Sri Lanka on Friday signed agreements with Vietnam to buy oil and share oil and gas expertise, just after it announced the discovery of natural gas offshore in the Mannar Basin

The government will enact the Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill, which provides for a mix of the proportional representation system and the first-past-the-post-system for future elections to local councils, a minister said yesterd

School drop-outs still remain high in the war-affected area of Vakarai in the Batticaloa district with as many as 72 students having dropped out of school within a few months, officials said yesterday.

With the health condition of parliamentarian Duminda Silva improving, it has been revealed that there are no major damages to his brain.

The Colombo High Court released an ASP of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) who was the main witness in a voir dire case in Rs. 100,000 surety bail for failing to appear in court for the prosecution.

Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CAFÉ) today accused the police of having ignored the instructions given by Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya to provide adequate security in Kolonnawa and this had resulted in tragic events on the

Colombo mayor elect A.J.M. Muzammil said today the converting of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) into a Special Authority is still only confined to the level of political talks at the moment.

The Attorney General today at the Colombo High Court indicted Rosemary Perera alias ‘Jeena Madam’ who is alleged to have managed a brothel at a leading shopping complex in Kollupitiya and four others who are alleged to have aided and abet

Sri Lanka is looking for the possibility of exporting condensed milk, the Ministry of Livestock Development said today. The Ministry said an international standard condensed milk brand with the name ‘Highland Milkmite’ has already been de

Two Sri Lankan pilgrims died in a road accident when their speeding vehicle overturned on the Makkah–Jeddah highway on Wednesday night, the Sri Lankan Consulate General in Jeddah said on Thursday.

A 24-hour watrer cut will be effective from from 8am tomorrow till 8am on Sunday in the Colombo Port, Chatham Street-Kotahena, Mutwal and Grandpass areas

Heavy traffic jams prevailed this morning on several roads leading to Colombo from Rajagiriya due to VIP movement. The traffic jams affected the areas of Town Hall, Ward Place, Horton Place and the Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Road area in Rajagiriya

As fresh cases of alleged violence against Indian fishermen come to light, India and Sri Lanka have started to contemplate joint patrolling along the international maritime boundary between the two nations to prevent any such incident. Sources said t

Environment Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa today instructed the Central Environment Authority (CEA) to take immediate action to put an end to the alleged destruction of forests at Thawsamadu in the Wilpattu National Park

Responding to his suspension from the party, UNP Matara District MP Buddhika Pathirana today said he had not acted against the interests of the party and would remain in the in the UNP till the end of his political career.

Minister Mervyn Silva has reportedly rushed to Singapore on a long holiday after visiting the funeral house of the President's advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, sources say

A fresh dispute has arisen between the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) Leader V. Anandasangari and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan who has threatened to legally challenge the TULF convention held in Jaffna recently, political

Sri Lankan born hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam convicted in the biggest Wall Street trading scandal in a generation, was ordered short while ago to serve 11 years in prison, one of the longest sentences on record in an insider-trading case but less

The CID today handed over to the Chief Magistrate Court several weapons that were recovered during the investigations into the killing of former Parliamentarian Baratha Lakshman Premachandra to be sent to the Government Analyst for examination

The UNP today suspended Matara District MP Buddhika Patirane and Western Provincial Council Member Shiral Laktilake from the party’s membership on charges of violating the party’s constitution in their recent actions

Airport Customs arrested an Indian National with foreign currency worth Rs.14 million at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) when he attempted to smuggle them to India on last morning. The money was found hidden inside fourteen AC-DC adaptor

The Kalmunai Mayoral dispute had been concluded by Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Rauff Hakeem today, after the appointment of Shiraz Mirashib as Kalmunai Mayor as he got the highest preferential votes at the Kalmunai Municipal Council elect

Parliamentarian Duminda Silva is recovering slowly and the life support system has been removed, Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital Director Dr. Shavendra Gamage said

Two suspects who were allegedly involved in Saturday’s gun battle in Mulleriyawa which resulted in the death of Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and seriously injured Parliamentarian Duminda Silva, were arrested in India and

The use of private security personnel to provide security to politicians and the use of unauthorised weapons has been banned, the government announced today.

The Defence Ministry started operations today, to crack down on illegal arms, Cabinet Spokesman said

The proposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) with new terms of reference to make recommendations for the resolution of the North-East question will be appointed after the 2012 Budget, the Daily Mirror reliably understands.

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of slain presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachndra yesterday pledged she would lead the struggle against the injustice that had been done to her father and would continue the services he had rendered durin

The world’s population will reach the seven billion mark on October 31 and with the increase in population, Sri Lanka too will face a number of challenges, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today.

The CID will intensify its investigations into the killing of presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, whose funeral was held today, in Kolonnawa under tight security arrangements