The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) said today that the concluded Local Government elections, was not free and fair. Speaking to the Daily Mirror online Executive Director of CaFFE Keerthi Tennakoon said that there was heavy violation of

Hospital sources say MP Duminda Silva is out of danger, two bullets have been removed from his head and the surgery continues

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MP Duminda Silva is undergoing surgery at the Sri Jayawardanapura hospital as he has suffered serious injuries to his head, sources say

Police curfew has been imposed in the Mulleriyawa Police Division with immediate effect. The curfew was imposed following the shooting incident that took place at the IDH Junction in Mulleriyawa

Police spokesman SSP Maxi Proctor speaking to the Daily Mirror a short while ago said that the police are still not aware of the reason behind the shooting nor the persons responsible for the shooting

Former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and two others have died from the shooting in Kolonnawa, while Duminda Silva is in a critical condition and in ICU at the moment UPDATE

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France stunned England to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where they will face Wales

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni women's rights activist Tawakkul Karman

Wales booked a place in the semi-final stage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup with a 22-10 win over Ireland in the first quarter-final played in Wellington today -- the first time they made the last four since the inaugural tournament in 1987

Voters in Sri Lanka's capital went to the polls today to elect a local municipal council, in a contest widely seen as a mid-term test for President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Amid charges that the government is not genuinely interested in evolving a political solution to the Tamil question, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said yesterday it would discuss its political concerns with India’s Foreign Secretary Ranjan

Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai will arrive in Sri Lanka on Saturday October 8, 2011, on a three-day visit, his first since he took over the top foreign service post in September 2011

The government has introduced new legislation to establish Agrarian Tribunals by amending the Agrarian Development Act and thus hopes to resolve disputes in the agriculture sector in relation to tenant paddy cultivators, officials said today.

Opposition United National (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today appealed for a calm and peaceful local council election today.

The JVP crisis has now made it impossible to publish its news paper ‘Lanka’ and had forced the management of it to launch a new journal named ‘Janarala’ from next Sunday.

The Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers Union today urged the government to immediately gazette a new Colombo Consumers Price Index as employers have resorted to using ad-hoc methods at determining wage increments in the absence of a fi

Syria has lifted an import ban on value-added tea exports from Sri Lanka which had raised fears it could sharply reduce earnings from the island's main export product.

Sri Lanka's cricket board (SLC) has been officially warned for the "poor" quality of the pitch at Galle, which hosted the first test in their recent series against Australia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday

The Budget 2012 will be presented in Parliament on November 21 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Appropriation Bill for the Financial Year 2012 is scheduled to be presented on October 18

A stall at the Nugegoda fair which was occupied by the Nugegoda Janatha Pola United Traders Association President Premadasa Vidanapathirana, had been forcibly removed by some goons while he had been pushed out of it

World and business leaders have paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer

A Pakistani commission investigating the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden says a doctor accused of helping the CIA should be tried for high treason

The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA), the apex body of doctors in Sri Lanka yesterday urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to take necessary action to preserve the integrity of the Sri Lanka Medical Council for the maintenance of discipline and smoo

The Nugegoda Janatha Pola United Traders Association yesterday charged that some 25 hawkers who were carrying out business in the fair for decades have been pushed out from it by the police and some influential politicians.

Five persons who were allegedly involved in selling a block of 92 acres of state land in Kalpitiya to a resort company by presenting a forged deed and court judgment were released on bail by a Colombo Court today.

The Kollupitiya police, who are investigating the activities of the controversial Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Temple run by two laymen and a Japanese monk at the Liberty Plaza, said according to the statements given by 25 people they had paid more than

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UNP MP Dayasiri Jayasekara was removed from the parliament for making an inflammatory speech against the government and his speech was expunged.  Jayasekara was removed from the chamber by the sergeant at arms and parliament was adjourned for te