The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today welcomed the government’s decision to call for an explanation about the circumstances surrounding the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

UNP spokesman and Member of Parliament Gaynatha Karunatilleke said today that anyone in the party is free to talk to the media any time. He made this point with regard to the statement issued by the party recently banning members from talking to the

Battling near-freezing temperatures and darkness, rescue workers and residents in eastern Turkey early Monday scoured the wreckage wrought by the country's most-powerful earthquake in more than a decade, hoping to find survivors

A foreigner who jumped into the sea off Samudra Mawatha in Galle after an altercation with a woman has disappeared and navy divers are searching for the body

Some recruitment offices have raised the salaries of family drivers from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal who are supplied for working with households. Their salaries in different categories have been raised by QR500, a local Arabic daily reported yesterd

Dissension appears to be emerging within the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) over the exclusion of representatives of its alliance partner TELO from its delegation expected to undertake a visit to the United States tomorrow morning, former MP M. K. Siv

Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakodi had highlighted at the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) that terrorism cannot be eliminated by the application of good governance alone.

Six people had applied for the post of hangman, which fell vacant after the predecessor was promoted recently, Prisons Reforms Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera said yesterday.

The Western imperialists have discarded the values they possessed by killing former Libyan Leader Muammar  Gaddafi, Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) Leader Wimal Weerawansa said today.

The Quetta Association which comprises graduate officers of the Command Staff College Quetta, Pakistan held its first convention today at the Galadari Hotel.

Both the JVP and its dissident groups have decided to hold separate ceremonies to mark the 22nd death commemoration of the party’s founder leader Rohana Wijeweeera.

Minister of Sports Youth Affairs, Women’s Affairs and Fisheries Western Province Nimal Lansa who was at the centre of controversy after STF raid on his residence today said the truth behind the raid would come out in few days time.

The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the UN Committee against Torture to call on Sri Lankan authorities to amend the Convention against Torture Act to bring it in line with the definitions and obligations under the int

Police arrested two men who allegedly abducted two women in a double cab in the Thiriyaya area in Morawewa.

New Zealand won the 2011 Rugby World Cup holding off under-estimated France 8-7, ending their 24 year wait for the Webb Ellis trophy, at Eden Park in Auckland today – the lowest scoring and closest final in World Cup history.

New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup-2011 by defeating France (8-7) at Eden Park a short while ago. The All Blacks won the title of world champions after a lapse of 24 years.

The External Affairs ministry stated today that the circumstances surrounding the death of Muammar al Gaddafi require an explanation. 

Five tourists partying in Unawatuna were admitted to the Karapitiya General Hospital following a brawl at a night club early this morning. Police spokesman SP Ajith Rohana told Daily Mirror online that the injured included a French national, four Rus

A team of doctors successfully performed the first ever liver transplant, where the liver of a mother who was alive and well was transplanted in her daughter at a private hospital in Colombo, the head of the team of medical specialists said yesterday

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa assured in Parliament today that people would be resettled areas in the Sampur area of the Trincomalee District once the land acquisition was completed for the coal power project

At the conclusion of the hearing of evidence on the post-mortem inquiry held before the Colombo Chief Magistrate Court on the deaths of former Parliamentarian and Presidential adviser on Trade Union Affairs Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and four oth

A Dutch court has convicted five Dutch ethnic Tamil men for raising funds for the banned Tamil Tiger rebels

Fisheries Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne told Parliament today that he respects former President Chandrika Kumaratunga for transforming the SLFP from its communal mindset to a more liberal position

There can be delays when providing redress to housemaids who are facing various difficulties in the Middle East, the Chief Government Whip Dinseh Gunawardene told parliament today

Australia and Wales closed out their World Cup campaigns in the bronze medal match today, won 21-18 by the Australians.  

A person involved in cheating people residing abroad by misusing their money and distributing them among the locals by operating an illegal financial institution in Pettah was arrested by the Colombo Fraud Bureau (CFB)

Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), said his organisation will not speculate on the issue regarding threats to expel Sri Lanka's membership of the Commonwealth despite the fact that Sri Lankan city Hambantota

The post mortem inquiry into the death of former Parliamentarian and Presidential Adviser on Trade Union Affairs, Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra on election day at Mulleriyawa was held before the Colombo Chief Magistrate

The focus of the investigation into the recently arrested Sultan Park bombing suspect has turned towards his Sri Lankan contacts he had established during his time in hiding

The government said yesterday it did not rule out the possibility of making parliamentarian Duminda Silva a suspect in the Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra murder trial but added that the investigations were still going on and the government would let