A keen contest is emerging in the soon to be held election for the Presidency of the Sri Lanka Bar Association (BASL) with constitutional lawyer and UNP parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and well-known criminal lawyer Tirantha Walaliyadda announc

A court in Chennai has issued a search warrant to Interpol against LTTE’s chief arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP in connection with offences such as crimes involving the use of weapons, explosives, criminal conspiracy and terrorism

As many as 728 Buddhist monks who obtained higher ordination and 940 novice monks had disrobed themselves last year posing a threat to the existence of the Buddha Sasana, and the government should take serious note of this situation, the UNP said in

The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) has been directed to investigate an attempt by LTTE cadres in detention to tarnish the image of Sri Lanka internationally.

Hundreds of employees attached to the Oluvil harbour in the east idle today without any productive work to do, and it is one reason for heavy losses being incurred by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the UNP said in Parliament today.

The police were today ordered to arrest the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) officials in connection with the death of a 30-year-old man who had visited the PNB office on October 30 to sign the case book.

The government has banned any form of publicity, celebrations, functions or events connected to the LTTE, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said today.

The Union Cabinet has given its nod for reconstruction and repair of 49,000 houses for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Northern and Eastern Provinces and for Indian Origin Tamils (IOTs) in Sri Lanka.

The Merseyside Police are appealing for the drivers of two vehicles to come forward as they may hold vital information about the murder of a 30-year-old Sri Lankan man.

An Indian air passenger who attempted to smuggle Cardamom, Hashish and Tobacco into Sri Lanka was taken into custody this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB).

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today it delivered two Bell 412s to the Sri Lanka Air Force during a ceremony at its facility in Piney Flats, Tennessee

A heavy traffic jam has been reported from Olcott Mawatha, Pettah due to a protest campaign

President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed MP Mohan Lal Grero as the Monitoring MP for the Ministry of Education, Bandula Jayasekara, Director General Presidents Media, said

British Deputy High Commissioner, Robbie Bulloch, visited the North this week, where he announced additional UK funding of £150,000 for the reintegration of ex-combatants after their release from custody

The Chairman of the Hikkaduwa Urban Council (UC) Winnie Kariyawasam was remanded by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli today on suspicion for threatening a member of the UC with death as he made a complaint to the Commission to Investigat

The government used all forms of inducements and intimidation to rig the election to select the chief incumbent of Sri Pada Vihare, last week, the UNP charged in Parliament today

Sri Lanka needs to take accountability for serious allegations of war crimes committed during its 25-year civil war, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Thursday

Hundreds of fishermen on Thursday decided to boycott fishing indefinitely after talks with the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner to secure the relase of five fishermen taken into custody by the island nation's navy failed, officials said

Elections Department’s former Questioned Documents’ Examiner P.H. Manatunga has confirmed that the 62 ballot papers which were marked for common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka at the last presidential election and found dumped near t

The armed forces are preparing a report to counter the allegations leveled against the security forces in the Darusman report prepared by a panel of experts appointed by the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Army Commander Lieutenant

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today declined to make his controversial statement under the Standing Order 23-11 saying that he had not been notified by Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa in writing about the amendments made to it

Police have taken a decision to allow buses operating to Kandy to go back to its destination without idling around the Kandy town in a step to minimise the traffic congestion with immediate effect from today

A 24-year-old Sri Lankan man has been charged with four counts of sexual touching and is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court today

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An Air Force officer attached to the Slave Island camp who had allegedly exposed himself to a woman police officer near the Fort police station was remanded till December 2, by a Colombo Court today

The Sri Lankan government has decided to reconstruct four hospitals in the northern Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts.These hospitals which were damaged during the war period will be reconstructed with a grant assistance given by United States Pac

Kandy Chief Magistrate Udaya Karalliyadde allowed an application for anticipatory bail by a Chief Inspector of Police attached to the Kandy Police Special Crimes Investigation Division, since he fears that on an allegation of sexual harassment on a W

The Chairperson of Securities and Exchange Commission, Indrani Sugathadasa has tendered her resignation to the Treasury Secretary this morning on policy issues.

The cabinet has given the green light to the world renowned Sheraton Hotel Chain to construct an up-market luxury hotel at the Galle Face Green.

A lawyer for Raj Rajaratnam appeared before a judicial panel in a Lower Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday in a final effort to keep her client out of prison while he appealed his conviction on charges of insider trading.