The Health Ministry has sent a circular to all government hospitals directing them to reduce the amount of issuing Paracetamol tablets to patients who seek OPD treatment.

Australia scored 271 runs for 6 wickets in the second of three finals of the CB series played in Adelaide today. Australian captain Michael Clarke scored 117 runs and opener David Warner scored 100 runs. Lasith Malinga took three wickets for only

The Singapore government has announced a new requirement for maids from various countries including Sri Lanka, to get a weekly day off

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second of the three finals in the CB series played at Adelaide today

India is persuading Sri Lanka to allocate oil exploration blocks in the waters that separate them as it considers the location too strategically important to allow companies from other nations to base themselves in this area

Amid external pressure on accountability issues, the government assured the international community in Geneva last week it would reopen investigations into the 2006 killing of five students in Trincomalee and 17 aid workers at Mutur.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed that incidents, which took place during recent protests organized by the party in Badulla and Panadura be investigated, party sources said today.

A man held a protest on top of a Bo Tree in the Mathara town against action taken by the Police against him. The man was forced down the tree by the Police after a few hours of protest. He is currently being held in the Thihagoda Police station.

An Indian sailor who had fallen from a merchant vessel on Sunday morning was rescued by a group of Sri Lankan fishermen off the coast of Little Bases sea in Hambanthota on Sunday night after being drifting in the  mid sea for nearly ten hours.

Two old claymore mines were found this morning by the Navy while they were engaged in the construction of a land in  Malabe.  Navy civil engineers were engaged in the construction of a building when they found the two mines this morning whi

For the first time in the ongoing maritime boundary dispute with India five Sri Lankan fishermen have been apprehended in Gujarat yesterday

A 19-year-old in Sri Lanka made contact and started sexually grooming two girls over a social networking site before he set out for New Zealand.

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene was staying cool after his side's loss to Australia in the first final of the Commonwealth Bank Series, declaring they were on the right track and confident of firing in the second match.

AN investigation is continuing into the mysterious death of a Sri Lankan woman who suffered burns in her Manama apartment in Bahrain on Thursday.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin Sunday reclaimed the Kremlin in a crushing presidential election victory that he declared was honest but the opposition said was marred by serial violations

Amid pressure from certain world powers including the United States to address accountability, the government assured the international community last week that the witness protection Bill would be made a law soon.

Sri Lankan Ambassador in US Jaliya Wickramasuriya called upon Sri Lankan Americans to show solidarity with their Sri Lankan brethren. VIDEO

A married couple was drowned while bathing in the Victoria reservoir in the Theldeniya area this evening, the police said.

Australia beat Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the first match of the Tri-series held in Brisbane a short while ago. The Australians batting first scored 321 runs and Sri Lankans scored 306 runs being bowled out in the 49th over.

A Polish woman has drowned in the Moragolla seas in Aluthgama while swimming with her husband on Saturday evening.

An unidentified gang opened fire at the residence of the Principal of Sangamiththa Girls College, Saraswathi Mangalika Dahanayake in Poddala, Galle.There were no reports of injuries

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While claiming that it would not support any sort of human rights violations or abuse in any part of the world, India said, ‘but in Sri Lanka, such allegations were levelled against both the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE’, the Express N

A 24 year-old Civil Defence Force member was found dead after he attempted to set a new Guinness world record at Wan-Ela in the Kantale area yesterday, the police said. The youth had told his family members in the morning  - PICTURES

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka, in the first of the three finals in the CB series played at Brisbane today

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday reportedly assured the DMK that he would talk to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and take appropriate action on a request of the party to support a resolution to be moved by the US, France and Norway aga

Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, who returned to the country today after attending the UN Human Rights Council Sessions in Geneva said the majority of participants at the session had praised the progress made by Sri Lanka since the end of the war AUDIO

St. Peter's College, Colombo beat their traditional rivals St. Josephs College, Colombo by six wickets a short while ago in the annual Battle of the Saints encounter played at the P.Sara stadium. Janith Liyanage scored an unbeaten 68 during the P

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Over 30,000 Kilos of vegetables were destroyed this morning at the Dambulla Economic Centre, traders at the Centre said.They said that the stock of vegetables were destroyed due to lack of demand for the goods.  Traders also revealed that there