The Colombo High Court yesterday acquitted LTTE activist Emil Kanthan from all charges of attempting to kill EPDP leader Douglas Devananda when he visited the Kalutara Prisons while sentencing six other suspects to ten and a half years of rigorous im

A four-member delegation from the European Parliament, led by MEP Jean Lambert, would visit Sri Lanka tomorrow, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Sri Lanka and the Maldives said.

Two STF personnel were killed and a woman was injured when their car collided with an express train travelling towards Maradana from Matara at Andadola railway crossing in Ambalangoda this afternoon, police said.

United National Party (UNP) today removed Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake from his UNP organiser post for Divulapitiya and appointed Kithsiri Manchanayake for the post.

Responding to the Government Information Department’s statement with regard to a final decision on SAITM, its management said today the relevant proposals need to be discussed at length with all stakeholders to ensure that justice was meted out

The Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya in a statement on the Constitutional Reforms Steering Committee proposals and the alternatives if implemented would downgrade the present status afforded to Buddhism and compromise the unitary character of Sri Lank

The case against Former Deputy Minister Vinayyagamurthi Muralitharn alias Karuna Amman for allegedly misusing a bullet proof vehicle valued at approximately Rs. 800 million was dismissed by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Courts today.

Former Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has lauded Sri Lankan team's visit to Lahore to play the T20 international as a good sign for the return of international cricket to Pakistan, the Nation reported today.  

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday, the Australian High Commission today said.

Former Deputy Minister of Post and Postal Services Duleep Wijesekera sat in the Opposition benches a short while ago.

The debate on the interim report of the Constitutional Steering Committee commenced in Parliament a short while ago. The three-day debate will be concluded on Wednesday.

Parliament Road has been closed from Polduwa Junction due to a protest organised by the Joint Opposition against the steering committee report for the Constitution.   

Two women were killed and thirteen other injured when a van collided with a train at a railway crossing in Daluwathumulla, Meetiyagoda last night.

The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) today said that the decision taken by the government regarding the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) was a mere eyewash and they would not fall for it.

Deputy Minister of Post and Postal Services Duleep Wijesekera has been removed from his portfolio by President Maithripala Sirisena with immediate effect, the Presidential Secretariat said  

There was ample time for the preparation of a draft for the new Constitution, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today remained skeptical about the latest stand taken by the government regarding South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) also known as the Malabe private medical college.

The United States has granted USD 14 million for the implementation of democratic reforms in Sri Lanka, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said today.

Sri Lanka and Iran signed an agreement on the exchange of convicted prisoners between the two countries on Friday.

Three people were killed when they were struck by lightning at Medamulana in Weeraketiya today.

The Government today announced that the controversial medical faculty of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) would be abolished and the assets, liabilities, staff and the students of the medical college would be entrusted to

IGP Pujith Jayasundera has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take over the investigation in to the shooting incident at Ariyalai in Jaffna on October 22.

The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport in the early hours of Sunday to play the the final Twenty20 international match at a heavily-guarded Gaddafi Stadium.

Four people including a13-year-old had been killed in multiple shootouts carried out by four gunmen in Kosgoda early this morning, the Police said.

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) yesterday (27) issued landslide warnings for the Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya Districts as heavy rainfall was experienced in several areas of the country.

Indika Bamunusinghe, who is on death row, has obtained the Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science from the Sri Jayewardenepura University and is now preparing to sit for his Masters at the Kelaniya University, Welikada Prisons Superintendent Chand

Two brothers, Anthony Peter Shelton Fernando alias Dabal and his brother Andrew Xavier Frank Fernando -- found guilty of stabbing to death Nuwan Indika Fonseka at Kotahena on October 18, 2001, were yesterday sentenced to death by the Colombo High Cou

A Sri Lankan maid, who has remained in Saudi Arabia for 17 years, had returned to Sri Lanka yesterday after being paid her salary, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said.

Justice Priyantha Jayawardane recused himself from hearing the fundamental rights petition filed by a Central Bank official against the officers of the Attorney General’s Department on the basis that two respondents were his close friends.

The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, while the Spanish parliament has approved direct rule over the region, BBC reported last evening.