Colombo High Court today refused the request made by former Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunge to travel abroad.  

Two Sri Lankans were arrested by the Navy when they attempted to smuggle out 12 kg of gold worth Rs. 70 million to India in the seas off Urumalei last night.

The biggest issue at hand was the report of PRECIFAC, as it had recommended stripping former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Civic Rights for life, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said at an election rally in Deniyaya.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking in Wellawaya on Saturday (27) said that he would request that the debate on the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to investigate the alleged Central Bank bond scam be held in

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said yesterday that he was in a dilemma over the move by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to call for a Parliamentary debate on February 8 on the two reports – one on the Central Bank’s b

A special discussion is scheduled to take place today between President Maithripala Sirisena and the leaders of all political party.

UNP Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera said today in case President Maithripala Sirisena intended to form a government with 96 MPs of UPFA, he would have to conduct the government’s group meeting only in the Buddhist realm of hell known as Avici.

For Qatar, Sri Lanka is a strategic partner in South Asia, Vice Chairman of Qatar’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Towar Al Kuwari has said.

Re-export of tea and pepper would be stopped completely and the 50-percent concession given to farmers on seed potatoes would be increased to 100 percent, President Maithripala Sirisena said today.

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza and Sri Lanka opener Danushka Gunathilaka have been found guilty of breaching Article 2.1.7 in two separate incidents during the tri-series final in Mirpur on Saturday, the ICC said today.

A 47-year-old German national was arrested on charges of operating a cannabis cultivation project at a villa, in guise of a greenhouse, at Katukurunda in Habaraduwa yesterday.

Twelve Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for poaching in the Sri Lankan waters in the seas off Talaimannar today.

An Indian national was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning when he attempted to smuggle 1 kg of gold worth Rs. 5 million into the country.

In a shocking case of child sexual abuse, a Karnataka man has been arrested for luring a Sri Lankan minor to India on the promise of a modelling career, and sexually assaulting her and looting Rs 2 lakh from her and her mother.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he was willing to establish a government led by Sri Lanka Freedom Party, if all 96 United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarians joined hands with him.

Award winning film director and screen writer Dharmasena Pathiraja passed away at the age of 74 at a private hospital in Kandy this morning.

A Taliban suicide bomb attack has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, BBC reported. Attackers had driven an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint into a street that wa

Fast-bowler Shehan Madushanka claimed a hat-trick on debut as Sri Lanka registered a fighting 79-run win over hosts Bangladesh to clinch the tri-series final at the Shera Bangla at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. 

The Sri Lanka Medical Council’s (SLMC) sub committee on the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) issue has decided to refrain from giving its opinion to the Supreme Court on the SAITM at the relevant hearing, reliable source

A school teacher who had photographed his postal ballot paper after marking his vote was arrested by the Kebithigollewa Police at Horowpothana yesterday.

The CID yesterday informed Colombo Chief Magistrate Darshika Wimalasiri that it had recorded statements from several people having close connections to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s family in connection with the killing of former rugby c

Controversial SriLankan Airlines CEO Suren Ratwatte was asked to step down following a Board meeting on Thursday with Manoj Gunawardene tipped to be the hot favourite to take over, the Daily FT reported quoting top Government officials.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he had requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to convene Parliament on February 8, 2018 in order to have the debate on Bond commission report and the presidential commission on Large scale Corruption and

Police would seize the movable and immovable assets of criminals issued with arrest warrants who failed to surrender when required by law to do so, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said yesterday.

Japanese authorities have informed Sri Lanka that some of the Ceylon tea exports to that country are not up to the required standards because of the presence of a chemical component, Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake said.

Firing yet another barrage ahead of the local government polls, President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday the government incurred a major loss of revenue during the past three years because it had been channelled to private companies on political

The Water's Edge today signed an agreement with Melchers Project Management (Pvt) Ltd to construct a giant ‘Ferris Wheel’ named ‘Colombo Eye’ similar to the ‘London Eye’ in the South Bank of the River Thames in

As Karunawathie does not possess any Karunawa, Maithri also does not show any Maithri, said former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, speaking at a propaganda meeting held on Thursday in Dambulla.

Disgruntled elements were attempting to spread fabricated stories about the Sri Lanka Army with malicious intent, Sri Lanka Army Headquarters said in a media release today.

While stating that the government of Kuwait has declared an amnesty period for illegal expatriates in Kuwait, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Kuwait said about 15,447 Sri Lankans were illegally living in Kuwait.