The government decided to create a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under Treasury to absorb the total liabilities of SriLankan Airlines after writing them off its balance sheets, a Minister said yesterday.

The Joint Opposition said today that a prominent member of the yahapalana government was behind the abduction of journalist Keith Noyhar.

Two individuals succumbed to death after the three-wheeler in which they were traveling toppled on the Hatton- Nuwara Eliya Road and crashed into a private bus coming on the opposite side this evening, police said.

During an observation visit to Noori Estate in Deraniyagala recently, estate workers had complained Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development Palany Thigambaram of the harassment they facing by the associates of

The US, which co-sponsored the UN resolution on Sri Lanka with the intention of getting Sri Lankan armed forces personnel prosecuted on charges of war crimes, has vowed to protect its soldiers from being subjected to unjust prosecution from the Inter

Two bodies of males were recovered in a rock cave at a forest in Ragala this morning, the Ragala Police said.

At least four women were killed and another two hospitalised when the KKS –Matara express train crashed with a car at an unprotected railway crossing at Pandrikeida Kulam in Omanthai this morning.

The Negombo Magistrate handed a six-month jail sentence suspended for five years for the Kuwaiti couple, who were arrested by the Airport Police for assaulting five customs officials on July 27, after they were found guilty.

President Maithripala Sirisena recalled his top envoy to Austria and five other embassy staff for failing to answer his long-distance telephone calls, officials said Saturday.

Lasith Malinga returned to international cricket with a bang claiming four wickets in his first match in 12 months, but the butterfingered Sri Lankans have themselves to blame for the crushing 137 run defeat against Bangladesh in the opening fixture

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would impose sanctions against any foreign person or country that attempts to interfere in US elections, Sky News reported on Friday.

At least 62,528 people from 18,836 families in six divisional secretariat areas have been affected by the prevailing drought in the Puttalam District, Disaster Relief Centre of the Puttalam District Secretariat (DS) said yesterday.

The agricultural ministry had signed an agreement with China in 2016 to export more than 10,000 tons of bananas but it had failed to export at least a kilo of bananas after two years, former Agricultural Ministry Additional Secretary Dr. Subaheenkend

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Ambassador Alice Wells said there were growing concerns over standards be it Sri Lanka or Malaysia.

The government said that CID had no plans to arrest Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne as claimed by the media.

The Chinese company, selected to carry out the Gin Nilwala Project, has complained to President Maithripala Sirisena that a leading politician and a top official have attempted to solicit bribe to grant approval to carry out the work.

A minor tremor, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale was reported from the Trincomalee lagoon area around 1 am today, the Geological Survey and Mines’ Bureau said. However, no damages were reported due to the tremor, it said

The officers of the Malpensa Airport Border Police Bureau, Milan, Italy arrested a Sri Lankan diplomat who attempted to bring four youths into Italy by aiding illegal migration last weekend, Italy's Varese7press reported.

President Maithripala Sirisena said today even though the oil price formula was introduced to provide the benefit of fuel price reduction in the international market to the people, the local fuel prices were increasing since the introduction of this

Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe has been appointed as the President’s representative to the Constitutional Council (CC) by President Maithripala Sirisena.

IGP Pujith Jayasundara today handed over the investigations to the CID over the allegations levelled against the DIG in charge of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) Nalaka de Silva, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.

Speaking on the alleged conspiracy to assassinate him and former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President Maithripala Sirisena said today the investigation into the incident would be handed over to the CID no sooner the Special Investigation U

The Meteorology Department today issued heat weather advisory for Eastern Province and Polonnaruwa, Mullativu and Kilinochchi Districts as the caution level was expected in most parts of the Eastern Province and some parts of Polonnaruwa, Mullativu a

The CID today filed a case against Ravi Karunanayake before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court naming him as a suspect to the magisterial inquiry over giving false evidence before the bond commission on August 2,  2017.

The university student, who was receiving treatment at the Anuradhapura Hospital for three days due to a shooting incident in Pudukuduirrippu, Mullaitivu, died last evening, Police said.

At least five people were admitted to the Horana Base Hospital after being exposed to Ammonia gas at a rubber factory in Wagawatte, Horana this morning, Police said.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials yesterday said there was enough evidence gathered from its initial internal investigations into the alleged attempt by an employee to embezzle the US $5.5 million of funds due to SLC, to conclude that no email-hackin

Police Special Task Force (STF) Commandant Senior DIG M. R. Latheef said he would discuss with IGP Pujith Jayasundara regarding the investigation into the allegations levelled against the DIG in charge of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID).

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday struck a note of criticism at President Maithripala Sirisena over the incident in which Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne left the country for Mexico last Monday despite him being called b

The UNP yesterday questioned as to whether former President Mahinda Rajapaksa opposed the proposed Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) and the Public Private Partnership deal with regard to the Mattala Airport during his visit to