Military spokesman Brigadier Nihal Hapuarachchi said that 200 soldiers were deployed to Dambulla to support the police to maintain law and order in the area.

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa today brought to the attention of Trade Minister Johnston Fernando the need to consult stakeholders of the vegetable trade at the grassroots level on the introduction of plastic crates for the transportation of vegetables and

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe asserted in Parliament today that there would be no change in his position in the appointment of new office bearers to the party. Mr. Wickremesinghe said that he is only interested in bringing about a regime cha

A special discussion will be held today between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the traders on the issue of making plastic crate compulsory in transporting Vegetables and fruits, Minister Johnston Fernando said.

Despite claims made by certain UNP MP’s that the party’s Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya did not officially notify the party leadership of his intention to contest for the leadership post, a Spokesman for Jayasuriya said yesterday that he h

A person believed to be a coordinating secretary of a controversial Minister was abducted this evening in the Pitakotte junction by a group of men who came in a van was reportedly found a short while ago  Updated

A female attached to an Embassy in Colombo has made a complaint with the Kollupitiya police alleging that she was sexually harassed by a doctor of a private hospital while pretending to carry out a medical examination for an ailment in her hand

Police used tear gas to disperse a massive demonstration in Bandarawela which was staged in as a protest for making compulsory the use of plastic crates to transport fruits and vegetables

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today asked the government to inform Parliament as to what happened to journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda.

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said today that he would direct the Inspector General of Police to inquire into as to why JVP dissident MP Ajith Kumara was not allowed to visit the displaced families in the Menik Farm welfare village in Vavuniya

Police used tear gas to disperse a large number of protesting traders in Dambulla. The protest was against the government regulation to make plastic crates compulsory when transporting vegetables and fruits, a reporter stated PICTURES

Government MP Namal Rajapaksa said in Parliament today that he is thoroughly embarrassed by the ‘relentless publicity’ given by the state run TV channels to the events attended by his family members and relatives

The Private Sector pension scheme is to be reintroduced as an amendment to the Employment Provident Fund bill, UNP MP Joseph Michael Perera informed Parliament

The President will amend the budget proposal to provide vehicle loans for journalists so that more media personnel will benefit from it, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told Parliament a short while ago

The law to use plastic crates for transporting fruits and vegetables will not be changed but land master tractors and three wheelers will be allowed to transport these goods without plastic crates, Minister of Co-operatives and Internal Trade Johnsto

A motor car ran off the road and fell into a wayside culvert in Kotagoda on the Siyambalanduwa – Akkarapattuwa Road causing the death of a woman and causing serious injuries to six others on board

It has been reported that a large number of traders at Manning Market are protesting against the law on transporting vegetables which has resulted in a traffic jam from the  Pettah area VIDEO

US Ambassador Ashley Wills had in 2003 claimed that Milinda Moragoda, who was a minister in the then United National Front (UNF) government – headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe had said he was interested in forming a group to counter the Non-Aligne

A high-level Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) delegation headed by General Ma Hixiaotian the Deputy Chief of General Staff arrived in Sri Lanka to discuss professional training, exercises and further promotion of military assistance to Sr

The United National Party (UNP) leadership struggle has intensified with the party reformists launching a campaign to woo the support of the party’s trade union sector, the Mahanayake Theras and other religious dignitaries for a leadership chan

The Colombo High Court Judge today postponed the order on the preliminary objections taken by the defence in the Hicorp case against former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka for January 20, claiming that the material in the indictment in the High Court w

In order to resolve the issue of Indian and Sri Lanka fishermen governmental level negotiations between the two countries will take place on January 13 and 14, 2012, Fisheries Minister Susantha Punchinilame told Parliament.  The Defence Authorit

United National Party (UNP) Deputy Secretary Jayalath Jayewardene said today that the party’s Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya should at the next working committee meeting on Sunday, officially notify party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe of Mr. Jayas

The Meteorological Department says heavy showers are now being experienced in most parts of the country.

The Kandy police special crime unit arrested a major job fraudster who cheated nearly 20 youth in Kandy of at least Rs.1.8 million.

The JVP charged today that the vegetable trade had been crippled due to punitive action taken by the Trade Ministry against persons  not transporting vegetables in plastic crates.

Five in the same family, a mother, three sons and a daughter-in-law were given the death sentence by the Tangalle High Court over a murder in 1996 in Beliatta.

The tax on potatoes has been deducted by Rs.15 per kilogram with immediate effect by the Finance and Planning Ministry in an attempt to bring down the prices of consumer items during the festive season, the Finance and Planning Ministry announced a s

The elite Special Task Force (STF) busted a large scale sand mining racket which had been operating for years without a license in the Ma-oya area in Kurunegala.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said in Parliament today that there is archaeological evidence to prove that ‘Tamil Buddhists’ lived in certain areas of the northern province