The Court of Appeal converted the 12 year prison sentence imposed by the high court on Shramantha Jayamaha, for the murder of a 19 year old at the Royal Park apartment complex,  to a death sentence. Interactive graphic

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the election for the Northern Provincial Council will be held in September 2013.

The government has decided to speed up the prosecution of all remaining hardcore LTTE cadres and rehabilitate those who have been charged with minor offences, acting Attorney General Palitha Fernando said yesterday

The Wattala Pradeshiya Sabha has decided not to remove garbage from the roadsides under its purview during the dengue eradication month which started on June 25, as the authorities had issued a circular prohibiting the transportation of garbage in st

The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau had decided to blacklist all Lankan migrant workers who return after being convicted in the Middle Eastern countries for various crimes

Immigration officers have busted a major human smuggling racket that involved smuggling people via international flights, the Katunayake Immigration and Emigration department revealed

While urging the government allow the forthcoming provincial council elections to be held on a level playing field, Gampha District UNP Parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya reminded his colleagues in the Opposition that they should shed all political diff

The Asgiri Maha Vihara has suspended the post of Galle District Chief Sangha Nayaka after the former Chief Sangha Nayaka the Ven. Migettuwaththe Sumiththa Thera was arrested on charges of having assisted suspects to carry out several robberies

Amid claims that the Army has no plans to acquire lands in Jaffna to establish camps, the military said it would acquire only a limited extent of land to expand the Palaly Airport and the Kankesanthurai Harbour, which are being expanded

As illicit migration or human smuggling continued, 82 people including two women and two children, believed to be on their way to Australia, were arrested today by the Navy some 35 nautical miles south east of Trincomalee PICTURES

A Police Constable was seriously injured after being beaten with a bat when he was attempt to arrest a warranted suspect in Mirihana this morning following a call received through the 119 call centre

A prisoner, who attempted to escape from the Homagama Magistrate’s Court was injured when the police fired at him, the police said. They said he was admitted to the Homagama Hospital

The burnt up bodies of a 55-year-old mother and her 21-year-old daughter were recovered from a house at Alankeni in Kinniya this morning, Police said.

The Colombo Magistrate today ordered the CID to inquire into MP Duminda Silva’s health condition and submit a report at the next hearing date

Two men were taken into police custody while waiting to flee to Australia illegally in Sambalthivu, Trincomalee, late last night, police said

The British Police are hunting for a convicted fraudster who has been on the run for nearly six years and officers suspect he may have returned to Sri Lanka

Public Health Inspectors in the country decided to withdraw from duties today, including dengue eradication programmes in protest of the killing of a PHI in Kantale area yesterday

The first-ever elections to the Northern Provincial Council must be “perfect and transparent”, and an environment conducive to the holding of free and fair elections could be created in the North by September 2013, the government said yes

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that all the necessary freedom and authority had been given to the IGP and the Police Department to enable them to control the crime that takes place in the country.

A woman was seriously injured when a motorcycle in a VVIP vehicle convoy knocked her down in Mount Lavinia yesterday afternoon, reports said

Following the detection of dust mites on an earlier occasion, the Medical Research Institute (MRI) said yesterday it had detected more dust mites in another eight mobile phones

Six female students aged 13 to 19, who were missing from their school hostel in Hatton since Sunday night, were found on Monday evening, Police said

The Met Department said this evening that, due to the active South-West monsoonal conditions, strong south-westerly winds would continue to prevail over the island and surrounding seas.

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka said today that he is still a prisoner.  “I was released as a faced to show the public that I’m a free man, but in reality, I’m still a prisoner on one hand. My democratic rights have been c

The court order directing the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) to conduct the postmortem examination on the body of Dr. Geethanjana Mendis was revoked by a Colombo court after his wife filed an affidavit that she had no doubt about her husband&

A court in Sri Lanka on Monday ordered release of 10 Tamil Nadu fishermen who were taken into custody by Sri Lankan Navalmen on July 1, a top fisheries official said.

Six female students aged between 13 and 19 have been missing since last night the Police said. The students were hostellers at an all female school in Hatton.

Heavy rain in areas surrounding the Laxapana and Canyon reservoirs have resulted in sluice gates being opened, the Disaster Management Centre said

A Public Health Inspector (PHI) attached to the Thambalagamuwa area was clubbed to death this morning when he went to inspect a house