Commenting on recent series of developments in Sri Lankan cricket, former captain Mahela Jayawardane said that the emotional decisions are not always correct.

There had always been conspiracies to kill us. There were death threats even when Prabhakaran was alive. But we endured all these threats due to virtues we posses, former Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa said.

President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday called on the international community ‘to allow Sri Lankan people to solve their problems on their own,’ and said: “as an independent country we do not want any foreign power to exert influe

A brilliant all-round effort helped the spirited Afghanistan cricketers to tie their last Super Four dead rubber against India played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE yesterday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had ordered the police to carry out a probe to determine as to who was behind the publishing of semi nude pictures taken on Pidurangala Rock, which is a part of Pidurangala Viharaya, source close to Prime Minister&

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday that they would prefer the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution which was presented in parliament by his party was subjected to a referendum in addition to the approval of a two-thirds majorit

Following the Supreme Court (SC) verdict over the SAITM graduates issue, the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) was confused as to whether they should implement the SC verdict or the amended Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Act, the Government Medic

We would support the Government unconditionally if it comes out with an early proposal to dissolve Parliament, Joint Opposition (JO) said yesterday.

The government should take steps to strengthen the economy instead of blaming US President Donald Trump for the depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition would be filed in the Supreme Court if the fuel pricing formula was not disclosed, PHU Leader Udaya Gammanpila said today.

President Trump said the US is "taking a hard look" at the foreign aid it sends to other countries and the financial support it provides to international organizations.

The CID informed Colombo Magistrate's Court today that the Indian national, who was arrested at the Anti-Corruption Movement Operational Director Namal Kumara’s Mawanella residence, had claimed that there was a plot to assassinate President

Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera has told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that the Tamils were discriminated by the Vellalas and not by the Sinhalese. In his speech on ‘racial discrimination’ he said the majority Sinhalese are charge

Two soldiers attached to the Ambepussa Regimental Headquarters of the Sinha Regiment was arrested this afternoon in connection with the incident where a 21-year-old soldier was found dead with stab injuries at one of the guard posts in the same camp

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today urged the government to introduce short-term measures without delay so as to stabilize the rupee on the basis that the rupee depreciation against other currencies would lead to a severe economic crisis.

Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today directed the CID to produce Anti-Corruption Movement Operations Director Namal Kumara before the Government Analyst tomorrow for a voice check in connection with the alleged plot to assassinate President

In response to Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s remarks that human rights had become the religion among the Western nations, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said the Cardinal seems to got things wrong in trying to be a populist.

The defeated strongman of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen is welcome in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.

The Police launched an investigation into the incident where some young men and women had taken semi-nude photos and posted them on social media.

Afternoon thunder showers can be expected during the next few days over the country particularly in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern, Uva, North-Central, Central and Southern Provinces, the Meteorology Department said today.

A group of young men and women, who climbed the Pidurangala Rock belonging to the Pidurangala Raja Maha Viharaya in the historic Sigiriya, had allegedly taken their nude photos and posted them on social media.

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera had been admitted to the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital a short while ago after he was brought to the hospital for medical tests, BBS media unit said.

President Maithripala Sirisena called upon the world leaders to emulate Nelson Mandela, who showed the correct path by his humanitarian qualities and the love for the people.  

Minister Field Marshall Sarath Fonseka arrived at the CID a short while ago to give a statement over the abduction and assault of journalist Keith Noyahr in that took place in 2008.

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera had been transferred to the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital from the Prisons Hospital today to undergo medical tests, sources said.

President Maithripala Sirisena's former chief of staff I.H.K. Mahanama and State Timber Corporation (STC) former chairman P. Dissanayaka was released on bail by the  Colombo Chief Magistrate Ranga Dassanayake today.

My attention has been drawn to, two reports appearing in the 1st and 2nd pages of the Daily Mirror of Monday, 24th September under the heading "Human Rights is the latest religion of Western nations" and in page 6 under the heading "Be

Police Narcotics Bureau Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa who was in remanded custody in connection with the investigation on the deaths of 27 inmates at the Welikada prison in 2012, was granted bail by the Court of Appeal today.

A 34-year-old woman, her 6-year-old and 12-year-old daughters were killed and another boy was injured when they were hit by a car in Pottuvil on the Pottuvil-Akkaraipattu Road last night.

State Minister of Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene today rejected allegations made by the opposition that the government was undermining the security forces and said the present government, unlike any other previous government, had done more for the welfar