A 45-year-old Italian tourist drowned while bathing in the sea off Dickwella last night, police said. It was reported the victim was rushed to the Dickwella Hospital but pronounced dead on admission.

President Maithripala Sirisena today extended his gratitude to the officials of the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) and the Special Task Force (STF) for seizing the largest ever heroin haul in Sri Lanka.

Traffic OIC of the Borella Police, IP Sarathchandra, was injured in a hit and run accident involving a Defender vehicle in Bambalapitiya today, police said.

Pakistan Foreign Affairs Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday spoke with his Sri Lankan counterpart Tilak Marapana and discussed the security situation in the region.

President MaithripalaSirisena extended his warm wishes to the Sri Lankan Cricket team for wining 2-0, the Test series against South Africa in their own country and the Sri Lankan team became the first team from Asia to win a Test series in South Afri

At least 99 people have died and more than 100 are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in north-eastern India, officials say.

A mammoth heroin haul weighing 294.4 kilogrammes valued at more than Rs. 3,533 million, the largest heroin detection ever made in Sri Lanka, was seized by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) and the Special Task Force (STF) officials this morning.

Beedi leaves weighing around 800 kg and meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka were seized by Customs officials at Rameswaram in Tamilnadu on Saturday.

Afghanistan blasted a world-record Twenty20 international score of 278 for three against Ireland in India.

The main accomplice of notorious drug kingpin Kanjipani Imran, who was arrested along with ‘Makandure Madush’ in Dubai, was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) at Jampettah Street in Colombo.

Oshada Fernando and Kusal Mendis propelled Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over South Africa on the third day of the second Test at St George’s Park on Saturday, clinching an historic 2-0 series triumph.

The matters involving Brigadier Priyanka Fernando and the nature of the role the British Government played in his departure to Sri Lanka has been raised in the British Parliament last Thursday.

UPFA MP Padma Udayashantha Gunasekara said yesterday plans were afoot to open a night market in the sacred city of Kandy today and urged the Speaker to intervene in stopping it.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said today it was not appropriate to allow an external body such as the police to investigate the incident that occurred in parliament last November as it happened inside the chamber.

The six-member committee appointed to look into unruly incidents that took place in Parliament last November has recommended action against 59 MPs found guilty of various offences, the report revealed.

Dividends of the government’s battle against drugs and narcotics can be enjoyed by the middle of this year, President Maithripala Sirisena said.

Power, Energy and Business Development Minister Ravi Karunanayake, National Integration, Official Languages, Social Progress and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister Mano Ganesan and Western Province Governor Azath Salley yesterday visited the Bodu Bala

Sri Lankan-born Australian Yasodai Selvakumaran has been named a finalist for the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize, SBS News reported today.

State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene was sworn in as non-cabinet Minister of Mass Media before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.

The two businessmen who were reported to have gone missing from Boossa in Rathgama have been killed at Akmeemana and their bodies burnt at the Kanumuldeniya-Megdagamgoda Forest Reserve in Walasmulla, the police revealed today.

State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake is reported to have voluntarily undergone a blood and urine test at a private hospital in Colombo today in connection with his allegations that there were ministers and MPs who used cocaine.

Fifteen police personnel attached to the Southern Province Special Crime Investigation Unit had been transferred to police stations out of the Matara District with immediate effect over the abduction and killing of two businessmen at Rathgama.

State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake said today the new office bearers elected to the Sri Lanka Cricket Board were corrupt and the ICC should take the responsibility for this.

Several roads in Colombo would be closed temporarily on Sunday to make way for the So Sri Lanka - Ironman 70.3 Colombo International Triathlon which begins from Galle Face Green, the organisers said.

Minister Lakshman Kiriella said State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake today handed over the details of MPs who allegedly use cocaine to the four-member committee and this report would be forwarded to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The new Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK, Ms. Manisha Gunasekara, was received by Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in London on Wednesday.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended all Indian applications to host future events and urged international sports federations not to stage competitions in the country after two Pakistanis were denied visas to compete in New Delhi,

A sailor attached to the Kankesanthurai Naval camp was arrested by the CID today over the abduction and disappearance of 11 civilians in Colombo during the period of 2008 and 2009.

A Sub Inspector (SI) of Police attached to the Southern Province Special Investigation Unit was arrested by the CID today over the abduction of two businessmen in Rathgama, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Highways and Road Development State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake yesterday said that he had been told to appear before the four-member committee today (22) at 10.00a.m over an allegation he made about certain lawmakers consuming cocaine.