Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday he had instructed his Ministry Secretary to rescind the circular which made the Grade 5 scholarship examination compulsory for schoolchildren .

Many people will be disappointed that the term in office of a sixth of nine Provincial Councils has expired without voting for new representatives taking place or planned, British High Commissioner James Dauris said.

A 40-year-old Major and two soldiers were arrested by the Siyambalanduwa Police today on charges of supplying ammunition to the underworld figure ‘Laddu Roshan’ who was arrested on Sunday.  

Fifteen students of the South Eastern University had been arrested this morning for laying siege on the administrative building disobeying the court order, the Akkaraipattu Police said.

MP Ravi Karunanayake said in Parliament that his house was being video recorded by a private TV Channel using a drone camera. 

Anti-Corruption Force Operations Director Namal Kumara yesterday said that in his initial statement to the CID, he had mentioned that Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka’s name and questioned whether Fonseka had got to know about it.

Four young chefs were preparing Sri Lankan food for an upcoming event when a gas explosion scorched their pop-up kitchen on Wednesday night, leaving them with severe burns.

Former Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) DIG Nalaka Silva arrived at the CID for the fifth day to give a statement over the inquiry into the alleged assassination plot on President Maithripala Sirisena and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajap

‘So Sri Lanka’ will become Sri Lanka’s new tourism tagline from November 5, replacing ‘Wonder of Asia’, Mirror Business reliably learns.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to have said the Government should get certain matters clarified with regard to the implementation of the provisions of the UNHRC Resolution 30/1 on Sri Lanka, it is learnt.  

A major racket of selling foreign liquor to the UK fans at the fifth One Day International (ODI) cricket encounter between Sri Lanka and England, despite strict laws at R. Premadasa Stadium, was busted by the Colombo Excise officials on Tuesday after

President Maithripala Sirisena had sent his recommendations to the Constitutional Council to appoint Appeal Court Judge Deepali Wijesundara as a Supreme Court Judge and High Court Judge Sarojani Kusala Weerawardane as Appeal Court Judge, sources said

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who made a special statement on the naming of Sri Lanka as the top destination to visit in 2019 said this achievement should be a starting point to go to a higher level in tourism.

Police evacuated The Time Warner Center in New York City — which contains the headquarters of news network CNN — after the discovery of a suspicious package addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan.

two spill gates of the Victoria reservoir automatically opened this evening due to the heavy rains experienced in the area.

The US Secret Service said today it had intercepted suspect packages, identified as potential explosive devices, sent to the homes of former president Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

The SriLankan flight UL 405 which was scheduled to land at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake was diverted to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) this evening due to adverse weather, the BIA Duty Manager said.

Incumbent Chairman of People’s Bank Hemasiri Fernando was appointed as the Chairman and Director-General of the Board of Investments, sources said today.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that he didn’t believe that the Cabinet Ministers would have any links with the RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) of India.

The Administration of the South Eastern University had decided to close the University indefinitely from this evening, Registrar H. Abdul Saththar said.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court had granted permission to the CID to ask Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei to help recover data which had been deleted from a phone used by Namal Kumara who revealed a plot to kill President Maithri

Navy Intelligence Officer Lieutenant Commander Sampath Dayananda had been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the abduction and disappearance of two individuals in Kotahena in 2009.

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran today announced the formation of a new political party, the Tamil People’s Alliance (TPA) and his departure from the TNA. Making the announcement at the Tamil Peoples Council (TPC) meeting conve

Construction work of the proposed light railway system would begin at the end of next year, the Megapolis and Western Development Ministry said yesterday.

The Hambantota Wind Farm, the only CEB-owned wind power plant, which was commissioned in 1999, is being disassembled to be removed owing to the high amount of rent the CEB has to pay for the land and also due to its less efficiency, the Ceylon Electr

The Lotus Road has been temporarily closed due to a protest march carried out by a group of estate workers, Police said.

Four people were killed while 16 were injured following two separate accidents in Maho and Kekirawa this morning, police said.

Spill gates of Parakrama Samudra, Deduru Oya, Rajanganaya Reservoir, Angamuwa Tank and Thabbowa Reservoir were opened after they reached spill level due to heavy rains experienced in the catchment areas, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.

President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have expressed concerns at yesterday's Cabinet meeting about the UN request for the withdrawal of Lieut. Col. Kalana Amunupura -- the Commander of the 200-strong Sri Lankan military contingent deploye

A 39-year-old man was killed after two men allegedly assaulted him and fired shots at him at Makuladeniya in Weeraketiya early this morning.The investigations revealed that the victim, who was a resident of Kakuruwela, was killed due to a personal di