The 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report released by the US Department of State revealed that women and girls from Sri Lanka and other countries were subjected to sex trafficking in Afghanistan and India.

A team of experts have pointed out that the possible energy crisis in 2020 would take a turn for the worse, if the tender for the LNG plant in Kerawalapitiya was delayed any further.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Rauff Hakeem said yesterday his party could not agree to the proposed electoral system for provincial councils.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) yesterday assured motorists that the filling stations countrywide have been provided with sufficient stocks of fuel.

Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Faizer Musthapa said yesterday the the country could return to the much criticised proportional representation system merely because of the delay in holding provincial council elections.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be visiting Singapore tomorrow to attend the World Cities Summit, Singapore International Water Week and Clean Environment Summit Singapore 2018.

Belgium reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time in 32 years, holding off five-time champion Brazil 2-1 Friday in one of the country's greatest soccer feats.

Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday that under no circumstances should a website or any other media outlet be restricted, censored of suppressed no matter what they broadcast.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today permitted the Organised Crime Prevention Division (OCPD) to obtain from electronic and print media institutions all edited and unedited recorded materials relating to the recent statement made by forme

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today asked in Parliament whether the government would refund those who purchased fuel at the increased prices from midnight on Thursday, prior to the price increase being stopped by President Maithripala Sirisena.

Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today imposed a travel ban on four directors of Edirisinghe Trust Investments (ETI).

Raphael Varane's glancing header and a goalkeeping blunder that gifted Antoine Griezmann a soft goal gave France a 2-0 victory over Uruguay in the first World Cup 2018 quarter-final.

The United National Party (UNP) has appointed a four-member committee to carry out a disciplinary inquiry against former state minister Vijayakala Maheswaran, party sources said today.

The Finance and Mass Media Ministry today said a decision on fuel prices of CEYPETCO would be taken at the Cabinet meeting next week.

A Pakistani court has sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to ten years in prison on corruption charges related to four luxury London flats, the BBC today reported.

An ammonia gas cylinder had been exploded inside a container vehicle at the Peliyagoda fish market, the fire brigade said.

LIOC Managing Director Shyam Bohra said today they would issue fuel at the increased prices. He told Daily Mirror their prices would reflect the increased prices as announced last night.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said today said CEYPETCO fuel stations would continue to issue fuel at the previous prices.

Udaya R. Senaviratne assumed duties as Presidential Secretary this afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat, the President’s Media Unit said.

UNP backbench MPs today called for the setting up of a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to probe the allegations which had been made in the news report published by the New York Times.

Outgoing US Ambassador Atul Keshap called on former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga today and said he was honored to have enjoyed her friendship and always-wise counsel during his tenure in Sri Lanka.

The water supply to all areas of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Municipality and Colombo 5 would be disrupted for nine hours from 9 a.m. on Saturday, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board today said.

Harshana Thilakarathne of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala has won the Gold Medal in the U16 Open category at the Commonwealth Chess Championship just concluded in New Delhi, India. Harshana, who has won dozens of international chess titles, won the

Former Hambantota District United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian V.K. Indika passed away at the age of 51 last night.

Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) also increased petrol and diesel prices with effect from yesterday midnight, LIOC Shed Owners Association said.

According to an interim report of the CBSL it was revealed that there were unusual secondary market transactions between Perpetual Treasuries Ltd (PTL) and WM Mendis & Company which were not recorded in the CBSL system.  

In the wake of New York Times reports on Chinese loans to Sri Lanka, the Chinese embassy said yesterday the so-called "Debt Trap" is a false proposition created by the Western media in a direct attempt to obstruct the joint development of C

While stating that Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera should not be panicked over the law suits which would be filed against the media which are misinterpreting the facts, the Joint Opposition yesterday said instead Minister Samarawe

The prices of fuel would be increased with effect from midnight, the Finance Ministry Sources said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today refuted claims made by the recent New York Times story that the present government was under heavy pressure from China to handover the Hambantota Port to them after it was struggling to settle the debts borro