The government said in Parliament yesterday the police had been unable to find any trace about the two JVP dissidents who disappeared in Jaffna recently despite the deployment of four teams for the investigation. The incident took place on December 9

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) will launch two more luxury buses on the Southern Expressway from Elpitiya to Maharagama today to meet the growing demand for the bus service, the SLTB said yesterday

The government said in Parliament today that certain international elements were grooming some groups in Sri Lanka to bring about a regime change in the same manner they did in Libya

The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board is in a severe financial crisis due to the inability for the past two months, to provide pensions for farmers Parliament was informed today

National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) unions have agreed to call off the walkout protest on Friday January 20 after discussions with Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and officials

The Cabinet gave approval to construct the proposed 500 MW capacity Coal Power Plant at Sampoor in Tricomalee with Indian assistance on a proposal made by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa

Asantha De Mel was appointed as the Chairman of the new cricket selection committee while Amal Silva, Don Arunasiri and Hemantha Wickramaratne were appointed as members of Sri Lanka Cricket.

The condition of the four students who were injured when the school van they were travelling in crashed into a bus in Mount Lavinia on Wednesday had improved and they are in a stable condition according to hospital authorities

A Sri Lankan student of the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) was found hanging in his hostel room Thursday morning, police said

The largest ammunition recovery made by the police since the end of the war was detected when they found 81,500 ammunition rounds used for a various number of fire arms in a pit in the Verugal forest area in Vakarai

ndia’s external affairs minister SM Krishna on Thursday unveiled the first phase of a railway project in southern Sri Lanka that is being built with financial aid from the Indian government

Sanath Jayasuriya was bought at US $ 110,000 by Khulna Royal Bengal while Muttiah Muralitharan US $ 100,000 was bought by Chittagong Kings at the auction. Lasith malinga has also been bought at this auction which is currently taking place in Banglade

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) ran into chaos on its 147th anniversary today after the opposition UPFA gained control of the Standing Committee on Finance UPDATE

1200 doctors at the Sri Lanka National Hospital will go on strike tomorrow January 20 8am till 8am on Saturday January 21

Sri Lanka's government has assured that there will be no fuel shortage as a result of U.S. sanctions on Iran's fuel imports, a minister said on Wednesday

Two Sri Lankan nationals, who allegedly cloned credit cards using information pertaining to customers of banks abroad were arrested Chennai on Wednesday.

A top Australian diplomat heavily criticised for her role in ''rehabilitation'' ceremonies for alleged Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka has been rewarded with a job in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's department.

The government has issued Treasury Bonds worth Rs.60 billion to offset a part of the massive Rs.1,007 billion owed to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) by the government and semi-government institutions

Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that the Army will form a separate company within its management to carryout development and construction projects at a low cost by following the tender procedure of the government

Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardane struck a note of criticism at the office of the Secretary General of Parliament for referring a question for oral answers to the Prime Minister instead referring it to the subject minister

The Collective against Disappearances and Abductions, a movement led by the JVP Dissidents and other organisations yesterday charged that the government attempted to create “psychological terror” in both the northern and southern parts of

The leaders of the African National Alliance (ANC) have expressed its disappointment over the absence of its Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris in the party’s centenarian celebrations in South Africa recently, informe

Four countries have been invited to come with eight man teams to participate in the ‘Comoran Strike’ exercise of the three armed forces to be held in September this year

Nine school children were badly injured due to the negligence of a 21-year old school van driver on a temporary license who drove the van between 80-100 kilometres per hour and crashed into a bus at around 7.00am this morning between the Odeon Cinema

The Intelligence wing and the police are quizzing the kingpin of the human trafficking racket that tried to illegally transport Sri Lankan Tamils to Australia from Kerala in a fishing boat

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) workers are to launch work to rule campaign from midnight today after the meeting with the President failed. The Ministry of Power assures an uninterrupted power supply

The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) amendment bill was passed in parliament, 71 voted for and 12 against the bill

External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Wednesday handed over houses built for Internally Displaced Persons at a function organised at Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochi

Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. Users attempting to access the site see a black screen and a political statement: "Imagine a world without free knowledge.&quo

Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne said in Parliament that he was the politician who took the most number of helicopter rides in recent times to attend meetings all over the country despite his doctors not approving of such air travels due to ill health