Sri Lankan Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage has approved the following squad under the Captaincy of T.M. Dilshan for the Test Series against South Africa, scheduled to get underway on December 15.

Two Chinese firms and a British company are bidding for a contract to build the USD 500 million Colombo South Harbour Container Terminal in Sri Lanka, an official said here Wednesday.

All 17 estates under the JEDB had suffered losses to the tune of Rs.115.2 million in 2010, Minister of State Resources and Enterprise Development Dayasritha Tissera informed Parliament today

The Sri Lankan Rupee weakened to Rs.114.15 against the dollar in the currency market after closing at Rs.113.90 yesterday

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Sri Lanka's devaluation of its rupee currency was a good step and should support the island-nation's export competitiveness and safeguard its reserves over the medium-term.

Despite the government claiming that natural gas had been discovered while drilling for oil in two blocks in the Mannar Basin, the gas deposits found deep under the sea in one well has been proved to be inadequate in terms of volumes and thus non-eco

The Malabe private medical college should never be allowed to award the Sri Lankan MBBS, Medical Faculty Students Action Committee representative Najith Indika said yesterday protesting opposite the University Grants Commission (UGC)

University academics, who are unhappy over the government’s failure to honour the pledge to increase their salaries to a mutually agreed level in the 2012 Budget are once again mulling over the idea of resorting to trade union action to win the

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa will submit the LLRC report to Parliament next month, President's Media Director General, Bandula Jayasekara stated

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today issued a warrant for the arrest of Ven. Uvatenne Sumana Thera for not being present in Court in connection with an alleged defrauding of a businessman of Rs.3 million on the promise of providing him with a plot of la

Former Deputy Defence Minister, Anuruddha Ratwatte was hospitalised earlier today after he sustained critical injuries after falling at his residence, Kandy hospital sources said

UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya today expressed the party’s doubts regarding the honesty and sincerity of the statement of the government which say that they need an opposition, if they continue to assault those who express opposing views. Is

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat will step down after a four-year tenure in June 2012, the governing body said on Tuesday.

The proposed 10% pay hike for public servants, announced in the Budget for 2012, will be added only as an allowance to their salaries, Minister Sarath Amunugama said

UK Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt yesterday called on the Sri Lankan government to release publicly the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee's (LLRC) report on post conflict issues in Sri Lanka

The main opposition UNP today decried the proposed ten-per cent pay hike in the budget saying that it would be totally insufficient given the high cost of living

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa today said that he would conduct an inquiry into the circumstances that led to a commotion in Parliament during the budget speech on Monday

The alleged abduction of a prominent Peliyagoda businessman by two men in camouflage military uniforms this morning has resulted in protests in the area UPDATE

If Sri Lanka was able to exploit the sea to its full potential it will be able to present a ‘Sea  Budget’ and refrain from obtaining loans from global financial agencies and donors, Fisheries and  Aquatic Resources Minister Dr.

A Colombo Court discharged a youth today, who was in remand custody on charges of having been  involved in a plot to kill the Pakistan High Commissioner in Kollupitiya on August 14, 2006.

A former shroff of the Southern Province Inland Revenue Department who pleaded guilty of fraud  involving Rs.100,000 was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment, suspended for ten years and  fined Rs.10,000 by the Galle High Court Judg

Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Monday he would like to continue as Sri Lanka captain for another tour before deciding about his future after losing his third one-day series in a row.

The entire fleet of trains of the Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) is to be equipped with modern safety  devices including Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to ensure the safety of passengers and crew and  minimise accidents, Transport Minister Kuma

A Colombo Court today ordered the Slave Island police to arrest a Japanese national and a Sri Lankan who were alleged to have organised a foreign job racket by defrauding several youth of millions of rupees on the pretext of finding them jobs in Japa

Postal Department unions called off a week long strike today after they received assurance from the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry that department’s Post Master General will be removed from his position after further investigation

Parliamentary business was relegated to rowdy levels today during the budget speech of President Mahinda Rajapaksa with some unruly government MPs trying to manhandle and rough up UNP members who held aloft placards critical of the 2012 budget. UPDAT

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the UNP should be united and support the government for its good work towards developing the country

A 10% salary increase for government servants and security forces personnel will come into effect from next year

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) personnel of Kakinada caught nine Sri Lankan fishermen who entered into Indian sea waters for illegally fishing on Saturday and handed them over to the marine police on Sunday. They were caught with nearly 3,500 kilos of fish