The Sri Lankan government should ensure better pay for women, rights activists said Friday after Sri Lanka dropped 15 spots in the latest World Economic Rankings.

Spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan is expected to play a key role in Sri Lanka' s bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the Sri Lankan government said on Friday.

Restaurants, eateries, tea kiosks, cafeterias and bakeries are to be graded based on the quality and cleanliness of the foods and drinks they sold by the health ministry to ensure consumers purchase the best and hygienically prepared food from these

Three pedestrians including a schoolgirl and a teacher waiting for bus by the roadside were knocked down by a car at the Beratuduwa Junction in Balapitiya this morning

The United States says it has 'high expectations' for the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report due to be released this month and that it should be of the highest quality

The way forward for SAARC will be to priorities, select a few modest projects capable of being delivered within a reasonable time frame, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris has said

The main opposition UNP has decided to ask the government to amend the Revival of the Underperforming and Underutilised Assets Bill excluding the properties of some companies from the list of 37 ventures to be acquired, the party said today

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