Former President Mohamed Nasheed has said that the decisions by Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) subsequent to the report of the Commission of National Inquiry (CNI) have been intimated to the prominent officials of the respective governments of Sri

A woman was shot dead this morning at a hardware shop located in Wadduwa – Morontuduwa road. Two men riding on motorcycle had entered the hardware shop where the woman was working and shot her point blank.

Two members of a Russian family who were on holiday in Sri Lanka and staying at a Negombo hotel had got into difficulty when swimming in the sea off Ethukal. They had been reportedly warned by hotel lifeguards not to venture far out because during th

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa received the relics of Buddha (bone fragments excavated in Kapilavastu and considered sacred by Buddhists) at a stately ceremony at the Bandaranaike airport in Colombo.

About 60 students who had participated in a night class for the Year 5 scholarship examination at the Wilgamuwa HandungamuwaVidyalaya have fallen ill due to alleged food poisoning. PHOTOS

James Alix Michel, the President of the Republic of Seychelles is due to visit Sri Lanka from 20 - 23 August. During his three day visit, the Seychelles President will have bilateral talks with the President, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajap

A temporary building of the Norolchcholai Muslim Maha Vidyalaya was gutted early today. The fire brigade of the Norochcholai coal power plant rushed to the scene and doused the fire and prevented it spreading to other buildings.

An eleven month old infant of Karuwalagawewa died of suffocation allegedly when the outer covering of a groundnut stuck in his throat. The victim identified as Kaveesha Anupama was admitted to the Thabbowa hospital and later transferred in a critical

Twelve Sri Lankan Tamils, arrested by the Kollam police on June 3 after they apprehended a human trafficking racket on a crude mechanised fishing boat at Kavanad here, were released from judicial custody on Saturday by F. Minimol, magistrate of the J

Sri Lanka Cricket has received $2.5 million from the International Cricket Council (ICC), to help with the costs of hosting the World Twenty20 that begins on September 18, a board official has said.

Tamil Nadu 'Q' branch sleuths on Thursday night rescued 30 Sri Lankan Tamils at Vandalur while being taken by a gang involved in human trafficking to Mamallapuram from where they were to be transported to an island near Australia.

Two people were killed when a parapet wall collapsed in Kurunduhinna, Kegalle, while  rehabilitating a road, police said

Police found three bodies beleived to be members of the same family- father, mother and daughter - were found in an apartment complex in Ramakrishna Terrace, Wellawatte this afternoon PHOTOS

The wife of UNP MP Palitha Range Bandara is currently receiving treatment at the Sri Jayawardenapura hospital, after she was said to have been assaulted by the MP UPDATE

Commenting on the resignation of SEC Chairman Thilak Karunarathne, UNP MP Dr. Harsha De Silva said the ‘regulator has been captured by the mafia'. Speaking to Daily Mirror online Dr. De Silva said he made this prediction about regulatory ca

Minister Dilan Perera who paid a surprise visit to the National Housing Development Authority Stores in Badulla yesterday stopped some 4,000 roofing sheets being loaded into a lorry to be taken to Trincomalee for distribution among voters.

In the immediate aftermath of the detection of a grenade in the compound of a  member of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) member, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa met medical professionals yesterday

UNP Kurunegala District MP Dayasiri Jayasekera today said he would participate in the party’s campaign for the provincial council elections despite challenges he was facing at the moment.

The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report has been translated into Sinhala and Tamil and the printed versions will soon be available to the public, the External Affairs Ministry said.

In view of the Ramadan Festival, there will be no power cuts on Sunday, Power and Energy Ministry announced today.

SEC Chairman Thilak Karunarathne tendered his resignation a short while ago, SEC officials said UPDATE

The Police have agreed to provide doctors with adequate security upon consideration of any threats they might face in future.This was agreed at a discussion held today at the Police Headquarters with representatives of the Government Medical Officers

A team of seven Chinese engineers have arrived in Sri Lanka last Wednesday to attend to the repair work of the Lakvijaya power plant headed by the vice chairman of the China Engine Machinery Corporation (CEMC), Chairman CEB professor Wimaladharma Abe

Director of the National Hospital Dr. Anil Jaasinghe said today that the Doctors of the national hospital may continue their trade union action beyond the planned 24 hours

At least 57 persons who attempted to illegally sail to Australia were arrested by Navy yesterday afternoon 40 nautical miles off the coast of Pulmudai, Navy spokesman said.

A Bangladesh monk was arrested last night for allegedly keeping 2820 illegally imported cigarettes in his possession in the Susimarama temple in Daulagala, Kandy, police said

The kingpin of a gang smuggling narcotic drugs to Sri Lanka has been sentenced to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment while two of his accomplices were awarded 10-year jail terms each, by a Special Court for cases under the Narcotic Drug and Psycho

Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne said that the real traitors were those betrayed the country by selling its resources to international organisations

Retired High Court Judge W.T.M. Warawewa yesterday said he was willing to a lead a political movement that would ensure a society in which the law was equal to all its citizens

UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premasasa today said any moves to initiate disciplinary action against MP Dayasiri Jayasekera or anyone else would adversely affect the party as it might lose popular figures through such action