Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today released four monks including the Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thera on a surety bail of Rs.150,000 each when they appeared in courts on charges of damaging public property in 2017.

Former Minister Johnston Fernando, his private secretary Sakeer Mohamed and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando were remanded by Kurunegala High Court today in connection with the misappropriation of government funds in 2013.

A man from Ampara had been arrested with 13 counterfeit currency notes of Rs. 5,000 denomination at Bastian Mawatha in Pettah this morning, the Police said.

Friends and family of 25-year-old Kamar Nizamdeen, who was arrested by the New South Wales Police on Thursday for alleged ‘terrorism’ charges, claimed that Nizamdeen was framed.

The Lotus Road opposite the Finance Ministry in Colombo, was temporarily closed due to a protest march carried out this morning, Police said.

Making a startling revelation to Police Narcotic Bureau sleuths the suspect who was arrested with 6000 tablets of Tramadol yesterday had confessed that the drugs were from the batch of 70,000 tablets discovered by the SSP office in Jaffna on August 1

Price of a loaf of bread (450gm) will be increased by Rs. 5 with effect from midnight today, Bakery Owners' Association said.

Several key decisions are to be taken today (3) when the Election Commission meets to discuss the holding of the Provincial Council Elections in January next year, informed sources revealed.

One of Sri Lanka’s most renowned tourist attractions set in the cold climes is Ella. This area sadly is fast becoming a town of lawlessness where at least 100 places had been identified as those selling liquor and alcoholic beverages without li

Amidst speculations about a possible split of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), its leader R. Sampanthan has sought an immediate meeting with Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran on September 7 apparently to explore the possibility of p

A special tsunami drill scheduled to be held on Wednesday (5) in Ampara, Mullaitivu and Galle districts inline with the International Tsunami exercise participated by 28 countries, State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources and Disaster Managem

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today alleged that the Opposition is trying to sabotage the government’s development activities.

A collective of academics and professionals today backed ‘Viyath Maga’ organization headed by former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with the objective of engaging in policy making process of a future government.

The Wildlife Resources Conservation Ministry would provide semi-automatic rifles (Also known as self-loading rifles or SLRs) and a special camouflage uniform to forest rangers, Deputy Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma said.

Saudi Arabia today pledged $ 300 million worth of assistance to Sri Lanka, which will be disbursed to various areas in the country for various development programmes.

Two passengers, including a retired soldier, were killed and four others, including two air force personnel, were injured in a head-on collision of a passenger van and an air force truck at Thelulla on the Wellawaya – Thanamalwila Road.

The Eastern Echo DMCC, subsidiary of a major oilfield services company in Schlumberger, today commenced collecting petroleum data on multi-client basis, to exploit indigenous fuel resources in selected offshore areas of the island.

The decomposed carcasses of seven wild elephants lying in a marshy land at Pudur in Onegama in Polonnaruwa were recovered yesterday by the wildlife conservators.

Seven persons had been arrested by the Police last night in connection with the recent unrest situation at the Galaha hospital where an infant child had died.

Fast bowler Lasith Malinga and off-spinner Dilruwan Perera have been included in the 16-man squad for the Asia Cup in Dubai this month.

High on the heels of a controversy over the order placed by the Western Provincial Council authorities for the purchase of 125 chairs costing some Rs. 650,000 each from Spain, it has been revealed that the authorities had allocated Rs 1.4 million to

The prices of 10 high-cost cancer drugs, 13 other varieties of essential pharmaceutical drugs as well as two medical equipment have been reduced with effect from midnight today (01), Minister of Health Dr Rajitha Senaratne said today.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has passed a proposal to fix playground equipment at the Viharamahadevi Park and Mutwal Crow Island Park and charge Rs. 400 per hour from children who play at these grounds.

Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) had commenced a probe into an incident where a bowser containing 13,200 litres of Furnace Oil worth Rs.1.05 million had gone missing two months ago, a CPSTL official said.

Judicial Medical Officer S. Rajapakse said the skeletal remains excavated from a mass grave in Mannar where likely to be those of 12 children.

The price of one kilogram of Prima wheat flour has been increased by Rs 5 with effect from Friday midnight (31), the Prima Company announced today.

While claiming that the government was acting arbitrarily, Asgiri Chapter Mahanayake Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thera said yesterday the government must take steps to curtail the increasing crime in the country.

The use of private passenger buses for special journeys has been banned in the Western Province from tomorrow (1) to September 8, Western Province Road Passenger Transport Authority Chairman Thusitha Kularathna said.

The Prime Minister Office said today the hall adjoining Temple Trees given out for MP Chatura Senaratne’s wedding was paid for by him according to standard procedure and not given free of charge, as such it was in no way a misappropriation of p

Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who kept away from mainstream politics so far, said today that would not remain silent when the country was heading towards disaster and would join Wednesday's ‘Jana Balaya’ protest organis