Dog lovers are advised to carry a bag to collect the feces of the animals as the police can file a case against any dog owner on the basis that the animal polluted the environment, the police said

India’s release of rice stocks to the international market has blurred Sri Lanka’s hopes to export more rice to various countries at the moment, officials said today

Police inspectors had requested the Presidents Secretary Lalith Weeratunga not to allow other persons to carry weapons while accompanying policemen in providing security to VIP’s

Five suspects were arrested by the Wadduwa police in connection with the clash which took place in the Delduwa area in Wadduwa where one was killed and nine others were injured due to a hand grenade explosion, police media spokesman Ajith Rohana said

Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were jailed for 30 months and one year respectively on Thursday after being found guilty of taking bribes to fix parts of a test match against England in 2010

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks who had been fighting extradition to Sweden on sexual misconduct charges lost his latest appeal on Wednesday, but vowed to continue to fight the charges

Opposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today requested the government to bring in legislation to acquire all assets which belongs to LTTE all over the world instead of laws to take over enterprises of Sinhalese businessmen. AUDIO

Tough new rules and enforcement action to stop abuse of the UK student visa system mean that over 450 education providers will no longer be able to sponsor new international students.

A contempt of court application has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here against top Union Government officials for having allegedly disobeyed interim orders passed by the court on October 14 to strengthen security on the International Mari

Anguished by what they say is New Delhi's apathy, Indians jailed in Sri Lanka want Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to intervene and seek their extradition to India

Despite its high economic growth, India has been ranked lower than its neighbours, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, on the multi-dimensional poverty index (MPI) and gender inequality index (GII) by the United Nations Development Programme.

Russia’s Gazprom, one of the largest gas and oil companies in the world, has agreed to start work on offshore oil exploration in the Mannar Basin, the Petroleum Ministry said yesterday

The parliamentary Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) which investigated 249 government-owned institutions have found that the losses incurred by them during 2007 - 2009 exceeds a staggering Rs.19 billion, a COPE official said yesterday

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today charged that the proposed new laws to acquire underperforming or unutilized enterprises and assets was a violation of the country’s Constitution

A rare blue sapphire fetched Rs.40 million at the first-ever gem auction conducted by the Gem and Jewellery Authority of Sri Lanka (GJASL) in Ratnapura

The All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union today charged that the report on the Alawwa train collision released today, which stated that the accident was due to the negligence of the railway driver was incorrect and that the report was meant to t

Private bus owners urged the government today to either reduce the price of diesel from Rs.84 to Rs.76 a litre or increase bus fares as private buses incurred a daily loss of Rs.15 million since last week’s price increase

The National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) today urged the government to increase the price of cigarettes by 50 per cent as a means of controlling tobacco consumption and increasing government revenue

Four Sri Lankan sailors survived clinging to a life raft at sea for three days without food or water thanks to South African authorities who had earlier detained their ship and made them buy safety equipment

A police curfew will be imposed in the Ahungalla and Karandeniya areas from 6 pm till 6 am tomorrow, the police said

The Vavuniya police today arrested an alleged drug dealer known as ‘Kudu Baba’ who had run an illegal drug business in the area since the end of the war, with 500 grams of heroin in his possession

The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) said today that as many as 118 university students had been suspended from their studentship during the past few months due to their alleged involvement in various violent activities during the p

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director General Malik Cader has been offered a senior position in the Finance Ministry and he may accept it if his service is required immediately, SEC Chairperson, Indrani Sugathadasa told Mirror Business On

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris has asserted that the Tamil National Alliance, which swept the recent local body polls in the Tamil-dominated Northern Province, was not the sole representative of the Tamil-speaking people in Sri Lanka.

The Norwegian Embassy in Colombo has contributed NOK 3 million (approximately Rs.57 million) to support the International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) programme that is assisting reintegration and reconciliation of former LTTE cadres into

The Elections Department vowed today to take legal action against the ten candidates who did not declare their assets before October 31, 2011, officials said today.

The US government  expressed concern over the blocking of anti-government websites in Sri Lanka. The US Embassy in Colombo called on Sri Lankan authorities and the managements of Sri Lankan telecommunications firms to stop activities aimed at bl

The CID produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate a Captain of the Army who had allegedly masterminded the murder of Dr. Prasad Jayasinghe in front of his dispensary in Thalgashandiya  Karandeniya on September 29.

The police curfew in Ahungalla, Kurudugahahatakma and Karandeniya was lifted at 6am today. Eight persons were arrested in connection with the unrest in Karandeniya , the police said.

The controversial Bill that seeks to take over 37 private institutions include Sevanagala Sugar Industries Ltd. owned by Ampara district UNP organiser Daya Gamage, Ceylinco Leisure Properties Ltd  and a host of garment factories, the Daily Mirro