Two Sri Lankan men have been charged with the murder of Sameera Chandrasena in Oxford. The men, aged 23 and 33, are also charged with arson at the victim's home in the North Canterbury town

Election monitors yesterday said that more than 3,000 eligible voters in IDP camps may not have the chance to vote at the upcoming local government elections in Mulaitivu and Puthukudiyiruppu next month since they do not have a proper identification

Amid vigorous lobbying against the proposed United States sponsored resolution, Sri Lanka informed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday that the remaining LTTE rump in some countries was a major challenge confronting the country

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) yesterday (27) said that the request for a price increase on milk powder had only reached them last Friday (24) and it will deliver its decision within 30 days as per the law

While Sri Lanka faces heat at the Geneva sessions the Former Sri Lankan Permanent Representative there Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka has stated that national mechanisms of human rights are necessary to finally put to rest the calls for an international mecha

Universities in the country will be inactive for a second time this month from Wednesday as non-academic university staff will go on strike again since the government had not come forward for discussions to address their demands for higher wages and

The Court of Inquiry headed by Major General Chrishantha de Silva, the present Commander of the Killinochchi Security Forces Headquarters, had asked those concerned to come to the Court of Inquiry

Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe the Leader of the Sri Lankan delegation currently in Geneva at the UNHRC session outlined the initiatives taken by the government to address issues raised READ FULL SPEECH BELOW

The countrywide census began at Temple Trees today, where information on President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family was collected by the Census and Statistics Department enumerators

Three persons including two Chinese women and a Sri Lankan who were in remand custody for allegedly operating a mobile prostitution ring were released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate today

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has recorded 35 statements over the shooting incident in Chilaw in which a fisherman was killed during a confrontation on February 15

UNP Colombo District MP Sujeewa Senasinghe said that the protest organised by the government today was a strategy to divert the attention of the country. “These protests is a means of hoodwinking the masses, the country is in tatters, both econ

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka  has just arrived at the protest

The police dismissed reports that a six year old girl was abducted after her father was shot to death by an unidentified person in Naththandiya on Sunday morning. She is safe in the house of the sister of her deceased father

A massive protest under the theme, Protect Sri Lanka is currently underway in front of the Fort Railway Station with Minister Mervyn Silva and Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Dilan Perera addressing the crowd VIDEO

The main opposition UNP today assured that it is willing to support the government in any action that is taken on behalf of the country and it is fully opposed to any resolution that is being adopted on Sri Lanka by the UN Human Rights Council

A series of protests against international conspiracies against the government is to be held during the lunch hour at four strategic locations in Colombo. The protests will be held in front of the Fort Railway Station, opposite the Khan Clock Tower i

The Annual Academy Awards popularly known as 'The Oscars' is currently underway at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Winners of the following categories have been announced UPDATE

The death of a 28-year-old Sri Lankan man in North Canterbury has come as a shock to the community of his home country. Christchurch police are treating the death of Sameera Chandrasena as a homicide investigation.

The Kandy High Court sentenced to death two murder suspects who had been involved in a murder that took place in 2001 in Harasgama Road Matale.

The government yesterday claimed that the inaccuracy of the Darusman Report was proven by the census that was carried out by the Department of Census and Statistics.

The JVP yesterday charged that it was the government which paved the way for the US and the West to bring in a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council today.

Amendments are to be introduced to strengthen the existing laws pertaining to children and the young and to enhance punishments for offenders of the law and adopt a mechanism to register all orphanages in the country on a set of standards for the pur

On the eve of the 19th UNHRC session, External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris yesterday undertook a lobbying spree in the African continent to solicit the support of the like-minded countries in the region to defeat the US-sponsored resolution against

The main opposition UNP today said the Sri Lankan government should diplomatically handle issues relating to the resolution expected to be taken up at today’s UNHRC sessions in Geneva.

Sri Lanka is reportedly working to block a UN resolution demanding the country to fully investigate who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Tamil civilians during military operations against ethnic rebels.

A Nigerian national was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for cheating money from businessman by giving them calls and sending SMS’s by using his foreign connections.

Sri Lankan authorities arrested six foreign nationals on charges of illegally holding amphibians and reptiles only found on the island, an official said on Sunday.

The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) recovered a large number of fuel tanks of lorries and other vehicles laden with explosives during a major search operation in Udayanagar, Kilinochchi.

Twenty two Indian fishermen in five fishing trawlers were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy in the seas off Mannar.