The superior cinema hall of the Majestic Cineplex (MC) has been closed down after bugs were found in several seats inside the theatre, Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Chief Medical Officer  Dr.  Ruwan Wijayamuni told the Daily Mirror today.

The meeting scheduled for today between International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Sri Lankan delegation has been postponed due to a snowstorm in Washington.

The A1 Road from the entrance to the new Kelani Bridge to the Kelanitissa Roundabout, will be closed tomorrow from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. due to construction work on the new Kelani Bridge that is being built, the police said.

A protest was carried out by a group of parents of the Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda this morning against the newly appointed Western Province Governor, who had allegedly forcibly opened the private Sunday school situated at the Vidyalaya premises yester

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has arrived at the Government Analyst's Department to give a voice sample with regard to the investigation into the alleged VIP assassination plot.

A 36-year-old British national drowned while surfing at the Madiha beach in Matara on Sunday.

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday suggested that certain parties were trying to postpone the provincial council elections by crowing over the Presidential Election instead.

The Elections Commission ruled out yesterday the possibility to conduct the Provincial Council Elections before April this year, even if the existing legal barriers were cleared forthwith.

The Colombo city has been named the ‘must-photograph’ travel destination of 2019, in a study.

Hinting at contesting the upcoming Presidential Election, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he was ready for the Presidential Election if people were ready too.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara had been summoned to the Government Analyst's Department today (Monday 14) to give a voice sample with regard to the investigation into the alleged VIP assassination plot, Government Analyst Ar

Democracy was yet to be achieved as President Sirisena was having a severe grudge with some UNPers, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said over the weekend.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa today said he is ready and determined to work towards electing the next President from his party, SLPP.

The Wattala Police said that a person who had connections to the underworld and his accomplice had been killed when two unidentified persons opened fire at their vehicle this evening.

All the government Tamil school would be closed on Monday (Jan 14) in lieu of the Thaipongal festival, the Education Ministry said today.

Sri Lankan delegation led by Minister of Finance and Media Mangala Samaraweera arrived in Washington today to discuss Sri Lanka’s External Fund Facility (EFF) with IMF and others during their visit.

A British woman and an Indian man died in two separate incidents while holidaying in Mirissa and Hungama, police said.

Twenty Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters in the seas off Delft Island and Thalaimannar yesterday.

The number of workers leaving Sri Lanka to take up jobs as housemaids in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Far East has soared by more than 16 per cent in the past year.

Seven women, including a female manager, have been arrested for allegedly operating a brothel in the guise of a spa on Galle Road in Mount Lavinia yesterday evening.

An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her familythis week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto’s international airport on Saturday after being granted asylum in Canada, where foreign minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed her as a brave

The government would be able to absorb another 800,000 low income families into the Samurdhi programme by next year increasing the number of Samurdhi recipient families to 2.2 million by 2020, Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment Mini

The computer-based test for obtaining driving licences would be introduced to the other 25 districts in the country by the end of this year which would be networked with the DMT head office, Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) Commissioner General A.H.

Former Minister and Senior Vice President of the SLFP, Nimal Siripala De Silva reiterated that the Presidential candidate of the SLFP would be President Maithripala Sirisena.  

A total of 480,799 vehicles had been registered last year, The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) said yesterday.

A Sri Lankan family of six who attempted to smuggle a large stock of cosmetics, imported cigarettes and foreign liquor worth nearly Rs.1 million were taken into custody by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Wednesday eveni

UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa, found guilty of violating the Intellectual Property Act by publishing a book titled Naththa Wenuwata Aththa’, was yesterday ordered by Colombo High Court Judge to pay JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva Rs.10 million as

The proper procedure was followed when allocating a parking space to former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya at the Colombo Trillium Residencies where he had been earlier deprived of a parking space, Condominium Management Authority (CMA) General Manager

Joint opposition MP Bandula Gunawardane said today the report of the experts panel presented to the Constitutional Assembly has included proposals contradictory to what the sub-committee on public finance headed by him had proposed.

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said today the government did not have the legitimacy to introduce a new constitution and urged it to go for a parliamentary election so that people's approval could be obtained for such a move.