About 34 students of two schools were taken into custody today for allegedly entering Methodist College in Kollupitiya and behaving in an unruly manner.

Indian High commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu today met Sri Lankan leaders including President Maithripala Sirisena and briefed him about the terrorist attack in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir and subsequent development, during the week, informed source

The Colombo High Court today acquitted the Ven Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera in the case filed against him on charges of possessing an elephant calf without a valid permit.

Two more suspects were arrested in Peliyagoda today on charges of aiding and abetting in the Rs.7,000 million-diamond and gem robbery, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.

A private jet that was on its way to Hong Kong made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake today. Eleven people including two pilots were onboard the jet, Airport Duty Manager said.

The Colombo Magistrate directed the police to request Interpol assistance to arrest the five main suspects involved in the largest heroin haul valued at more than Rs. 3,533 million which was seized last Sunday (24).

Sri Lanka’s judiciary stood by the Constitution and enforced the rule of law with great independence and seriousness of purpose during the recent political crisis, Human Rights Activist Samantha Power said yesterday.

A Portuguese travelling couple has defended themselves after they were slammed for hanging out of a moving train in Sri Lanka just so they could capture the perfect picture for Instagram, Daily Mail reported.

Sri Lanka has reached a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the fifth review of the US $ 1.5 billion 3-year Extended Fund Facility (EEF) the country entered in June 2016.

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe will be offering prayers to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala during his two-day visit to the temple city, scheduled on March 2 and 3.

The occasion of the completion of 30 years in politics by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera was celebrated last afternoon at the BMICH.

Former Justice and Higher Education Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday said he would make a request to President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to probe the behaviour and activities of the Constitutional Council (CC) as

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday that President Maithripala Sirisena did not have any issue with the Constitutional Council (CC) for the past three years and that he had started to criticise it only after he joined hands with the Ra

The order on the revision application which raised the legal issue of the maintainability of the Avant Garde case, was fixed to be delivered on June 14, 2019, by the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Power, Energy and Business Development Minister Ravi Karunanayake provided statements to the CID unit attached to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka today.

Singer Amal Perera, his son and others who were under Dubai Police custody, have been ordered to be remanded for one month after they were produced to before the Dubai Court today, Sri Lankan Counsel Shabdika Wellappili said.

A group of five members of parliament from across party lines came together today to publish their declarations of assets and liabilities in the public domain, Transparency International Sri Lanka said.

Mathanavasan Paramanantham, the Editor of Tamil Mirror and Ground Views Editor Raisa Wickrematunge were awarded the British Government’s Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship scheme-2019.

SriLankan Airlines only had assets worth Rs. 89.4 billion in 2013 when it came to an agreement with Airbus worth Rs. 146.1 billion, Head of Finance at SriLankan Airlines Yasantha Dissanayake told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI), probing

Sri Lanka will have smart schools which will train students to prepare for the national digital strategy which would be a revolution, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Deputy Solicitor General Dilan Ratnayake yesterday said that a broad investigation is being conducted to find the master-mind behind Thajudeen’s murder and the connection of the three suspects with the main culprit.

Justice Priyantha Jayawardane today recused himself from the Bench which is hearing the Fundamental Rights petition filed by former Navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda seeking an Interim Order from the Supreme Court from being arrested.

Nine suspects including an underworld figure known as ‘Dematagoda Ruwan’, the elder brother of the underworld figure Dematagoda Chaminda, were arrested by the STF with four firearms during a raid in Dematagoda this evening.

UPFA MP Lasantha Alagiyawanna has been appointed as the Trade Union Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) while MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has been appointed as the Propaganda Secretary.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced in Pakistan’s Parliament that the Indian Air Force Pilot in its custody will be released tomorrow as a peace gesture.

The Ceylon Teachers’ Services Union today said two of their members were injured during the protest held in front of the Education Ministry, Isurupaya, when the police attempted to disperse them by using water cannons and tear gas.

UPFA Southern Provincial Councillor Krishantha Pushpakumara alias ‘Raththaran’, who was arrested on charges of child abuse, was released on bail by the Galle Magistrate’s Court today.

A total of 102 applicants, including an American citizen, had applied for the position of hangman, the Prisons Department said.

A summit between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ended with no agreement, the White House announced.

A 29-year-old police constable attached to the Maharagama Police Traffic Unit has committed suicide by shooting himself this morning.