The projects which were assisted and invested by India would be commenced this year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said. He expressed this when Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale called on the PM at Temple Trees in Colombo. &nb

Ten people, who were trapped in the Wangedigala mountain because of a spreading wildfire near the Bambarakanda falls in Haldummulla, Badulla, were rescued this evening.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had lauded President Maithripala Sirisena for Sri Lanka’s plan to replicate the success of the Philippines’ war on drugs, the Philippine News Agency reported on Thursday.

President Maithripala Sirisena's former chief of staff I.H.K. Mahanama and State Timber Corporation (STC) former chairman P. Dissanayaka who are in remand custody on charges of accepting a Rs.20 million bribe, were today re-remanded till July 24

Some 5.5 kgs of heroin worth Rs. 66 million was found abandoned at the Ilakkanda Beach in Sampur today, Police said.

The book that Pakistan was waiting for is finally out. Two weeks before a make-or-break election for Imran Khan, his ex-wife Reham Khan’s autobiography portrays the former cricketing superstar and prime ministerial hopeful as a man who led &ldq

Colombo Chief Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today directed the Commissioner of the Department of Official Languages to provide verbatim reports of the Sinhala and Tamil video recordings relating to the speech of former child affairs state mi

Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam are set to arrive in Lahore today to face arrest in a corruption case, amid high security and a massive crackdown on his party activists.

Several agreements were signed between Sri Lanka and Thailand yesterday including a Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Economic Partnership which was signed by Minister Malik Samarawickrama and Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Trade.

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vignewswaran has requested all state officials in the Northern Province not to provide any information to the army without seeking his advice.

Civil Aviation and Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva opined that the life imprisonment sentence should be brought in to punish reckless drivers in the same way that President Maithripala Sirisena had proposed the re-introduction of capital p

The State Plantations Corporation (SPC) yesterday said it had withdrawn some projects attached to the Knuckles mountain range after finding that the lands given to those projects belonged to the Knuckles conservation area.

The Prisons Department will call for applications to recruit two hangmen next week to carry out death sentences, Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Thushara Upuldeniya said.

While welcoming President Maithripala Sirisena to execute drug traffickers who have been sentenced to death, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today there is more to be done to stop the criminals organizing crimes while being in the prison in addition to

The Ministry of Education has been violating the Constitution in appointing teachers for the past 30 years, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) charged today that the government had burdened the people by imposing excessive taxes and fines such as new traffic fines while reducing the fines imposed on fraudsters through the National Audit Bill.

The Government was attempting to release another fake report like the New York Times report on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa soon, the Joint Opposition (JO) alleged today.

Prime Minister of Thailand, General Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived in the island a short while ago on a two-day official visit.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today the government had fleeced the public through the manipulation of fuel prices and urged it to explain to the public why the retail price of fuel was disproportionately high today.

The Colombo District Court today extended its Interim Order till July 25 against the decision of the National Film Corporation to take over the distribution of local film.

At least 20 female garment workers were injured, when their bus veered off the road and crashed into a nearby coconut tree this morning at Hadiwatte in Habaraduwa, the Habaraduwa Police said.

Colombo International Container Terminals Limited (CICT) has reiterated that its payment of Rs.19,410,000/- (equivalent to US$150,000), to the Pushpa Rajapaksa Foundation was a donation, in good faith, for the construction of houses for the less priv

Leader of the Mahasohon Balakaya Amith Weerasinghe, who is in remand custody at the Anuradhapura Prison, had resorted to a hunger strike from yesterday, demanding immediate release.

Sri Lanka will go into the two-match Test  series  against South Africa without their  skipper Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha and manager Asanka Gurusingha,, after the ICC concluded its hearing on the trio, who had plea

Four women and a male manager had been arrested by the Welikada Police for allegedly operating a brothel in the guise of an Ayurveda Medical Centre on the Kotte Road in Ethul Kotte last night.

Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCol) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka, former Supreme Court Justice, Anil Gunaratne yesterday ordered Mihin Lanka Liquidator, Sudath Kumara to submit the

England's bid to reach a first World Cup final since 1966 came to an end in the last four as they lost in extra time to Croatia in Moscow.

The government would decide on fuel prices in the domestic market on the 10th of every month after taking into account the fluctuation of fuel prices in the global market, Cabinet Spokesman, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said.

Sri Lanka is to have a third International Airport that will be constructed in Hingurakgoda as per the master plan that had been drawn up for the development of Trincomalee, which was launched in Colombo yesterday.  

Private Bus Operators and taxi operators today voiced their displeasure over the fuel price hike that came into effect midnight and the new increased fines for traffic offences.