At least 21 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants including two women were arrested by the navy off the seas of Colombo with a trawler.

Special police security measures have been set up at examination centers, coordinating centers and divisional collecting centers in island-wide of the G.C.E. Advance level examination, Police said.

At least 82 people are now known to have died after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Lombok.

The registration of SAITM students at the KDU would start today amidst strict regulations that those who failed to pay the course-fee by Monday would not be enrolled for the MBBS degree.

North Korea has violated a textile ban by exporting more than $100 million in goods between October 2017 and March 2018 to several countries including Sri Lanka, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday.

Although the SAITM institute had awarded scholarships to its students they would not be entitled financial scholarships at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), Minister of Higher Education Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today.

There was a possibility of wind speeds increase in the coming days, the Department of Meteorology warned today.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the North coast of Indonesia's island of Lombok today at 5.46 p.m. international time zone according to foreign reports. However, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said there will be no Tsunami threat to S

South Africa continued their dominance when they coasted to a convincing 78-run win as they clinched the five-match ODI series with their third successive victory over Sri Lanka played at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy this evening.

Iranaimadhu Airfield in the Kilinochchi District would be developed into a Domestic Airport as a part of the plan drawn by the Government to develop all areas from Point Pedro to Dondra, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said during the weekend.

The third person out of at least thirty partygoers who were admitted to the Panadura Base Hospital had been reported dead a short while ago, the Police said.

Debutant batsman Reeza Hendricks made 102 to help South Africa post 363 for seven against Sri Lanka in the third one-day international in Pallekele on Sunday.

A 62-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified gunman at Yatiyana in Minuwangoda this morning, Police said.

Six DIGs inducing Crimes DIG Kamal Silva and DIG in-charge of the North Western, Ajith Rohana, had been transferred with immediate effect based on service requirements, Police said.

Two men aged 20 and 38, who were admitted to the Panadura Hospital last night due to an illness following a party at a hotel in Wadduwa, were pronounced dead while undergoing treatment.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he has survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones.

President Maithripala Sirisena said on Saturday that he would not allow a salary increase for Members of Parliament.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) is said to be hoping to strengthen relations with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) by having further exchange programmes.

Illegal motor races at night on the Southern Expressway entry road between Devata and Pinnaduwa are continuing unchecked causing much inconvenience to the people.

Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) Chairman Colvin Gunaratne said yesterday even though the primary objective of the Medical Ordinance was to safeguard the rights of patients, it was catering to the needs of the doctors because of its composition.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is carrying out a series of advertising campaigns in national newspapers to make students and parents aware of possible methods to mitigate ragging and violence in State universities, sources said.

The representatives of political parties functioning under the joint opposition will meet the Elections Commission on Monday to discuss matters relating to the provincial council elections, an official said yesterday.

A group of Golden Key depositors said the government had ignored the undertaking given to the the Supreme Court in August 2015 by failing to pay the depositors within a year 41% of the funds deposited with the company.

Public Enterprise Development Minister and House Leader Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday there was no objection from anyone at the July 17 party leaders meeting to the proposed pay hike of parliamentarians in line with the salary scales of judicial o

President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will never permit any salary increases to ministers and MPs, Deputy Environment Minister Ajith Mannaperuma told a media briefing yesterday.

The SAITM Student Action Committee (SSAC) yesterday sought the immediate intervention of President Maithripala Sirisena with regard to the cancellation of students’ scholarships granted by the SAITM.

A 15-inch conch shell with a live and frozen snail inside was seized and four suspects arrested by the Police in Trincomalee when they were attempting to sell it for Rs.10 million.

President Maithripala Sirisena said today the unity government had never undertaken to divide the country or subjugate it to any foreign or domestic forces and neither will their be any room to do so in the future.

Gale-force winds have damaged more than 75 houses in the Ampara District last Thursday, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said today.

An Indian who attempted to smuggle in a stock of gold biscuits and jewellery valued at more than Rs.16 million was arrested on arrival at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by the airport customs.