A Sri Lankan housemaid stabbed to death her employer at the latter's house near Beirut airport on Thursday, security sources said

The constituent parties of the government today said it would bring hundreds of thousands of people to Colombo on Monday in support of the government to thwart the US, UK and Canada led attempt to pass a resolution against Sri Lanka at the annual UNH

The state owned sugar companies at Sevenagala and Pelwatte will resume operations on March 5 after the take-over from private ownership, Productivity Promotion Minister Lakshman Seneviratne said today

A 28-year-old man who had allegedly married five young women during a period of eight months and lived with them was arrested today by the Chilaw police

Inspector General of Police (IGP) N.K. Illangakone has taken steps to minimise the difficulties faced by the public especially at police stations when they seek to take copies of certain documents filed by the police

The Police Headquarters stated today that 22 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP’s) had been promoted as Deputy Inspector General’s (DIG’s) of police with immediate effect

Abu Dhabi airport customs authorities seized 7.4 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine with two passengers who tried to smuggle the drugs

A Sri Lankan delegation will travel to Somalia next week to negotiate the release of six Sri Lankan fishermen abducted by Somali pirates. The Somali pirates, who have demanded the meeting with the Sri Lankans

A top UN peacekeeping committee on Wednesday barred a Sri Lankan general accused of carrying out a military onslaught against civilians.

The Census and Statistics Department yesterday asked the people to ensure that they get counted at the countrywide population census between February 27 to March 21

Non-academic university staff will go on a 48 hour countrywide strike starting today (Thursday) in protest against the government’s failure to provide higher wages and benefits to them, unions said

Sri Lanka yesterday scotched speculation in diplomatic circles here in Geneva that the country had agreed with the United Stated to draft the proposed resolution to be presented at the upcoming sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNH

Dengue mosquitoes have spread to other parts of the country from Colombo by the mosquitoes hitching rides on vehicles that come to Colombo city and are left parked for some time, a health ministry study has revealed

In response to our story on Wednesday February 22 under the headline ‘Arabian Light fuel to replace Iranian Oil' Minister of Petroleum Industries Susil Premajayantha yesterday said the government had not stopped buying fuel from Iran

Two men allegedly in toe with major robber gangs were arrested today, police said. They said the gangs were wanted in connection with some 22 robberies in Colombo and the suburbs where shops, showrooms and supermarkets had been robbed of goods worth

A breakdown in the electricity supply has been reported in some areas in the country including Kandy and Puttalam due to a technical defect, the Ceylon Electricity Board said

The Penal Code has been fraudulently used to arrest those who criticise the government though there are no such provisions for it, the JVP charged in Parliament today

A cache of nearly 100 Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) including live ones were found in Puttalam today and two persons have been arrested PICTURES

Veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times was killed in Syria on Wednesday along with French photojournalist Remi Ochlik, the French government said

Presenting the government’s national action plan on the protection and promotion of human rights to the United Nations Human Rights Council bypassing Parliament is a breach of Constitution, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesighe charged today

All Examinations and Student Registrations of The Open University of Sri Lanka, scheduled for February 23 and 24, 2012 have been postponed until further notice

A fire erupted in the Ambuluwawa Forest Reserve destroying an area of  200 acres. The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) deployed two Bell 212 helicopters to douse the fire while the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and the Gampola Police are working to

UNP National List MP Dr. Harsha De Silva today accepted the government’s offer to send Deputy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya for a public debate on the IMF stand by agreement.

The British charity Freedom from Torture has said that today’s (February 22) scheduled debate on ‘Human Rights in Sri Lanka’ at the UK House of Commons is “perfect timing” for UK parliamentarians to send a clear signal t

The Sri Lankan Police Narcotics Bureau believes that the island is used as a transit point for smuggling cocaine into countries around the world.

The National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) yesterday said that they had made repeated requests to increase wages through the Labour Ministry recently but no such request had been made by any union

Sri Lanka would do its utmost to convince the international community that she has done enough to implement the recommendations of the LLRC report as demanded by them and was confident that Sri Lanka would emerge unscathed from the upcoming annual UN

Ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions, the government has started a major diplomatic battle here in Geneva to secure the support of the member states to defeat a planned resolution against Sri Lanka with regard to the alle

The government had stopped purchasing fuel from Iran as a result of the crisis in that region and had gone for alternatives to obtain fuel, Minister of Power and Energy Susil Premajayantha informed Parliament yesterday

Opposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today requested the government to increase salaries if it is unable to reduce a fuel price that was jacked up recently