As the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day is falling on the weekend, the Government had declared May 20 as a Government (Public) Holiday, Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardane said.

Three superintendents of police (SP), including Kuliyapitiya Division SP, Oshan Hewavitharana, have been transferred, the police said.

The Army has launched a special investigation to identify a person on a video clip showing a suspected military member watching a group of violent saboteurs in Thunmodara.

The Air Force would deploy helicopters day and night to assist with controlling illegal assemblies and acts of violence in the country, SLAF Spokesman Group Captain Gihan Seneviratne said yesterday.

The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) which was under the purview of IGP has been assigned to Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne who is also the Chief of the CID.

Referring to Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s statement that Sri Lanka was not a Sinhala Buddhist country, National Integration, Official Languages, Social Progress and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister Mano Ganesan said yesterday that Sri Lanka was a

Sri Lanka has no requirement to bring in the US Army or armies of other countries in the aftermath of terror attacks, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday.

It is the duty and responsibility of all politicians to work jointly to ensure the peaceful co-existence among all religious communities and ethnic groups, but however with the aim of increasing the vote base the actions of some politicians have aggr

One must not speak in a foolish manner when even Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith had accepted that this is a Buddhist nation, Venerable Ittapane Dhammalankara Thera said yesterday.

Wellampitiya Police OIC Gamini Senarath Hewawithana has complained to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) demanding an inquiry against Colombo Magistrate Court Judge Priyantha Liyanage over the release of nine employees on bail of the copper factor

‘National Path’ was inaugurated at the BMICH under the patronage of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and with the participation of Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka and several other politicians, prelates and civil rights activists.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today some people were attempting to take the law into their own hands because the government had failed to punish the culprits and stressed the need to arrest the wrongdoers irrespective of who they were or w

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has appointed a new Solicitor General, a Senior Additional Solicitor General and two Additional Solicitor General of the Attorney’s General Department.

More than 60 people were arrested in connection with the violence in the North-Western Province and in Minuwangoda, 33 of them were remanded, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said today.

An invisible hand with political motives is behind the violence reported from the North-Western Province and in Minuwangoda, the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and Ven. Ittapane Dhammalankara Mahanayaka Thera told a news conference t

SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekera today denied allegations claiming that he was involved in taking six suspects on bail, who were arrested during the tense situation that prevailed in Hettipola, Kurunegala.

Police curfew will be imposed across the country from 9 pm today till 4 am tomorrow, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said.

Nawa Sinhale National Organisation Director Suresh Priyasad, alias Dan Priyasad, was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) today over his alleged involvement in the recent acts of violence.

The software engineer suspected by authorities of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agencies three years ago for links with Islamic State suspects, Reuters repor

Police curfew imposed in the North Western Province will be lifted for 2 hours from 4 pm to 6 pm today, police said.

All liquor shops in the Central Province have been temporarily closed on the instructions of Central Province Governor Maithri Gunaratne, Excise Department sources said.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader and Minister Rauff Hakeem today called on the Prime Minister and tri-forces commanders to control the violent incidents in the country in absence of the President.

Thirteen suspects were arrested in Minuwangoda on charges of inciting violence and nine of them were remanded after being produced in the Minuwangoda Magistrate’s Court, police said.

Twitter was among other social media platforms which were blocked to stop the spread of rumours and false stories following the violence that erupted in the North-Western Province, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) said.

The Dehiwela suicide bomber had allegedly been radicalised by hate preacher Anjem Choudary while he was in London, UK, the Daily Mail reported today.

Following the recovery of large stock of weapons and ammunition from a plot of land in Uva Kuda-Oya in Wellawaya yesterday, the STF arrested the alleged owner of those weapons from a house at Sri Saranankara Mawatha in Dehiwala.

All parties in Sri Lanka should take appropriate action to immediately stop hateful attacks in order to prevent recent violence from being escalated even further, the UN said on Tuesday.

Leader of the Mahasohon Balakaya, Amith Weerasinghe and Anti-Corruption Force Operations Director Namal Kumara were arrested today, police said.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan said on Sunday that it was left to the Army Commander to decide on the security in the North and East if something untoward happens there and as such there was no point in him (Sampanthan) commenting

The Indian Home Affairs Ministry has issued a fresh notification extending ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in India for five years, the Hindu reported today.