Former star cricketer Kumar Sangakkara confirmed that he will never enter politics despite varying opinions and speculations from both public and media on his imminent entry into politics as a possible candidate for the presidential election in 2020.

A group of female inmates of the Welikada prison are staging a protest on top of the roof of the prison, Police said.

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaking in Kuruwita, Ratnapura on Saturday alleged that an unnecessary fear psychosis prevailed in the South, but people in the North would never leave any room for a return to violence.

Chief Minister Isura Devapriya said it was nothing out of the ordinary for a rich governing body like the Western Provincial Council to import chairs for the use of provincial legislators at a cost of Rs. 640,000 each.

Fifty-five legislators, mostly belonging to the ruling party, assigned to monitor the development projects, are given Rs. 200, 000 each a month as transport allowance, it is learnt.

The Senate of the Peradeniya University had decided to re-open the Medical, Dental and Agriculture Faculties, which had been closed for over fifteen days, sources said yesterday.

General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena Organization, Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who is being medically treated in Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital under imprisonment, had been issued a light jumper (Liberty Dress), the Prisons sources said.

Muslims in Sri Lanka will celebrate the Hajj festival on August 22 following the sighting of the new moon, the Colombo Grand Mosque announced today.  

Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya spun a web around South Africa's batsmen with a six-wicket haul to help the hosts to a commanding 178-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international today.

The Estate Sector people in Sri Lanka would like to see Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe becoming President in this country in 2020 and would like to back him as a presidential candidate at the next Presidential Election, Minister of Estate Villag

Reconciliation was build up gradually in Sri Lanka with the movement of Southern people to the North and Northern people to the South, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

The Railways Department had incurred a loss more than Rs.70 million due to the four-day long trade union action by the employees, Sri Lanka Railways’ Additional General Manager (Operations) Wijaya Samarasinghe said.

The general public should take measures to prevent damages from strong winds, the Department of Meteorology warned a while ago.

US space agency Nasa has launched its mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any before.

Shores of Puttalam and neighbouring region in Sri Lanka have been getting deposited in the last three days with thousands of expired medicines, bottles, polythene packages and injection syringe.

The trade unions of the Railways Department had decided to call off their strike following a discussion with President Maithripala Sirisena, a top TU official said a while ago.

A 46-year-old man has died after a fire broke out at a three-storey building in Badulla early this morning, Police said.

Western Province Governor Hemakumara Nanayakkara has suspended the Western Provincial Council's (WPC) move to import 104 chairs for councillors, each at a cost of Rs. 640,000.

The showers and strong winds over the island, particularly in the South-Western parts of the country are expected to increase to some extent from tomorrow, the Meteorology Department said yesterday.

The United National Party (UNP), the joint opposition and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), are of the view that the provincial council elections should be conducted under the previous system if it takes time for the new election laws to be operatio

Former two-time President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet has been appointed as UN Human Rights High Commissioner with effect from September 1, the UN said.She was elected by the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday.

No trains were operated from the Colombo Fort Railway Station this morning, the Railway Control Room said today. All train journeys were cancelled due to the ongoing strike launched by the Railway Trade Union Alli

The joint opposition's struggle to secure the opposition leader’s post had not ended but had just begun, MP Bandula Gunawardene said yesterday.

Party leaders have decided to hold elections in six provinces in January next year and hold the debate on this matter on August 24 2018, informed sources said yesterday.

The work stoppage by the railway trade unions continued for its third day today and will continue in the absence of any signs of it being resolved, the Railway Trade Union Alliance (RTUA) said.

The joint opposition is planning to file legal action against the Singapore-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA), JO MP Bandula Gunawardene said today.

The proxy owner and publicity officer of a private event-organising company, who were arrested on charges of organising the Wadduwa beach party where four people died, were today remanded till August 17 by Panadura Additional Magistrate Kalhari Liyan

The seven assassination convicts of Rajiv Gandhi, who are jailed in Tamil Nadu cannot be released, the Indian government told the Supreme Court on Friday asserting that the case involves the assassination of a former Prime Minister, the NDTV said tod

Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Member T. Raviharan was arrested by the Mullaitivu Police this afternoon on charges of unlawful assembly and damaging public properties during a protest held on August 2.

Prices of a litre of Petrol (95) would be increased by Rs.2 while a litre of Super Diesel would be increased by one rupee with effect from midnight today, based on the monthly fuel revision formula, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera announced.