Traffic police manning the Southern Expressway are to whiz past in 2600cc engine capacity high speed Subaru Imprezza cars which can accelerate to 100 km/h within few seconds to catch traffic offenders.

The Sri Lanka Army has taken four steps to de-list 55,000 out of 60,000 deserters in the country under a special programme implemented by Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya

Australia were bowled out for 47 - their fourth lowest Test total and their lowest for 109 years - by South Africa as 23 wickets fell in one day

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani here on Thursday on the sidelines of 17th SAARC Summit and discussed bilateral relations

At least three youth were drowned and three were rescued in the Kosgoda seas where a group of 12 had been bathing this evening, police said

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is understood to have discussed the Tamils’ issue and frequent attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy during his meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Thursday

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is in New York for a meeting of the Board of Directors and the annual conference of the Club de Madrid. She will also attend a Banquet organized by the Club de Madrid where President Bill Clinton wi

At least six students were injured following a clash between two student factions of the University of Kelaniya

The Ministry of Fisheries, Foreign Affairs and Buddhist and Catholic clergy are making a joint effort to recover five boats belonging to Sri Lankan fishermen which have been confiscated by the Indian Authorities

A joint security plan involving the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and Sri Lanka's Special Task Force (STF) has been placed in and around the SAARC summit venue in Addu

The Sri Lankan government delegation currently attending the SAARC summit in Addu, will be holding bilateral discussions with their Indian and Maldivian counterparts over maritime security

CPI today said it was against the closure of the controversial Nuclear power station in Koodankulam but demanded that the Centre should dispel the apprehensions of the locals before proceeding with the project

The Ceylon Teachers Service Union today called on the Government to increase public expenditure on education to 10% from the current 2.59% as low investments in education will cause the country’s education system to spiral downwards and threate

A businessman who had allegedly bought pilfered computer toners from two peons attached to from the President’s Private Secretary’s Office was released on bail by a Colombo Court today

The Revival of Underperforming Enterprises and Underutilised Assets Bill was passed in parliament today. 122 voted for the bill while 46 voted against it. Those who opposed the bill were the UNP, JVP and TNA

Despite grave atrocities committed by non-state actors, the Sri Lankan government has at no time sought to justify torture nor resorted to torture, former attorney general Mohan Peiris, who is also the senior legal adviser to the Cabinet has told the

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa gave the go ahead for the debate on the controversial Revival of Underperforming and Underutilised Assets Bill in Parliament today despite objections by the opposition UPDATE

The Appeal Court today issued an interim stay order on the land circular pertaining to the north and east.

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today charged that its official news website ‘Lankawaynews’ had been banned at the time it was being checked out.

Speaking to Daily Mirror online exclusively at the conclusion of Parliamentary proceedings yesterday UNP Kurunegala District Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara asked the government what logic it had behind the introduction of the Expropriation bill.

A total of 47 Sri Lankan refugees departed to the island nation from here on Tuesday under the United Nations High Commission for Refugees’ (UNHCR) voluntary repatriation programme.

The second of two Sri Lankan brothers allegedly at the centre of an illicit booze “epidemic” in Wirral has been banned from selling alcohol.

Channel 4 has commissioned a follow-up to the acclaimed but controversial Sri Lanka's Killing Fields documentary as part of its new current affairs programming drive.

A Sri Lankan maid on trial for culpable homicide told a psychiatrist that she killed her lover in self-defence as he had threatened her as well as her employer's two children.

The Women and Children’s Bureau informed court it had sought the Attorney General’s advice on whether the chief layman of the controversial Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Temple at Liberty Plaza belonging to a Japanese Mahayana Sect should be a

The European Union has expressed concern over Sri Lanka''s move to block certain anti-government websites, days after the US demanded that Colombo respect freedom of expression.

Sri Lanka Navy denied of any involvement in the alleged attacks on the Tamil Nadu fishermen. Sri Lankan Navy spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya emphasized that, “Sri Lanka Navy is the state navy and we will not do any mean thing or invo

In another attempt to exercise control over land properties in Sri Lanka, the government today sought to amend the Town and Country Planning Ordinance to acquire lands for economic, social, historical, environmental and religious purposes within muni

Inspections to check the quality and services of 57,000 beauty parlours and salons are now being conducted countrywide by the National Drugs and Cosmetics Devices Authority (NDCDA), a spokesman of the health ministry said today

A group of about 30 security personnel had taken ill after eating meals served at the Army Language Training Institute in Kotmale today and were admitted to Gampola Hospital