Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran today temporarily took over all four ministerial portfolios of the council under his purview after informing two of the ministers to resign and the other two to go on a month's-leave, due to charg

A top US Republican was among five people who were shot and wounded by a gunman during baseball practice in Virginia.

A coconut plucker who lost his grip and had a nasty fall onto a pointed Gyridicilia stick which pierced through his left thigh, was later operated at the Karapitiya hospital, and the wooden stick of about five feet safely removed after a surgery whic

The Government will bring in new laws to stop religious and ethnic violence if needed, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

The newly appointed Health Ministry Secretary Udaya R. Seneviratne had been unable to assume duties due to the differences with Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said.

Fire engulfed a 24-floor housing block in central London in the early hours on Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring at least 50 others in an inferno that trapped residents as they slept.

People who take selfies on railways tracks would be arrested and legal action would be taken, a senior official of the Railways Department said today.

A number of people were killed, at least 50 injured and many others missing on Wednesday as a fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in west London where residents had long warned of the potential risk of a catastrophic blaze.

The Cabinet of Ministers yesterday directed the law enforcement authorities and the Attorney General to take immediate action against instigators and perpetrators of violence and hate speech against religious and ethnic groups.

Former National Intelligence Chief Major General (Retd) Kapila Hendawitharana arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) this morning to give a statement in connection with an ongoing investigation.

More than 300,000 mails had been jammed inside the Central Mail Exchange (CME) to date due to the 48- hour strike since Monday midnight, United Postal Trade Unions’ Front said today.

We have not received any information of Sri Lankans being hurt in the fire at Grenfell Tower at West London so far, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said a short while ago.However, officials were in touch with the Sri Lankan Mission in London.  

Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera hit back at former President Mahinda Rajapaksa over the latter’s statement on GSP+ concession. In response to Mr. Rajapaksa’s claims that obtaining the GSP Plus facility is trivial, sinc

A huge fire has engulfed a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes.

The Auditor General’s report submitted to parliament stated that relevant authorities at the Central Bank should be responsible for a loss totaling Rs.1.674 billion, the Auditor General Gamini Wijasinghe said yesterday.

The CID has sought Court approval to obtain the names including those of lawyers, who visited the Captain of Avant Garde while he was held in remand custody.

President Maithripala Sirisena has told parents of missing persons in Jaffna that he would discuss this issue at the National Security Council meeting scheduled to be held yesterday and take a decision after reviewing the cases individual basis.

The Cabinet yesterday decided to summon the officials of SriLankan airlines to check on the current status of the national carrier.

Rejecting claims made by Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) about school text books printed on synthetic paper, Assistant Commissioner General of the Educational Publications Department I.M.K.B. Ilangasinghe said the new text books

Foreign Affairs Ministry announced today that discussions were held between Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Nepal Ambassador Professor Bishwambher Pyakuryal at the Ministry to commence direct flights between Colombo and Kathmandu.

There had been an increase in three-wheeler and bicycle accidents during the past two years, Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said addressing the media at the Ministry this evening.

The joint opposition today accused the government of attempting sell a large block of land belonging to Sathosa at D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha in Colombo 10 to an Indian Company belonging to a Tamil Nadu politician.  

Captain Thissa Wimalasena, an ex-driver of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was arrested today and remanded til June 27.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today claimed that the Education Ministry has distributed among students text books printed on synthetic paper causing health hazards to children aged below 12.

The Bribery Commission (BC) has filed a case against former media minister Keheliya Rambukwella and former State Printing Corporation chairman Jayampathi Bandara Hinkenda for causing a loss to the government by obtaining Rs.230,984 to pay the former

Kalutara Acting Magistrate Y.S. De Silva and two others were injured when the Galle bound Samudradevi train crashed into their car in North Kalutara yesterday.

Responding to former UN Special Rapporteur Mónica Pinto’s report on the country, Sri Lanka on Monday said it has taken a number of important steps to uphold the independence of the judiciary and lawyers.

Countrywide postal services were affected today because of the 48-hour token strike launched by members of the United Postal Trade Union’s Front, Post Master General Rohana Abeyratne said.

The owners of the Tea factory in Nawalapitiya, which was damaged extensively due to a fire recently, rejected the statement made by Minister Rauff Hakeem that it was an arson attack.

The Indian Cricket Team will begin a 50-day tour of Sri Lanka next month, according to reliable sources.