The six suspects who were arrested in connection with the killing of the British tourist Khuram Shaik Zaman and caused severe injuries to his Russian girlfriend Victoria Alexandrovna on Christmas Day at a hotel in Madilla, Tangalle were today, furthe

Five accidents took place on the Southern Expressway on Sunday bringing the number of accidents reported so far in Sri Lanka’s first highway to 57.

All students of the Sri Jayawardenapura University were dispersed peacefully this afternoon following a court order. The traffic congestion on Highlevel Road has eased out and things have gone back to normal in the area

Controversial Minister Mervyn Silva today challenged those who allege him of frauds asking them to prove them.  Minister Silva told a news conference today that he is prepared to face any probe that may be conducted against him

A former heroin addict has apologised for calling Indian and Sri Lankan Co-op staff terrorists. Stuart Johnson, 45, pleaded guilty at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court to racial harassment and two counts of assaulting police officers

A major traffic jam has been reported in the Town Hall area due to a protest march which started from Hyde Park, the police said

Tension at the Sri Jayawardenapura University continued today as protesting students were requested to leave the university premises by police, STF and army officials following a court order to remove the students from the campus

A person who called the Kegalle SP posing as the Presidents Secretary Lalith Weeratunga and wanted to take a police constable for his son’s security was arrested by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) in Aranayake

Muttiah Muralitharan’s wife has given birth to a baby girl in a hospital in India

Sri Lanka is to establish a Resident Diplomatic Mission in the Ukraine, the government said in its official website here Monday. This decision was made following the approval of a proposal made by Minister of External Affairs G.L. Peiris to the Cabin

The Vice Chancellor of the Rajarata University Prof. K.A Nandasena speaking to Daily Mirror online said that he had no choice but to close down the Medical Faculty of the university by 12 noon today PICTURES

The interception by the Sri Lankan navy of a group of asylum-seekers bound for Australia has heightened concerns that Indonesia's plans to relax its visa restrictions could lead to a sharp spike in the number of boat-people attempting the hazardo

In the present-day world where politics is invariably trumped by economics, India has to have a drastic rethinking of its policy in favour of economically empowering the Tamils in Sri Lanka as a sustainable solution for their rehabilitation, former d

Sri Lanka’s postal authorities have decided to defy rules and regulations stipulated by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) when dealing with letters and parcels with stamps bearing the emblem of the LTTE and the image of its late leader, official

The People’s Movement to Protect Schools (PMPS) will lodge a complaint with the Bribery Commission today against Senior Minister Piyasena Gamage who said earlier that he offered a bribe of Rs.150,000 to a leading school in Galle recently.

Amid charges about the dismal financial performance at various state institutions, the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)  of Parliament will meet the Ministry Secretaries on January 17 to discuss such

The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) has intensified its search for the suspects involved in the shooting incident in the Apple-watta area in Maligawatta last Tuesday (January 3) which resulted in the death of a person who is the brother of a prominent u

The 14 asylum seekers who were planning to flee to Australia along with the eight supporters who were arrested while in a guest house in Rekawa area in Tangalle have been brought to Colombo by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and are curr

Fishermen of about 950 mechanised boats had kept off sea in Rameswaram on Saturday in protest against the detention of five fishermen in Sri Lanka.

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, making his usual comment   to the media upon arrival for medical treatment at a private hospital, said today that both Kudu Silva in Colombo and Kunu Silva in Kelaniya had faced retribution today.

Police warned people not to throw stones at vehicles travelling on the Southern Expressway after the second such incident was reported on Saturday between the Welipenna and Dodangoda stretch

A group of robbers had attempetd to rob a Sri Lankan diplomat on her way out of the Southern Expressway's Baddegama exit point on Saturday night. The attempt was made during her way out of the Baddegama exit point towards the Baddegama town

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is ready to discuss any Sri Lankan request for a follow up programme to its current US$2.6 billion loan programme, which is now on hold due to the island nation’s failure to implement currency flexi

The JVP today criticized the proposed bill for the introduction of the new election system for local the bodies. The JVP charged that it, if passed in Parliament, would only aggravate the prevailing crisis in electoral politics

The members of the Kelaniya Pradheshiya Sabha accused Minister Mervyn Silva of extortion and requested the President to appoint a commission to probe the actions of the controversial Minister

A press conference is to be held in a shortwhile at the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha by the 12 members of the council. The 12 members have spoken against UPFA Kelaniya organiser minister Mervyn Silva alleging him of unleashing terror in the area

After a series of delays at various levels, false-starts, slip-shod trial and error experimentation at the Indian and Sri Lankan capitals, the massive Indian housing project for the displaced Tamils is set to take off.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A hot air balloon carrying 11 people caught fire after hitting power lines in a rural area of New Zealand, killing everyone aboard.

`Campaigners in Sri Lanka have appealed to the United Nations to intervene in the case of two human rights activists believed to have been abducted last month.

Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) newly-elected chief Upali Dharmadasa organised a special pooja in the wake of the team's waning fortunes.