UNP MPs are currently staging a protest against the government in front of the Parliament complex

Student Union members of the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka are currently marching towards the University Grants Commission in protest against student suppression and the crises of the university education system in the country.

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The United National Party (UNP) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will today bring to parliament, the issue of the killing of the Chilaw fisherman during last week’s protest rally over the massive increase in fuel prices.

Protests are expected to intensify with opposition political parties, trade unions and civil society organisations warning they would take to the streets over the massive increase in fuel prices and resultant increase in prices of essential items.

One week after bus fares were increased by 20 per cent private bus operators have decided to request a further increase in fares by another two per cent stating that the authorities had failed to calculate the bus fare formula accurately before intro

Some fishermen’s associations that refrained from going to sea during the last few days have given up their protest after President Mahinda Rajapaksa had assured that they would be able to obtain the 25 per cent fuel subsidy through filling sta

At the recently concluded  Edexcel High Achievers Award  Ceremony 2010/2011,  Nishika Samaratunga, a former student of Colombo International School, was awarded the Edexcel World Prize for ranking first in the world in English Literatu

It is regrettable that Sri Lanka was not able to maintain the winning streak in cricket after its greatest World Cup victory in 1996 thanks to cricketers like Arjuna, Sanath, Aravinda and others, Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dullas A

Contractors restoring the northern railway from Omanthai to Jaffna have found that ballast and earth in the railway line had been removed by the LTTE to build bunkers and other buildings when the area was under their control.

A doctor has been struck off after being accused of having links to the Tamil Tigers. Dr. Muregeshu Vinayagamoorthy wanted to return to his GP surgery in Enfield, north London, after he spent four-and-a-half years in a US prison for providing materia

Thousands of members of trade unions and employees of a number of government institutions will carry out a string of mass protests starting on Wednesday February 22 in protest against the recent fuel price increase and the skyrocketing cost of living

In the wake of increased fuel prices, non-academic staff of all universities in the country have decided to go on a 48-hour strike this week to urge the government to provide higher wages and benefits.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) today urged the government to provide an increased transport allowance of Rs.33,000 due to the increased fuel prices.

UNP National List MP Dr. Harsha De Silva challenged Central Bank Chief Nivard Cabral for a public debate on the IMF standby agreement and the economic policy decisions which the government had already taken in accordance with it.

Eleven policemen were produced before the Matale Magistrate today for driving without license, insurance and vehicle registration papers.

The owner of Biyagama Village Hotel, Bernard Jayaratne (65) was hacked to death this morning in one of his estates in Pahala Dompe in Dompe by an unidentified person who had come on a motorbike, the police said. See pix

The international career of former captain Ricky Ponting could be over after the 37-year-old was dumped from Australia's one-day squad.

A well-known businessman has been duped by a Sri Lankan contractor, reports Al-Rai daily. The businessman filed a complaint at the Fahaheel Police Station

The Chilaw police stated that a necklace on the statue of Goddess Amma worth one million rupees as well as money from the tills in the temple worth around Rs.100,000 had been stolen from the Munneswaram Kovil

Minister of Trade Johnston Fernando busted a Paddy Marketing Board officer stealing 25 metric tons of paddy from a Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) warehouse in Diyabeduma, Polonnaruwa

Minister of External Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris left for Geneva this morning for the 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to be held on February 27

All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association President N.K. Jayawardena said if they don’t reach an understanding with the Government by this week they will increase their prices by at least Rs. 5

M.S. Dhoni has been suspended for the second time this tour for a slow over rate and will miss India's vital clash with Sri Lanka tomorrow

It is compulsory for all the vans and buses in the country to be registered with the National Transport Commission the NTC chairman Roshan Gunawardana said. It has also been decided to introduce a uniform for drivers of the school vans and buses.

UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday said several political parties would join his party soon to form a mass movement to safeguard democracy soon.

The government is weighing the possibility of merging the Pelawatte and Sevanagala Sugar factories which were taken over under the Revival of Underperforming Enterprises and Underutilised Assets Act which was passed in Parliament last year.

The UNP said today that no action would be taken against parliamentarians who did not participate in Friday’s protest in Colombo Fort for genuine reasons.

UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardene who was hit by tear gas at the protest lead by his party at Colombo Fort last week and had a short spell in hospital claims that he has a bone to pick with the government and is planning to go on a legal path with a likely

A twenty-eight-year-old Sri Lankan woman committed suicide in the Jdeideh area in the Metn region. An autopsy report by a medical examiner revealed that the body had not been subjected to violence.