As Sri Lanka begin their search for a ninth head coach in six years, Test champions Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena have questioned the circumstances that led to Graham Ford's departure from the role.

Three people were killed and another two injured when a three-wheeler and a tipper truck collided head-on at Lunama in Humgama on the Colombo - Kataragama main road early this morning, Police said.

Muslims in Sri Lanka will celebrate Ramadan festival on Monday because the new moon has not been sighted, the Colombo Grand Mosque announced today. The month-long Ramadan fasting period began on May 27 this year in Sri Lanka. 

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary and MP Udaya Gammanpila acted as a spy for Mahinda Rajapaksa when he was a member of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), JHU National Organiser Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe said yesterday.

The Inter University Student Federation (IUSF) yesterday charged that it would take stern action against the government if IUSF Convener Lahiru Weerasekara and the Inter University Bhikku Federation (IUBF) Convener Ven. Tampitiye Sugathananda Thera a

Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister Faiszer Musthapha has assured to hold the local government (LG) elections by September this year, Joint Opposition Convener and MP Prasanna Ranatunga said yesterday.

Chief Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday that Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake had no authority to give orders to lotteries board officials according to the Lotteries Board Act.

The body of a 26-year-old woman, who was hacked to death in her bedroom in a three storey house on Thursday, was recovered last morning, police said.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has called off their trade union action with immediate effect following a discussion held with   President Maithripala Sirisena,  GMOA said.

Cabinet will make several important decisions on the management of SAITM medical college when it meets on Tuesday, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne told Parliament yesterday.

The Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) yesterday urged the government to resolve the SAITM issue through a consultative rather than a confrontational process.

The government has lost Rs.3,000 million by way of taxes in the importation of 407 Prado vehicles in 2016, the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) revealed in its report presented to Parliament yesterday.

House Leader and Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH) would be taken over by the government and turned it into a dengue treatment centre.

There has been undocumented bond sales by various government and semi government institutions worth worth Rs.1,043 billion up to 2015, the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) said in its report submitted Parliament today.

Healthcare services countrywide came to standstill today as a result of the work stoppage by the members of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) over the SAITM issue.

The number of people travelling in buses have dropped by about 1,500 because of the increase in bus fares, Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) President Gemunu Wijeratne said today.

The National Transport Commission (NTC) has released the new bus fares which will come into effect from July 1.

Dr. Saman Kelegama, the Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, has passed away at the age of 58 in Thailand today, Sri Lankan Embassy in Thailand confirmed.  

Robert Pious, one of the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has appealed for euthanasia, the Indian Express reported yesterday.

Police Media Spokesman DIG Priyantha Jayakody in a Facebook post said he had decided to resign from his post due to his prevailing medical condition.

Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Convener Lahiru Weerasekara was taken into police custody today. Sources said he was taken into custody along with another IUSF member as they were leaving the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) in Marad

Heavy traffic was reported onthe Colombo-Kandy Main Road at Kegalle this morning following an accident involving a container truck, a bus and a three-wheeler.

The time has come for the country to rethink banning of liquor sales on Poya Days, Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera told Parliament yesterday.Speaking during a debate on the notifications made under Excise Ordinance in the House, t

Street cameras will be set up to identify persons who dump garbage on the roadside and in public places, Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Faiszer Musthapha said.

Though the Colombo Municipal Council collected garbage on a regular basis, people did not dump garbage at allocated places making the process of garbage collecting cumbersome, CMC Commissioner V. K. A. Anura said yesterday.  

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the Ministry of Law and Order and Southern Development to report back to him just how university students were able to climb four storeys into the Ministry of Health building without the police being a

I will not put the blame for conspiracies launched in an uncivilized political climate on university students, said President Maithripala Sirisena in Polonnaruwa yesterday.

A doctor of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) was admitted to the National Hospital last evening with injuries to his nose after being hit on the face by a cup thrown at him by a fellow doctor during a forum held at the Sri Lanka Fou

Joint opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardane said yesterday that Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had assured them that the adjournment debate on the attack on university students and the GMOA strike would be held today whereas it was cancelled due to the early ad

The Government cannot be expected to go out of their way all the time to allow the joint opposition to move adjournment motions as and when they want, Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella said today.