Vice president Mohammed Waheed Hassan has taken an oath to be Maldives president after his predecessor Mohamed Nasheed resigned after weeks of protests

Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed has resigned after a series of opposition led protests with the support of some police officers, the Maldivian High Commission said today

Ten hand grenades have been recovered near the Hulftsdorp Court Complex in Keselwatta today in the wake of the Movement for Democracy organising a massive protest in front of the court tomorrow to mark two years of imprisonment of former Army Command

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka’s wife Anoma said yesterday talks with the government on the release of her husband were continuing on a positive note but insisted that Mr. Fonseka would not apologise. Ms. Fonseka told journalists yesterda

Minister Keheliya Rambukwella had to undergo two surgeries at a hospital in Melbourne following an accidental fall, the Government Information Department said.

Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Shashi who left with a group on Sunday to pay homage to a shrine in the Yala National Park had got lost in the deep jungles until three police teams rescued them yesterday, police said.

The Central Provincial Council had wanted more time to discuss the proposed Town and Country Planning Ordinance Amendment Bill and had failed to approve it sources from the provincial council said yesterday.

Ministry secretaries who fail to act against institution heads found responsible for irregularities and misappropriations will be reported to Parliament by the parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).

The ‘We are Sri Lankans' organisation yesterday charged that there had been six murders and two suicides in the Jaffna district in the past two months allegedly owing to the large military presence in the north which the organisation said s

Primary sector school children will be required to learn the multiplication charts up to 12 by heart once again under the proposed changes in the education curricular, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said today.

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya will have a meeting with the representatives of political parties tomorrow to decide on the elections to the two remaining local government bodies in the Northern Province, officials said yesterday.

Some 380,000 school children attending government schools in the country had still not received their school uniforms and would have to spend their own money on school uniforms if the government fails to provide them, the Ceylon Teachers Union said.

Sri Lanka is to enter the global medicinal drugs market by producing Ayurvedic drugs to international standards, Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation (ADC) Chairman Somaweera Chandrasiri said.  

The Government Nursing Officers Association (GNOA) will carry out a protest on Thursday outside some 100 hospitals in the country urging the government to address their grievances, failing the union will go on strike until their demands are met, the

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has taken over the investigation to probe the killing of a mother and daughter in the Opatha area in Kahawatta.

ROME: Temperatures fell to minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) in Milan on Monday as 59,000 households remained without electricity in Italy and officials declared a gas supply emergency.

The Southern Expressway Traffic Division has fined 540 individuals mainly for exceeding speed above 100 kilometres per hour.

A woman was today sentenced to death after she was found guilty of possessing and peddling 40.8 grams of heroin in Borella in 2003, by the Colombo High Court.

Anoma Fonseka the wife of the jailed former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka says that she will lead a protest to free her husband on the 8th of February. The protest will be held in Hulftsdorp to mark the 2nd year of the fomer Generals imprisonment.

Hirunika Premachandra the daughter of Baratha Lakshman Premachandra speaking exclusively to the Daily Mirror said that she hasn't joined active politics as portrayed in the media. “There is a big difference between joining a political party

Sri Lankan defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stoutly denied he was militarising the northern region and insisted troops “are maintaining absolutely essential presence” and were spread across all 22 districts on the island

The Health Minister has decided to introduce a new law which provides for a five year jail term for quacks, officials said yesterday.

Main opposition UNP is to oppose the Town and Country Planning Ordinance Amendment Bill in the provincial councils, party sources said yesterday.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday said that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was riddled with flaws and therefore it could not be accepted as a basis for power devolution under the present circumstances.

The Economic Development Ministry has allocated Rs.10 billion for various development projects to be carried out in the north this year, officials said yesterday.

Some trade unions that are funded by the Western Countries are out to de-stabilise the country by their strike action, Minister of Housing and Common Amenities Wimal Weerawansa charged yesterday.

The main opposition UNP is to study how India is conducting its private medical colleges in order to come up with a specific stand on the issue.

A Gloucester man arrested on suspicion of murder by police investigating the disappearance of a woman has been released without being charged.

Two SriLankan Airlines flights to and from Heathrow Airport were delayed due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in London, airline sources said today.

Yuvraj Singh, who played a stellar role in India’s ODI World Cup triumph last year, has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States.