A 33-year-old man was killed in a mishap involving the elevator at the Gampaha General Hospital, Police today said.

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said today the situation in Kandy was fast returning to normal and tourists could resume their travel plans to Kandy.

The 2018 Dharmaraja-Kingswood cricket encounter has been postponed due to the prevailing unrest situation in the country.The cricket encounter between St. Sylvester's College and Vidyartha College in Kandy had also been postponed.

The EU Ambassadors today said it was important that the Sri Lankan Government and the security forces to take urgent action against hate crimes and ensure that the perpetrators of such actions were swiftly brought to justice.

The particles that were found in food at an eatery in Ampara, which was earlier rumoured to be sterilizing chemicals, were clumps of flour, the Government Analyst reported to Police.

The government has benefitted from the recent acts of violence in the country, the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) said yesterday.

The Canadian government said it was deeply concerned by the recent inter-communal violence in Sri Lanka and urged all sides to engage in inclusive dialogue and exercise restraint to ensure peace and stability.

China yesterday said it believes the Sri Lankan government and its people were capable of handling the current situation in the country, and upholding Sri Lanka's social stability and ethnic solidarity.

Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara was sworn in as the Minister of Law and Order before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.

The curfew that was imposed in the Kandy administrative district yesterday will be lifted at 10 am today, the police said.

The world’s highest wickets taker in Tests, Muttiah Muralitharan says all his family members are safe in Kandy. 

The funeral ceremony of the creator of the Buddhist TV channel and Buddhist radio channel, Chief Incumbent of the Colombo Sri Sambodhi Viharaya Ven. Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thera would take place at 2.30pm today (8) at the Sports Ministry Ground at I

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday said the proceedings at the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM ) was continuing as usual except the new student admissions despite the government’s policy

Security forces have been put on alert to face any situation in the wake of occurrences in Kandy, Prime Minister and Minister of Law and Order Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

Minister Palitha Range Bandara told Parliament yesterday that he would bring the prevailing tense situation under control if he was given the Law and Order Ministry for two weeks.

Former President and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday assured that his party was ready to support the government in their hour of need to restore normalcy in the country. Addressing a hurriedly arranged news briefing at his residence in Colombo last ev

There was a sinister move to blame two Opposition MPs for the violence in Kandy, Joint Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa told Parliament yesterday.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Al-Hussein yesterday said he was alarmed by recent violent incidents in Sri Lanka and said he would encourage UN Member States to explore the use of universal jurisdiction in the absence of progress

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary Minister Champika Ranawaka today requested President Maithripala Sirisena to call for all-party and multi-religious conventions in the wake of the tense situation in the country.

A 24-hour help desk has been established at the office of the Chief of Defence Staff where any information that the public believes could be helpful to the government to help crackdown on acts of sabotage or any action thought to endanger national se

Muslim Ministers and MPs would be compelled to vote in favour of a No-Confidence Motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in the event such a motion was brought if the Government was unable to control violence against Muslims in Kandy, Dep

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Bill was today passed in Parliament with fifty-three votes in favour.

The Police curfew re-imposed in the Kandy Administrative District would end at 4 p.m. tomorrow, the Police said today. In a statement, Police Chief Pujith Jayasundera said it was prohibited for the people, except for State officials, Police officers

Cricket legends Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara today condemned the recent acts of violence reported in the country and requested the people to stay together and to stand strong at tough times.

Telecommunications Minister Harin Fernando today said extraordinary measures were taken to restrict access to certain social media websites and phone messaging applications.

The Government today requested people in the Kandy District to be at their houses maintaining peace, since curfew had been declared in the district with immediate effect.   

The United Nations in Sri Lanka today urged authorities to take immediate action against perpetrators who ignite violence and requested the government to ensure that appropriate measures are swiftly taken to restore normalcy in affected areas.

All the schools in the Kandy Administrative District would be closed until further notice, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said a while ago.

Social media platforms including Facebook and phone messaging applications such as WhatsApp had been blocked as requested by the Defence Ministry to prevent transmitting fake news or rumours that instill a fear psychosis or a threat to communal harmo

Former Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardana today strongly condemned the recent acts of violence and stated that everyone involved must be brought to justice regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.