Sri Lanka Navy arrested 10 Indian fishermen and seized a trawler for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters last night.

The youth, who was assaulted by an ASP during a protest staged by the Joint Opposition in Hambantota on Friday, has been transferred to Matara Hospital, sources said.

The water supply to several areas in Kotte would be interrupted for 15 hours from 2.00 p.m. today till 5.00 am tomorrow due to a maintenance work, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said.

Five suspects including two women have been arrested for kidnapping and robbing a doctor in Cinnamon Garden in Colombo 7.

President Maithripala Sirisena has arrived in Tirumala - the sacred abode of Lord Venkateswara - on his third visit as the head of the state on Saturday, Indian media reported.

Swiss police have shot and killed a Sri Lankan asylum seeker near a refugee center in the Swiss canton of Ticino after he threatened fellow refugees with two knives, foreign media reported.

The National Police Commission (NPC) has launched an investigation into an alleged assault on a protester by an Assistant Superintendent of Police during the Joint Opposition’s protest march in Hambantota on Friday

Former Sri Lankan navy chief Vice Admiral (Retd.) Jayantha Perera on Saturday expressed concern about incidents of piracy but said there is no piracy taking place in the Indian Ocean. 

Sabaragamuwa Province Governor President’s Counsel Marshal Perera said it was a disturbing matter that a rape of a woman take place every four hours in Sri Lanka that carries the reputation as the country that produced the first woman prime min

Refuting the statement issued by the Health Ministry claiming that the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has failed to submit any proposals to the Post Internship appointment list 2017, the GMOA yesterday said that they had offici

The Elections Commission has taken steps to train 15,000 Senior Presiding Officers and Assistant Election Commissioners in view of the upcoming local government elections.

Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran yesterday told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that he was unaware about the two meetings summoned by former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, where he had asked the state banks in the pre

Atmospheric disturbances are likely in the next few days because of heavy Southwest winds, The Department of Meteorology said yesterday.

A Fundamental Rights petition was filed in the Supreme Court today by Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila requesting the Elections Commission (EC) to hold elections to the Sabaragamuwa, North Central and Eastern Provincial Councils w

The interdicted police constable, who was absconding court after being charged with unruly behaviour outside a UN safe house sheltering Rohingya refugees, has surrendered to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) today, Police said.

A video footage captured following the joint opposition-led protest held at Hambantota today, showed a senior police officer assaulting an arrested protester.

Heavy traffic was reported along the Dharmapala Mawatha in Town Hall due to a protest which was being held outside the Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Police said.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, would undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from October 10 to 23, the Office of the High Commissioner for Huma

The Acting Crimes OIC of the Divulapitiya Police, IP Saman Priyanka, was remanded till October 10 when he would be produced for an identification parade. He was produced in the Negombo Magistrate’s Court today.

Northern Provincial Council member Rifkhan Bathiudeen of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) has resigned today, party sources said.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee today awarded the Nobel Peace Prize-2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

President Maithripala Sirisena, addressing the National Vap Mangul Ceremony, said today that the duty on agricultural technology equipment would be removed soon.

At least 26 people, who were protesting at the Indian Consulate office in Hambantota, were arrested by the Hambantota police for behaving in a violent manner, Police said.

Police fired tear gas and water canon to disperse Joint Opposition protestors who staged a protest at the Indian Consulate office in Hambantota a short while ago.  

UK Minister for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field met family members of the disappeared from both Sinhalese and Tamil communities to hear of their hopes for the Office of Missing Persons (OMP).  

The Joint Working Group (JWG) between India and Sri Lanka is currently having negotiations on the establishment of a joint venture to develop the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm, an official said yesterday.

The Chinese investor which develops the Colombo Port City has already decided to invest US $ 1 billion in constructing a high rise building to house the proposed International Financial City, officials said yesterday.

A young female medical student who was arrested on charges of deserting her 12-day-old infant son outside a dispensary in Saliyapura was produced before Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate and was later released on a personal bail of Rs.100,000.

Health authorities in the North have focused immediate attention on a kind of mosquito identified as ‘Anopheles Stephensi’- a primary mosquito vector of malaria in urban India- that has been spreading in the Mannar and Vavuniya areas.

The Acting Crimes OIC of the Divulapitiya Police, IP Saman Priyanka, was arrested by the Negombo Police today over the death of a suspect who was detained at the Negombo Prisons.