At least five students drowned in the seas off Mandative in Jaffna when the boat they were travelling in capsized this afternoon, police said.

The tuition master, who was alleged to have been involved in a fraud regarding the GCE A/L Chemistry paper, was remanded till August 30 after he surrendered to the Gampaha Magistrate's Court today.

Former MP Jayarathna Herath was removed from the post of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) organiser for Polgahawela, Party General Secretary and Minister Duminda Dissanayake told Daily Mirror.  

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today noticed Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt) Ltd Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi and Major General Palitha Fernando to attend the next hearing at the Colombo High Court.

Water supply to several areas will be disrupted till 4.00 a.m. tomorrow morning due to the restoration of a damaged pipeline at Padukka.

Proceedings of the Western Provincial Council were suspended as a result of a tense situation which prevailed when the 20th Amendment to the Constitution was taken up for discussions.

Former UPFA MP Sajin de Vass Gunawardena arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) a short while ago to give a statement on an alleged financial fraud, Police said.  

Former MP Jayarathna Herath, who joined President Maithripala Sirisena following the General Elections, yesterday announced that he would rejoin former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The amount of narcotic drugs seized by the Police had increased, according to the latest reports presented to Parliament.

The sun is expected to be directly over Sri Lanka starting from yesterday till September 6, as a result of its apparent Southward motion, the Department of Meteorology said yesterday.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday urged the Government to hold the Local Government elections immediately stating that there were no barriers preventing the poll now with the passing of Local Government Elections (Amendment) Bill in Parli

Opener Rohit Sharma's sublime century combined with a maiden five-wicket haul by paceman Jasprit Bumrah powered India to a series-clinching win against Sri Lanka in the third one-day international on Sunday.

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.