The reduction in wind speed has increased the heat in many areas of the country, the Meteorology Department said today.

The former Officer In Charge (OIC) attached to the Southern Province Special Criminal Investigation Department had been arrested this evening over the abduction and killing of two businessmen from Rathgama, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

The Locomotive Engine Operators’ Union (LEOU), will launch an indefinite strike from midnight tomorrow against the violation of recruitment procedures through the enrolment of engine drivers of over 45 years of age.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, responding to calls by his supporters on social media and in his government to award him a Nobel Peace Prize for ’’de-escalating tensions’’ with India, tweeted on Monday: ’’I am not worthy of the Nobel

The 17 youths who were arrested yesterday on charges of using cocaine and unidentified drug tablets in two hotel rooms in Polhena, Matara, were remanded till March 8 by the Matara Magistrate’s Court today.

China’s Xinhua state news agency on Sunday used a lifelike robotic news anchor that mimics human facial expressions and mannerisms to present a story about delegates attending an annual parliament meeting arriving in Beijing.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa will make his debut in a political stage on March 8, SLPP sources revealed.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday that the government’s maiden budget for 2019 is to be presented in parliament tomorrow (5) and will further open market policies and liberalisation

Following high-level discussions with the ICC, the new Executive Committee of the SLC has secured its due portion of finances from the ICC, amounting to US$ 11.5 million (over Rs: 2 billion), which was withheld since July 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket said

Seventeen youths, including an actress, were arrested early morning yesterday while they were using cocaine and unidentified drug tablets in two hotel rooms in Polhena, Matara after a Facebook party at another hotel in Mirissa.

Power and Energy Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday opined that the time was ripe for the abolition of executive presidency.

The International Cricket Council has assured its members of a tight security plan for this year’s World Cup in England after the Indian cricket board sought guarantees from the governing body following a suicide-bomb attack in Kashmir last month.

UNP backbenchers are planning to vote against the expenditure head of President Maithripala Sirisena when it is taken up at the coming budget, UNP MP Mujibur Rahaman said.

A group of five Sri Lankan members of parliament from across party lines came together to publish their declarations of assets and liabilities in the public domain. Their action is a welcome step towards changing the political culture of the country,

Three suspects including notorious underworld gangster Sanka Shirantha, alias Bloemendhal Sanka reported to have been arrested in Tamil Nadu, India.

A resolution was submitted in Pakistan Parliament on Saturday to endorse Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for the for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize due to his efforts to de-escalate resent tension with India.

Three suspects, including two Nigerians, were arrested on possession of 32 grams of cocaine in Mount Lavinia last night.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) regained its ICC Status, after nine months of being relegated to observer status, SLC President Shammi Silva tweeted.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife Maitree Wickremesinghe, were among the ministers and some of the top officials on Saturday who reached the temple city of Tirupati in India to offer worship to Lord Venkateswara.

Commenting on the police move to deploy women police constables to disperse protesting university students recently, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said it was done as female university students were also engaged in the protest.

JVP Politbureau member K.D. Lalkantha, who was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of liquor, was remanded till March 14 today.

There being no consensus among the main political parties on abolishing the executive presidency and on electoral reforms, President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a high-level committee on Thursday to recommend how the provincial council system coul

While severely criticizing the Central Bank for its handling of the Edirisinghe Trust Investment (ETI) deal, Power, Energy and Business Development Minister Ravi Karunanayaka yesterday vowed to expose what went wrong in the ETI deal.

Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on SriLankan airlines, SriLankan catering and Mihin Lanka needs adequate time to compile its report and as such will not hold daily sittings, PCoI Chairman Anil Goonaratne said yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena has stressed the need of establishment of a special court to hear cases related to drug crimes and expect to discuss this matter at the next cabinet meeting.

Opposition MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday charged that the much-touted ‘Suraksha Insurance Scheme’ launched for 4.5 million students has defrauded Rs.2,300 million in 2018 and as such it was proper for President Maithripala Sirisena to suspen

Sri Lanka should start making plans to control its future debt services once the current debt issue is settled, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today at Kuliyapitiya where he handed over buildings to 200 schools.

Pakistan has handed over a captured pilot to Indian authorities at the Wagah border, a move aimed at de-escalating tensions after days of hostilities with its South Asian neighbor, Al Jazeera reported.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said today though there could be some who wish to see the executive presidency abolished, they may oppose the 20th Amendment brought by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) because it contained several weaknesses

JVP politbureau member K.D. Lalkantha was arrested this afternoon on charges of driving under the influence of liquor after his vehicle had met with an accident injuring two women in Anuradhapura, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.