The inculcation of Buddhist values in children is vital in moulding them as global citizens, Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake has stressed.

Sri Lanka's opposition UNP today backed the talks between the government and the main Tamil party TNA to find a solution to the political aspirations of the minority ethnic community, but underlined that it should not upset the territorial integr

The Maligakanda Magistrate has imposed a penalty of Rs.4,000 to the Director of a five star hotel in Colombo after he was found guilty of keeping two varieties of sausages in storage, unfit for human consumption.

A minor employee of the Government Analyst Department who broke a door of his office behaving in an unruly manner after consuming alcohol was remanded until October 31 by the Chief Magistrate of Colombo.

Air customs officials today seized 12 gold biscuits from a Sri Lankan national at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, official sources said. The gold, weighing 1.5 kg, was concealed in one of his bags, official sources said.

Two farmers were killed and three others injured this afternoon when they were struck by lightning while working in a paddy field at Ranpathvila, Kahatagasdigiliya in the Anuradhapura District, police said. The incident took place around 2.00pm.

The Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and Minister of Justice, Rauff Hakeem today requested SLMC members of the Kalmunai Municipal Council to work closely with all the parties representing the council in line with its late leader A. H. M

Sri Lankan openers fought hard to remain united after their team conceded a 164-run lead to Pakistan on the third day of the second Test here on Friday.

Despite the lapse of over two years after the end of the war, some people in the former LTTE held areas are yet to acquaint themselves properly with the normal law of the country , and therefore, the authorities concerned continue to carry out awaren

Opposition Leader and Leader of UNP Ranil Wickremesighe today said his party is prepared to play its part in supporting the government to resolve the national issue if it comes out with an acceptable solution before the end of the year.

Terming repeated attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy as a national issue, BJP leader L K Advani today said the government should firmly ask Colombo to put an end to them

The 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will begin at the Conference and Exhibition Centre in Perth, Australia today under the theme of ‘Building National and Global Resilience’

Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting today was split over how tough to get on human rights abuses in member countries, an issue which one official said their leaders were unlikely to resolve at the summit later in the week

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said yesterday it would compile its own report on the controversial private medical college in Malabe and would introduce a protocol on the minimum standards required to practice medicine in Sri Lank

The sureties who stood surety for an accused who was alleged to have suppressed facts about the killing of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar undertook to produce the accused in court on December 15

The Special Envoy of the President for Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe addressing the Third Committee meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York today expressed Sri Lanka’s concerns about the transparency of the UN Human Right

To meet the demanding tourism and fisheries development activities, the government is to rename the Coast Conservation Department, as the Coast Conservation and Coastal Resources Management Department under the Ministry of Defence and Urban Developme

District Secretaries will be designated as government agents again with more powers to Divisional Secretaries by amending the necessary law in this regard, officials said today. Cabinet approval has been given to amend the Act for this purpose

EPDP Leader and Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development, Douglas Devananda stressed the need to meaningfully implement the 13th Amendment sans police and land powers for the time being as the initial step for the resolutio

There are instances where separatist movements have filed cases against Sri Lankan leaders. They are also looking for evidence to bring them before international tribunals on war crime charges.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken a swipe at advanced economies, saying they urgently need to get their act together because the Asia Pacific region is propping up global stability.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who once vowed to die fighting on Libyan soil, now wants to face international justice instead and avoid any chance of meeting the same grisly end as his father, Libyan officials said.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa that Australia wants to see his country deal with the alleged human rights abuses committed during the civil war.

In another glaring instance where public money has been wasted due to corruption, the country has lost a massive Rs.983 million as a result of an investment made in a Norwegian company a few years ago for an online lottery, the parliamentary Committe

Amid a marked decrease in the activities of drug peddlers and a disruption in the supply of heroin, four people including a woman were arrested in Pesalai while they were allegedly transporting 1.3 kilos estimated to be worth Rs.10 million and believ

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said today the number of skilled professionals in the government sector was fast declining because of the gross discrepancies in salaries between professionals in the public and private sectors

The sureties who stood for an accused who was alleged to have suppressed facts about the killing of former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar undertook to produce the accused in court on December 15

The Health Ministry has accepted a request made by the Asian Action for the Prevention of Spinal Cord Damage (AAPSC) to formulate a National Action Plan to prevent spinal cord damages during accidents.

Dismissing the allegations made by the government and some so called investors that the complains made by the opposition MPs had lead to the collapse of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), the main opposition UNP said today