The death toll from the turbulent weather conditions rose to 19 this afternoon with 43 people still reported missing and 53,773 people from 13,337 families being affected, the Disaster Management Centre  (DMC) said today

Three people, who had allegedly been involved in the killing of a 72-year-old woman in Adippila in Arachchikattuwa about 17 years ago, were arrested by the police today

UNP Co-Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya today said the crisis in the Colombo Stock Market was a clear case of all types of investors, local and foreign, increasingly being disappointed over the conduct and policies of the Rajapaksa and Brothers Company

The number of gold chain robberies has risen in urban areas especially in Kurunegala, Negombo, Tangalle, Gampaha and Anuradhpaura, the police said.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today unveiled the island's first expressway, linking Colombo and the southern city of Galle, asserting that better road connectivity would remedy old separatist tendencies

The Kinnow export to Sri Lanka will be reduced by 60 per cent because of the new tax levied on import of agriculture products. Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Trading Ahmad Jawad told APP that with the imposition of new tax by Sri Lanka, the dutie

Former Sri Lanka Cricket head Tilanga Sumathipala on Sunday said he was keen to contest the re-elections for the top post to be held on January 3.

An illegal abortion centre was raided in Negombo and three persons running the centre were arrested, the police said

Sri Lanka's first ever highway (the Southern Expressway) was declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa a short while ago

Pakistani officials on Saturday accused NATO of conducting a helicopter attack on two military checkpoints at the northwestern border with Afghanistan, in strikes that military officials said killed at least 25 soldiers.

Reflecting over its soured relationship with Congress, the DMK, the second largest constituent of the ruling UPA at the Centre, today opposed Coast Guard's proposalto declare a portion in the Indo-Sri Lanka Maritime border as a no fishing zone.

The death toll from yesterday's rain and strong winds has risen to 13 and authorities are still unable to trace the missing fishermen

Terming the Coast Guard stand in the High Court on the fishermen issue as “outrageous”, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to rectify it before any “irredeema

One person was killed another 12 persons were injured when a private bus collided with a luxury bus while attempting to overtake it in the Mundalama area on the Puttalam-Chilaw main road a short while ago

Over 6,000 people have been affected and nine deaths have been reported due to the prevailing floods. An official said that rains and high winds are expected today as well

Security in and around the Jaffna peninsula and the North has been tightened as the military has received information that a group was planning to paste posters in the area to mark  the birthday of Velupillai Prabhakaran.

Since 2009 till November this year, 882 abductions have taken place according to a new report prepared by the police under the directions of Inspector General of Police (IGP) N.K. Illangakone.

The court of Appeal yesterday (25) listed to be mentioned on December 15 the Writ application filed by former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka seeking to sit and vote in Parliament.

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka’s wife Anoma said yesterday she would need a new court directive to ensure that her husband received medical treatment in hospital after the authorities had not permitted him to get such treatment recently.

The Embilipitiya Paper Corporation has been leased out to a sole trader registered by a relative of a certain VIP, but not to a company as reported earlier, the UNP charged in Parliament yesterday.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has lost around Rs.6 billion annually due to the piracy of electricity mainly in certain areas of the eastern province, Minister Paatali Champika Ranawaka said today.

The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) today filed charge sheets in court against a disabled army captain, who was a supporter of former army commander, General Sarath Fonseka on charges of  preventing prison officials from carrying out their duties w

India is much ahead of other countries in the South Asian region in literature, arts, education, agriculture, industry and technology, Irrigation and Water Resources Management, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

The family members of ruling party MP Dumida Silva have asked the government to grant him leave from Parliament for six months so that he can undergo medical treatment abroad for the head injuries he sustained in the shooting incident   on

Gampaha District UNP Parliamentarian and President of the National Youth Front Ruwan Wijeyawardena said if the students were pressurised, a situation that was seen in Egypt or in Syria would take place in Sri Lanka in the future.

The death toll in the gale that hit the southern coastal belt has risen to 12 including eight fishermen, and four others who died due to falling trees and other objects. Five fishing boats have been destroyed and 12 others are reported missing.

The primary section of the Ratmale Junior School in the Matugama Education Zone was closed today when 67 students were reported to have contracted Mumps.

A youth who was arrested and produced in court on charges of having blackmailed a lady teacher into sex by threatening to post her nude photos on Facebook was released on bail by a Colombo Court today.

Sri Lanka’s drift towards authoritarianism is confirmed with the country ranked at 109 in world audits on democracy, only 19 notches short of Zimbabwe ranked  at 136, the UNP charged in Parliament today.

A twelve year old boy died after falling from a three-storey building at the Sri Pushparama Temple in Nattandiya, while trying to catch pigeons on the roof of the temple, last evening