The Board of Directors of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has re-selected Sri Lanka for its grant programme at its meeting held on Tuesday this week.

Two teenagers who sat for the recently concluded GCE O/L examination were killed in a motorcycle accident at Thalangama on Thursday night, police said.

The Sri Lankan Government today said the country’s vote in favour of the UN resolution on Jerusalem was not a vote against any member State of the United Nations.

Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan was admitted to a private hospital last evening after a sudden illness, a family member said today.

Six Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidates today filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court over the rejection of the party’s nomination list for the Maharagama Urban Council.

The United Nations’ refugee agency has condemned Australia’s forced return of an asylum seeker to Sri Lanka without any assessment of his claim for protection, the Guardian reported on Friday.

Nearly 7,800 narcotic pills worth some Rs.25 million were seized and two suspects aged 24 and 25 arrested at Kiribathgoda yesterday, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.

Former Navy Spokesman Commodore D.K.P. Dassanayake, who was arrested over abduction and disappearance of 11 youth, was further remanded till January 2 by Fort Magistrate’s Court today.

One person was killed and three others injured when a train travelling from Chilaw to Colombo Fort crashed into their car at Kattuwa this morning. Those injured were admitted to the Negombo Base Hospital.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today dismissed a request made by former Litro Gas Lanka Ltd Chairman Shalila Moonesinghe to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Sri Lanka, along with 127 other UN States, voted in favour of the UN resolution rejecting US President Donald Trump's decision on December 6 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The United Nations general assembly on Thursday voted to reject US President Donald Trump’s unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Guardian reported.

Eight suspects who had connections with the underworld figure known as Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush were arrested by the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) officers last afternoon, police said.

Six women and a man were arrested last night by the Welikada Police on charges of operating a brothel under the guise of an Ayurvedic massage parlour at Walter Gunasekara Mawatha, Nawala, Rajagiriya, Police said.

Strict legal action would be taken against those who make social media posts igniting communal and religious tension ahead of the Local Government elections, Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake said yesterday

Thirty-one Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) members including four former Parliamentarians had pledged their support to President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday, the President's Media Unit said.

There is no standard on tests performed on vehicle emission for motor vehicles when obtaining the certification for the annual renewal of vehicle revenue licence, Sri Lankan racing driver Dilantha Malagamuwa said.

Two Sri Lankan projects made with the intention to increase gender-responsive and youth-inclusive peace-building, had won UN funds worth $ 2,454,148 on Thursday, the UN Peace-building Fund said.

In a response to the claim by MP Bandula Gunawardane that the Mathematics paper of the GCE O/L Examination was too difficult for students, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said that he would inform the Examination Department and do justice

The Mathematics paper of the GCE Ordinary Level Examination was extraordinarily difficult for the students, Joint Opposition MP Bandula Gunawardane claimed.

The Government should take more steps, similar to the ones it took in the budget, to make Sri Lanka an easier place investors to do business and win their confidence, the British High Commissioner said today.

The nomination lists of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the Jaffna Municipal Council and the three Pradeshiya Sabhas of Valikamam-North, Valikamam-East and Delft had also been rejected today.

Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today he was opposed to the government’s decision to relax the ban imposed on the use of Asbestos.

The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, who has openly criticized powerful governments, including the Trump administration, has made the unusual decision to not seek a second four-year term, saying it “might involve bending a kne

Two men were arrested in Australia after the SUV in which they were travelling rammed into pedestrians on a busy central Melbourne street today, leaving 14 people injured in what police believe was a deliberate act, ABC News reported.

Nomination list submitted by the Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) for the Thirappane Pradeshiya Sabha in Anuradhapura has been rejected today.

The results of the 2017 GCE A/L examination will be released on December 28, Acting Commissioner General of Examinations, B. Sanath Pujitha said today.

An individual, who allegedly impersonated an O/L student and sat on behalf of him for the examination, had been taken into custody at the examination centre in Wewala, Piliyandala today.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) today said they were vigilant of any threats to Sri Lankans after the ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi group towards Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

The Rajagiriya flyover will be opened on January 9, Prime Minister RanilWickremesinghe said today after inspecting the construction work being carried out on the flyover.