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

St. Josephs were 111/6, in their second innings when play was stopped for lunch on the second day of the annual “Battle of the Saints” encounter played at the P.Saravanamuththu grounds currently. The Josephians currently lead the Peterite

Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya said that the army is scaling down the number of different regimental and area headquarters and presence of troops in the North and East.

The Indian External Affairs Ministry and the Defence Ministry also denied a top Pentagon general's statement that crack U.S. military troops were based in India besides Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives to counter threats from organis

The Military denied reports about the presence of US Special Forces in Sri Lanka. Military spokesman Nihal Hapuarachchi said there was no American or any foreign force in the island at the moment.

Sri Lanka has said that “a dangerous precedent is again sought to be established by way of a debate on the recommendations of a domestic process which Sri Lanka condemns as a retrogressive step that undermines the constitutional parameters of t

China and Pakistan today at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva insisted that Sri Lanka should be allowed to carry out its reconciliation process without pressure from external sources.

After Sri Lanka defeated Australia in a must-win match to qualify for the tri-series final, captain Mahela Jayawardene said his players showed a "lot of character" to lift themselves up after the morale-shattering loss against India in thei

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today called for a psychiatric report regarding the suspect Sinnathurai Gnana Chandran who was arrested over the killing of his 49-year-old wife in a room of a star-class hotel in Kollupitiya last week.