to indict an Army Brigadier and three other soldiers in a trial –at- bar High Court for the shooting that took place in Rathupaswala on August 1, 2013.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed parliament today that 161 suspects were in police custody while another 167 suspects were in remand custody in connection with the Easter Sunday attack.

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today the no-confidence motion brought against the government by them could have easily been won if there were no political games and requested the UPFA-led by opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa and Tamil Nat

The Status of Force Agreement (SOFA) and Acquisition and Cross Servicing (ACSA) agreements will be only be signed if the USA agrees to the points raised by Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today.

The retail prices of fuel have been revised with effect from midnight today based on the fuel pricing formula, the Finance Ministry said.

New Zealand reached their second World Cup final with a stunning 18-run win over shell-shocked India at Old Trafford today.

UPFA MP and SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera who testified before the parliamentary select committee probing the Easter Sunday attacks said an international force is behind the Easter Sunday attacks.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa today said a leader who can create a disciplined country, who can ensure the national security and provide security to all Sri Lankans the same would be fielded as the presidential candidate of the opposition.

US President Donald Trump has reiterated his commitment that the US would stand with Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday terror attacks and expand counter-terrorism, maritime, and border security cooperation with the island nation.

While reiterating that the government was behind the suspension of his Facebook page, popular musician Iraj Weeraratne today requested President Maithripala Sirisena to intervene into the matter and to carry out an inquiry into the incident.

A week after the arrest of an individual with the largest stock of methamphetamine pills at the Colombo Central Mail Exchange (CME), the Customs today arrested another suspect with methamphetamine pills worth Rs. 14.7 million.

Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam today instructed the officials to take immediate action to admit the children of all teachers who had completed more than three years service in National Schools.

UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra said today that the court decision given to release former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara on bail was an example of that the rule of law prevails in the country and no one can intervene wit

Justice and Prison Reforms Minister Thalatha Atukorale today rejected the remarks allegedly made by Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) President Kalinga Indatissa during a discussion with opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa that the minister had no

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Easter Sunday attack a short while ago.

The European Union’s (EU) Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove would visit Sri Lanka and the Maldives from July 11-16, the EU Embassy in Colombo said today.

The debate on the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) which was submitted against the government commenced a short while ago in parliament.

The government plans to revive the recently suspended free visa and visa on arrival programme from August 1 this year for 39 countries.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) yesterday reached an agreement with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to obtain fuel on credit for the generation of thermal power, CEB spokesman Sulakshana Jayawardane told Daily Mirror and as such would be ab

Despite the remaining members of the group led by Zahran Hashim that launched the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks having been taken into custody, one cannot rule out the possibility of lone wolf terror attacks as those that took place in Europe, s

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who had met the Chairman of Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya at the Parliamentary Complex yesterday had requested him not to resign from his post as there are several elections to be contested in the coming

SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said yesterday police intelligence has busted a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena by convicted drug kingpins now on death row.