A major traffic jam has been reported in the Town Hall area due to a protest campaign by the UNP, a reporter stated

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said today that the political tensions between Sri Lanka and the United States Government would not have any bearing on the aid projects in the country

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe  today in Parliament removed his tie bearing the logo of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association(CPA) as a mark of protest against the government for not allowing him to make a statement under the Standi

Over 1000km of cables, five transformers and four high tension towers were damaged in the south. Minister Ranawaka inspecting the damage yesterday said that the CEB will bear the cost of the restoration. The total system will be restored before Satur

A leading lawyer Hemantha Warnakulasuriya is appearing for parliamentarian Duminda Silva in the Mulleriyawa shooting case without the written consent of Mr. Silva, a Colombo Court said today (UPDATE)

The Deputy Minister of Petroleum Industries, Sarana Gunawardena was suspended from parliament for one week a short while ago. The speaker suspended the MP for the commotion that occurred during the presidents Budget speech UPDATE

The Norochcholai power plant was shut down temporarily after a fire broke out. There were no major damages to the plant. The power supply is to be restored in a few hours UPDATE

The CID yesterday filed in court, parliamentarian Duminda Silva’s bed ticket issued by consultant Neurosurgeon Maheshi Wijeratne.

Russian oil and gas giant GAZPROM has sent a four-member technical team to check on the viability of oil and gas exploration in northern Sri Lanka’s Mannar Basin, Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premjayantha said yesterday.

The revenue collected from the users of the Southern Expressway for 12 hours from 6pm on Sunday (27), to 6am today (28) stands at Rs.1 million. Operations Manager B.D.K. Bandara said statistically 4,500 vehicles had entered the Expressway from the e

The financial assistance for the improvement of oil refinery facilities from Iran now hangs in the balance due to political turmoil in the Middle East, Parliament was informed today.

The District Secretaries and Divisional Secretaries in certain provinces have failed to delivered funds for the reconstruction of houses damaged in the two bouts of floods that hit the country early this year though the government has made necessary

The eight women, who had been arrested on October 24, 2007 along with Rosemary Felicia Perera alias Jeena Madam on charges of having helped operate a brothel under the guise of a night club at the Kollupitiya Liberty Plaza building complex, were acqu

The attempts by JVP dissidents to visit LTTE inmates in the Anuradhapura prison were thwarted by the prison authorities yesterday, a dissident member said today.

Death toll due to bad weather has risen to 22 while several missing persons returned bringing down number of missing persons to 19-the Disaster Management Centre said

The Elections Commissioner is to initiate legal action against Local Government members who failed to declare Assets and Liabilities for which the last date was November 25.

In what appeared to be another instance of the use of un-parliamentary words, Productivity Promotion Minister Lakshman Seneviratne today slandered UNP MP Harin Fernando with abusive references to his father and lineage.

Sri Lanka has opened a page on Chinese social networking site - www.renren.com - to attract more Chinese tourists to the country, an official said Monday.

The Police Service runs short of around 10,000 cadres required to maintain law and order in the country, Parliament was informed today.

Senior Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana tells parliament today that he is saddened by the government's decision to devalue the rupee by three per cent

Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera vowed in Parliament today to take action with the officials concerned at the Meteorological Department if they were found guilty of failing to issue warnings to people on the gusty winds and rough seas

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader Vijayakant and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Sunday condemned the Coast Guard's suggestion that the area up to five nautical miles from the Indo-Sri Lankan Interna

A Nigerian couple was arrested for illegally smuggling US$70,000 (nearly Rs.8 million) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by the airport narcotics bureau yesterday

An accident occurred on the Southern Expressway at 7.10 this morning, at the 8th mile post in Kahatuduwa Picture Updates

A Sri Lankan housemaid who was found with seven nails in her body following surgery at Dammam Central Hospital refused on Saturday to name who was responsible for inserting them

A city court has sentenced to nine years imprisonment a temporary lecturer of the Madurai Kamaraj University College and his parents for hiding the fact that they were Sri Lankan citizens, purchasing properties in India and claiming to be Indians

The cash strapped SriLankan Airlines is to go in for a commercial borrowing of US$175 million from external sources to meet its funding requirements, officials said yesterday

The gale force in the Matara District also damaged houses giving shelter to Chinese workers who worked in the Southern Expressway project.

A survey conducted by the Legal Aid Commission (LAC) has revealed that 70% of women aged between 15 to 45 have been sexually harassed in public transport, the Legal Aid Commission chairman said

The International Cricket Council has fined Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka 10 per cent of his match fee and reprimanded Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez for showing dissent at an umpire`s decision during their teams' Twenty20 International.