Parliament approved leave for three months for UPFA MP Duminda Silva a short while ago

The results of the Advanced Level General Certificate of Education (GCE A/L) 2011 examination will be released by Monday, Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said

The motorbikes of the two JVP dissidents who have gone missing in Jaffna had been found yesterday in Achchuveli, the JVP dissidents said

Vegetable prices had risen sharply yesterday due to a severe shortage and also since lorries were yet to arrive at the main economic centres following the three day protest over the plastic crate regulations

Police arrested the suspect who robbed Rs.6.6 million from an ATM in Kantale owned by a state owned bank on December 8, while he was hiding in the Peraru area in Kantale

In the second such incident in over two weeks, five fishermen from here were today taken into custody by Sri Lankan naval force personnel when they were fishing near Katchatheevu, officials said 

A Sri Lankan court has released a senior nun from Mother Teresa's charity who was on bail suspected of selling babies for adoption

Up to 50 Tamil passengers on board a UK Border Agency flight face the risk of being tortured on their return to Sri Lanka, human rights organisations have warned

Motorists have been advised to use alternate roads due to a street parade of the Vishnu Kovil between Peliyagoda and Waragoda on the Kandy Road between 6 and 8.30pm today

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said in Parliament that the present price concessions given to electricity consumers consuming less than 90 units a month would not change in future

Legal action has been taken against 155 drivers who violated traffic regulations applicable to the Southern Expressway for the last 15 days after the opening of the highway for traffic

The Education Ministry lowered the cutoff point for awarding grades at the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination last time, and it was the reason for the increase in the number of students who passed the exam, Parliament was informed today.

A number of roads in Colombo will be closed to make way for the Colombo Night Races which is to be held on Friday and Saturday.

Two Pakistanis who pleaded guilty for smuggling heroin to Sri Lanka were sentenced to life imprisonment by Negombo High Court Judge Shiran Gunaratne.  They were charged with three counts and they pleaded guilty to all.

For the first time, Customs authorities on Tuesday seized 152 kg of endangered sea cucumbers worth Rs 30 lakh from two Sri Lankan nationals at the Bengaluru International Airport.

Amid protests in Colombo and the suburbs intensifying yesterday over the use of plastic crates to transport vegetables and fruits, a compromise was reached at the Dambulla Economic Centre among the security forces, traders and farmers to continue wit

Former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain turned opposition MP Arjuna Ranatunga today charged that the politicisation of Sri Lankan cricket had led to the downfall of it. “Cricket is being politicised today more than ever before,” he told Parliam

Following the meeting between the President and traders on the use of plastic crates, a grace period of one month will be given to farmers

Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata’s subsidiary, Dialog Broadband Private Limited (DBN) today entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) to purchase 100 per cent of Suntel Limited, the second largest wireless fixed line operator in Sri Lanka, f

A Colombo High Court  fixed the trial against the son of a former Parliamentarian of Tamil Araus Katchi  and another accused for January 9, 2012 for conspiring to kill VIPs

A man, who walked along the Southern Expressway (E01) regardless of it being strictly prohibited, was taken into custody by the Expressway Police Division today

Sri Lanka’s celco leader Dialog Axiata is believed to have finalized a deal to buy over 100 percent of fixed line-CDMA operator Suntel Private Limited; an informed source reveled to Daily Mirror Online

Sri Lanka's loss to Pakistan in the recent cricket series was due to politics only, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said

Sportsmen who are found using banned substances will be banned for life, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said

Two deaths have been reported while nearly a 150 people have been affected in several districts due to the adverse weather conditions prevailing around the island. Floods have also been reported in Matara and Trincomalee.

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris reasserted in Parliament today that Sri Lanka would not allow any international investigation into allegations of war crimes during the last stage of the war.

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena today suspended payments on a stock of BTI with immediate effect imported illegally and secretly to the country by a group of officials with the blessings of a prominent sports personality turned politician, the D

Occasional showers or thundershowers will prevail in the Northern, Eastern, North-Central, Uva and Southern provinces. Heavy showers are also expected in some places. Strong winds are also expected during the thundershowers.

Former Sri Lankan Cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya blames players for the cricket crisis

Eighty two persons have been arrested by the police for damaging public property while protesting against the new rule which makes the use of plastic crates compulsory in the transportation of fruits and vegetables.