Fuel prices will not be revised tonight despite the escalating fuel prices in the world market so as to provide relief to the people in the festive season, finance ministry said today.

The Ava group had put up notices in the Jaffna University premises warning that the students who were involved in ragging newcomers would be punished and called for immediate stop of any ragging activities in the university.

A Sri Lankan maid was sentenced to six months in prison and fined Dh5,000 by the Sharjah Criminal Court for setting ablaze the car of her sponsor’s wife parked in his house in Sharjah’s Al Seeyoh area.

The special committee appointed to look into interest rate issues has recommended the reduction of interest rates granted to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) by two percent, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

President Maithripala Sirisena has sent a message dealing with bilateral ties to United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

The Government of China on Tuesday said it stands ready to broaden and deepen practical cooperation with Sri Lanka under the Belt and Road Initiative. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang expressed these views during a press conference held

The third round of discussions held between the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) concluded at the Opposition Leader’s Office in Colombo today. SLFP General Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said the fourth ro

Southern Province Governor Keerthi Thennakoon today signed the gazette notification dissolving the Southern Provincial Council (SPC) with effect from midnight today.

The Lotus Road between Ceramic Junction to NSA Roundabout has been temporarily closed due to a protest carried out by a group of railways contract employees, police said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has phoned Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to congratulate him on his party’s success in the parliamentary election, Raajje News reported on Tuesday.

An inmate at the Welikada Prison, Samantha Pushpakumara, alias Marala Suranga, has been arrested by the prison officers on a tip-off by police for possessing cyanide vials.

The Cabinet is reported to have deferred till April 23 a memorandum submitted by Power, Energy and Business Development Minister Ravi Karunanayake seeking approval for a long-term power plan.

Amid reports of lawsuits being filed against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the US, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said he had made an irrevocable decision to renounce his US citizenship despite it being the best source of pro

Nearly 25,000 breathalyser devices used to measure blood alcohol content have been imported to Sri Lanka to be distributed among police stations countrywide, Traffic DIG Ajith Rohana said.

A new Labour Act incorporating all labour laws, bylaws and ordinances passed over the years with more benefits and facilities to the working class, Labour and Trade Union Relations Minister Ravindra Samaraweera said.

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing mixed weather conditions with temperatures reaching up to 38 degrees Celsius in the North Central Province, while some areas in the Southern and Sabaragamuwa provinces are experiencing heavy rains.

The SLFP is seriously considering whether to seek a Supreme Court ruling on when President Maithripala Sirisena’s five-year term of office expires under the 19th Amendment on the basis that it was signed into law by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on June

The railway strike scheduled to commence from midnight tonight has been temporarily cancelled after discussions were held with Transport Minister Arjuna Ranatunga this evening, Locomotive Engine Operators’ Union (LEOU) Secretary Indika Dodangoda s

Sri Lanka is now caught up in a vicious cycle of increasing government spending for the electioneering needs of the incumbent government, heavy borrowing to finance that expenditure and increased taxation of the public to service those loans, former

The Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court today permitted the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) officers to detain Mohommad Nazeem Mohammad Faizar, one of the two suspects who were deported from Dubai on Sunday and arrested by the CID.

Deputy Solicitor General (DSG) Dileepa Peiris informed court today that steps had been taken to bring down Makandure Madush to Sri Lanka within the next two weeks.

The Negombo Magistrate today permitted the Negombo Division Crimes Unit officers to detain Chilaw Urban Councillor Warnakulasuriya Stanley Lewis Fernando, who was arrested on charges of drug trafficking.

Two Sri Lankans women who tried to enter Kuwait on forged passports have been deported to Sri Lanka, Arab Times reported quoting Al-Anba daily.

Ten years after 1.14kg heroin was seized from his bank locker, a Sri Lankan national was on Monday sentenced to 30 years in jail for the offence, the Times of India reported.

A 22-year-old youth had fallen to his death from the eighteenth floor of a building under construction at a hotel complex in Galle Face last evening, police said.

The All Island Private Bus Employees Association (AIPBEA) today said that they would launch a 24-hour countrywide token strike with from midnight today against the government decision to increase spot fine up to Rs.25,000.

The US President Donald Trump on Monday branded Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, an unprecedented step that raises the specter of retaliation from Tehran in an increasingly tense Middle East.

SLPP Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa in a Twitter message said that former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa never received summons of any form as far as he was concerned.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was served with notice of two separate civil lawsuits against him in California, USA on Sunday, over the assassination of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunga and on behalf of a Tamil torture survivor.

Tough action will be taken against the use of unauthorised lights and horns in vehicles causing noise pollution from July 1, police said.