Students from the Visual and Performing Arts University as well as the Ruhunu University today held protests outside the university premises calling on the government to ease their burden by bringing down the increased fuel prices

Heavy traffic has been reported at the Thummulla Junction, in Kirulapone as well as down Horton Place, Duplication Road and around the Town Hall area due to the rains that have inundated many roads

Police fired tear gas at a group of fishermen gathered to protest against the price hike of fuel opposite a church on the Negombo Beach Road

The fifth One Day International between Sri Lanka and India in the Commonwealth Bank series resulted in a tie. Earlier Sri Lanka scored 236/9 in 50 overs with Dinesh Chandimal top scoring with 81 runs for Sri Lanka with while Gautam Gambir top scored

Duplication Road in Colombo has been inundated due to the heavy rain and motorists have been asked to use alternative routes, the Information Department stated

The Sri lankan rupee hit an all time low falling down to 120.10 SLR a Dollar today. The dip was due to the non interference of the Central Bank in the exchange rate

The main All Share Price Index (ASI) of the Colombo bourse slipped below the 5,000 point mark during intra-day trading a while ago, with the market dipping over four per cent

The British High Commission issuing a press release today stated that the new visa regulations for students “will cut abuse”. New Visa regulations introduced last year would be in force from April 2012

Sri Lanka scored 236 for 9 against India in the 5th One Day International in the Commonwealth Bank Series in Adelaide. Dinesh Chandimal scored 81 for Sri Lanka

The Students of the Arts Faculty of the Peradeniya University have launched a token strike, boycotting lectures and exams, Nuwana Chameera the President of the Arts Faculty Students Union said today. “The students are protesting for two demands

The police arrested a former LTTE cadre a short while ago, who is suspected to have brought the suicide kit which was found in a guest house in Kataragama

The Chief Incumbent of the Batticaloa Mangalarama Rajamaha Viharaya Ampitiye Sumanarathne Thero has begun a fast unto death opposite the Viharaya. The Thero has cited two reasons for his fast PICTURES

UNITED NATIONS: UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday that she has raised concerns in a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about the appointment of a Sri Lankan army general to Ban's senior advisory panel on peacekeeping.

Ricky Ponting will captain Australia in Friday's one-day international against Sri Lanka in Sydney after Michael Clarke was overlooked due to a hamstring injury.

Electricity bills are also likely to increase because the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is unable to absorb Saturday’s massive fuel price increase, the Power and Energy Ministry said yesterday

Sri Lanka will bat against India after winning the toss for Tuesday's one-day international at Adelaide Oval.

Twelve women arrested on charges of having run a brothel under the guise of an Ayurvedic massage parlour at Deanston Place in Kollupitiya were remanded till February 15 by a Colombo Court today

A crisis is brewing in the plantation sector as well, as a result of the recent fuel price hike as some estate worker unions are threatening a token strike with others too criticising the price hike.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday wrote to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa asking him to summon Parliament immediately to discuss the country’s crisis situation triggered by the unprecedented fuel price hike

Thousands of fishermen working on some 20,000 boats did not go out to sea yesterday in protest over the massive fuel price increase.

Acting government spokesman, Environment Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said the government for the first time has introduced a mechanism to pay a fair price for fuel by the affluent and a lesser amount by the low income groups

The UNP yesterday asked the government to summon Parliament immediately to discuss problems triggered by the recent fuel price hike, MP Ravi Karunanayake said

The president has said that Customs Officials must serve the country, but not the individuals in their performance of duty as the Customs contributes the biggest share of state revenue

A Colombo Court today imposed a fine of Rs.100,000 on a Chinese national who pleaded guilty for selling foreign liquor without a permit and possessing a stock of illegally imported cigarettes

Several Provincial Councils are to amend the Town and Country Planning Ordinance Amendment Bill making provisions for the Central Government to obtain the consent of the minister concerned with the local government when acquiring land under this legi

The Government has suspended its decision to shift the Magistrate’s Courts from its present location in Huldtsdorp and relocate it to Kolonnawa.

The Health Ministry will launch a four-year Dengue Diseases Surveillance Project (DDSP) at a cost of Rs.169 million provided by the European Union, a spokesman of the ministry said today

The United States will support a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council session in March to pressure the Sri Lankan government to address alleged war crimes, a high-ranking US government official said today

A polls observer today asked the Elections Commissioner in writing to take steps to ensure the voting rights of displaced people at the election to Puthukuduiruppu and Maritime Pattu Pradeshiya Sabhas in the Mullaitivu District.

Australia has added its voice to international criticism of a Sri Lankan government report on the country's civil war but stopped short of joining calls for a fresh, independent inquiry.