The prevailing windy condition would likely to continue further and strong gusty winds up to 50 to 60 kmph can be expected over the island, the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Meteorology Department warned.

Rescuers resumed preparations on Tuesday for a third rescue operation deep into a cave complex in northern Thailand to free four remaining boys and their soccer coach in a race against time and monsoon weather.

President Maithripala Sirisena's former chief of staff I.H.K. Mahanama and State Timber Corporation (STC) former chairman P. Dissanayaka were re-remanded till July 13 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate today. The two were arrested on charges of acc

A new chairman has been appointed to the Sri Lankan School in Doha, Qatar, after removing its former chairman on the basis of some serious complaints, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar A.S.P Liyanage told The Peninsula news agency yesterday.

Two Sri Lankan men were sentenced to eight months' jail last Thursday for owning fake British passports, the Singapore Straits Times reported.

Supreme Court yesterday (9) granted Leave to Proceed with the Fundamental Rights petition challenging the Excise Notification imposing a restriction on female employees in liquor industry as discriminating against them.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan asked in Parliament as to how the new political party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) could dispense with Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) founded by the late S.W. R. D. Bandaranaike.

Boris Johnson has resigned as UK Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy, the BBC reported a short while ago. He is the second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David

It is high time that a forensic audit was conducted to determine the exact losses, which the Government had suffered from the bond scam and recover that amount from those who were responsible for it, a UNP backbench MP said today.

A woman was killed and two others were injured after a luxury jeep they were travelling in collided with the crash bar at the Elpitiya in Southern Expressway this afternoon.

Rescuers working at a cave site in northern Thailand have suspended operations for the day after bringing four more boys out of the flooded cave system Monday, according to a witness working with the rescue team, bringing the total number of rescued

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) would resort to strike action after July 17 without pre-notice over several demands including delays to increase the Disturbance, Availability and Transport (DAT) allowance paid to medical off

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) headed by MP Udaya Gammanpila today said the law enforcement authorities should take immediate action over the controversial statement made by former State Minister of Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran, before she l

South African Bowler Dale Steyn, who is in Sri Lanka for the upcoming cricket matches, said he was ‘super impressed’ with Colombo and said the condition of the city had improved since his last visit in 2006.

At least 60 passengers, including a Buddhist monk and a Bhikkhun?, were injured when two passenger buses collided head-on at Gokarella on the Dambulla - Kurunegala Road today, the Police said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) a short while ago said that the Japanese authorities have confirmed that no Sri Lankans were affected as of now by the flooding and landslides in Southwest Japan.

Heavy traffic was reported around the Lotus Roundabout in Colombo due to a protest organised by a group of employees of the Inland Revenue Department, Police said.

The wartime love story, ‘The English Patient’ authored by Sri Lankan-Canadian poet Michael Ondaatje, won the Golden Man Booker Prize in London, UK on Sunday night, the New York Times reported.  

British Baron Lord Naseby said both the UK and the US were guilty of atrocities and that the two countries should inform the UN Human Rights Commission to withdraw the resolution against Sri Lanka.

Songstress Priyani Jayasinghe's husband has been arrested by the Police near the Panadura railway station this morning  in connection with her murder.

The Soul Sounds Academy Children's Choir from Sri Lanka has won a silver medal in the Children's category and a bronze medal in the Folk category at the prestigious World Choir Games in Tshwane, South Africa.

A Pakistani national has been arrested by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) on possession of  4.1 kg of heroin worth Rs. 50 million at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning.

An Independent group Colombo Municipal Councilor Krishnapillai Thirubanandan alias Krishna was shot dead by an unidentified gunman this morning in Pettah.

The government is yet to settle the hospital bill of Chief Incumbent of the Kataragama Kirivehera Temple Ven. Kobawaka Damminda Thera who was shot by an underworld gang, temple sources said.

A 40-year-old three wheel driver was stabbed to death at Nahena in Kiribathgoda early this morning, Police said.

As a part of efforts to keep Tamil Nadu fishermen from poaching in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, the Indian government has allocated US $ 56 million to dismantle bottom trawling boats and replacing them with new deep sea liners, it is learnt.

A dispute between the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) Director and its medical officers has lead to a malfunction of the blood bank for the first time in the history, it is learnt.

The Department of Examinations is to conduct G.C.E (O.L) Examination overseas for the children of expatriate Sri Lankans living in other countries in the future.

Four of the boys have been rescued from the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai province, with nine people still trapped underground, the Guardian reported.

Songstress Priyani Jayasinghe (51) was hacked to death at her residence in Alubomulla, Panadura a short while ago, Police said.