Vijay Nagaraj (44) a Human Rights activist died in a car accident while driving to Batticaloa from Colombo on Friday.

Visiting India restricted Sri Lanka to 217 for nine in 50 overs in the third One Day International (ODI) held in Pallekele International Stadium a short while ago.

A Prisons officer attached to the Badulla Prison had been killed after prison bus travelling from Anuradhapura to Badulla tipped over near the Kuda Oya Bridge this evening, the Police said.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that they would keep a closer watch, how the newly appointed Justice Minister Thalatha Atukorale worked on her new office.

A major fire broke out in a shop at Ihala Veediya, Chatham Street a short while ago, the Colombo Fire Brigade said.

United National Party’s former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said yesterday that he would come into national politics again as a UNP member in the upcoming elections.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today said it would vote in favour of No Confidence Motion brought in against Minister of Health Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, although such motions were not an effective way to get rid of corruption.

The Joint Opposition today charged that a group of UNP members had disrupted the elections held for the Godakawela Cooperative Society in the Ratnapura District and assaulted officials and Opposition members yesterday.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs and Acting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Alice Wells would travel to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan from August 28 to September 2, the State Department said

The city crime branch in Mumbai busted a cricket betting racket and arrested three bookies accepting bets on the one-day international (ODI) match played between India and Sri Lanka, from an office in D N Nagar, Andheri, on Friday night.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka yesterday overwhelmingly condemned the government’s decision to legalize abortion.

Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said an investment today in the Sri Lankan Government Securities such as Treasury Bills, Treasury Bonds, Development Bonds, and International Sovereign Bonds pose a much higher credit risk than that f

With the enactment of the Local Authorities’ Elections (Amendment) Bill, the Election Commission has reportedly deemed it possible to conduct the polls prior to the GCE Ordinary Level Examinations in December this year.

Deputy Solicitor General Milinda Gunathilake yesterday said that several phone recordings were missing in the provided call details of PTL, which were possibly relating to the concluding part of dealers’ conversations between PTL and EPF regard

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday said that President Maithripala Sirisena had promised to provide a final solution to the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) issue on Monday.

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran has proposed a caretaker government for provincial governance in place of the clause, in the proposed 20th Amendment, which seeks to vest control of the provincial councils in Parliament.

Former minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday stressed that they would contest under the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna at the forthcoming Provincial Councils’ elections, adding that any party except the UNP was free to join them.  

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake today said they would defeat the no-confidence motion brought against Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne by the Joint Opposition MPs.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today said the move to bring a no-faith motion against Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne by the joint opposition was an appropriate move.

It was ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is responsible for the present predicament of the SLFP because he did not agree to nominate former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa as the Prime Ministerial candidate at the August 2015 election, Minister S.B.Dissana

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) today filed a petition against the 20th Amendment to the Constitution in the Supreme Court (SC), thus becoming the first faction to challenge the piece of legislation in the SC.  

Six people were arrested today in connection with Thursday's attack on two army soldiers at Uttrampulam in Kilinochchi.  

A major fire broke out in a filling station in Kalagedihena a short while ago, Police said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would be visiting the Sri Mookambika Temple at Kollur in Udupi, Karnataka on Saturday, the Hindu reported on Friday.

The Local Government (LG) Elections Amendment Bill was passed in Parliament a short while ago with 120 MPs voting for it.None of the MPs voted against the Bill but 44 MPs abstained from voting.

Some 50,000 slums that were identified within the Colombo City limits, and at least half of them would be removed by year 2020, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday.

The US Department of State’s Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Programme trained 33 Sri Lankan Customs officials in risk management of cargo from August 21 to August 25.

Foreign Employment Minister Thalatha Atukorale was sworn in as the new Justice Minister before President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago. Meanwhile, Wildlife Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera was sworn in as the Minister of Buddha Sasana. &n

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that he did not like the Attorney General's Department being criticized by anyone and those who criticize must leave alone the AG’s Department to work in an independent and stress free environme

Former Navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda has sent a Letter of Demand to Navy Commander Travis Sinniah demanding Rs.500 million over a statement allegedly made to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) by the latter, the Daily Mirror l