A 21-year-old youth was taken into custody today for sexually harassing a Chinese woman, aged 25, inside her trade outlet in Galle, Police said.

Ottawa police in Canada are investigating a report of vandalism at a temple after a Buddha statue was destroyed overnight, CBC News reported.

The Sri Lankan delegation to the 37th session of the UNHR Council will include Foreign Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana, Special Assignments Minister Sarath Amunugama and Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister Faiszer Musthapha, the Fo

With the participation of a large number of Sri Lankans living overseas, a protest organised by the Global Sri Lankans Forum (GSLF) was held outside the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland on Sunday against the UN Human Rights Council's

Puttalam District parliamentarian Sanath Nishantha and his brother Jagath Samantha Perera  were remanded today until May 25 by the Chilaw High Court for violating bail conditions.

About twenty employees of a garment factory in Ekala, Ja-Ela were hospitalized after allegedly inhaling a gas which was suspected to be poisonous, Police said.  

A 42-year old man was killed and his wife was injured when two men arrived on a motorcycle opened fire at them at Messenger Street in Armour Street a short while ago.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara today issued warrants on National Freedom Front (NFF) leader MP Wimal Weerawansa and MP Jayantha Samaraweera as they have failed to appear in Court when a case, which was filed against them, was taken u

Commenting on the Saturday’s accident in Thalawathugoda involving a BMW and two other vehicles, UNP Minister Kabir Hashim in a facebook post said the 'individual who was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident was one of his relativ

The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) Chairman Saliya Pieris PC today rejected the allegations made by the Global Sri Lankan Forum (GSLF) raising concerns over the conduct of the OMP. In a statement, the OMP Chairman said their attention is drawn

The Law and Order Ministry said that there are several platforms available for the public to lodge complaints of illegal surveillance and harassment.

In the wake of a no confidence motion being contemplated against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the UNP said it was seeking a meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena to discuss how to proceed with the unity government during this trying tim

Minister of Social Empowerment S.B.Dissanayake said that they were extremely confident of passing the no confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and that he believed that many United National Party(UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Par

The political parties have, by and large, agreed to revert to the old Proportional Representation system for conducting the elections to the provincial councils, a Minister said yesterday.

The Muslim Ministers of the government will have a special meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today to discuss action taken regarding communal violence in the Kandy District, a Minister said yesterday.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin won a landslide reelection victory on Sunday according to exit polls, extending his rule over the world’s largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the west are on a hostile trajectory.

Almost all prominent members of the United National Party (UNP) have agreed on the reorganization of the party, State Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva said yesterday.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa commenting on the Joint Opposition’s No Confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned, "Wait and see how we will win this".

Dinesh Karthik smashed a six off the last ball to help India beat Bangladesh by four wickets at the Nidahas Trophy T20 finals held at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo a short while ago.

The Colombo Crime Investigation Division said that it has identified a place where the parts of the body of a man are believed to be buried, after arresting several suspects who had connection to his murder.

Commercial High Court of Colombo issued an Interim Order preventing Lanka Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Network (Pvt.) Ltd from re-broadcasting the Star TV Channel of Star India (Pvt.) Ltd of Mumbai.

There is no legal provision in the present Constitution of the country to implement a special court, former Minister of Justice MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said.

Russia's election has been hit with a cyber attack scandal, hacked the day voters went to the polls.

A 34-year- old father of four had killed his 38-year- old paramour, who is a mother of two, in Welipenna on Saturday and had committed suicide afterwards, Police said.

A BMW car, which was reportedly driven by a relative of a powerful politician, had ended up in a canal at Thalawathogoda in Battaramulla last morning after crashing into two other cars, sources said. 

A young Emirati man is winning hearts online with his heartwarming gesture for his Sri Lankan nanny - after she lost her husband.

Sri Lanka's veteran stars Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal are crucial to the young side's hopes at the 2019 World Cup despite poor form and recent injuries, said former captain and world cup winner Aravinda de Silva.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he had instructed to revoke the State of Emergency from midnight yesterday.

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India stood on a “different footing” from the Rohingyas who seek shelter from persecution in native Myanmar and any comparison between the two is misconceived, the Indian Government has told the Supreme Court.

The state of emergency that was clamped on March 7 following communal riots that flared up in the Kandy District will lapse on March 20, unless it is extended by Parliament, an official said yesterday.