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

Two luxury bus services will be launched within the next two weeks to upgrade the country’s transport technology and to reduce traffic congestion in the Colombo city, the Private Bus Owners Association (PBOA) said today.

A heavy traffic jam has been reported on Baseline Road (Borella area) and roads leading to it including D. S. Senanayake Mawatha and Kynsey Roas, the police.

Sri Lanka will send the National Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights Navi Pillay, Special Envoy of the President on Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said today. The

The police have arrested 194 individuals for violating election laws during the month long campaigning to 23 local government bodies and so far 145 incidents had been reported to the Police Elections Desk

Over 513 mechanized boats of Indian fishermen were allegedly detained at gunpoint by Sri Lankan navy personnel near the International Maritime Boundary Line, Fisheries Department officials said today.

Presidential Advisor and Coordinator of the Presidential Initiative for a Trilingual Sri Lanka Sunimal Fernando said people had requested for the government to set up a trilingual police system at the earliest time possible. “They don’t w

Sri Lankas special envoy to the UN Human Rights Council Mahinda Samarasinghe said today that a National Action Plan on human rights will be submitted to the UN commissioner of Human Rights Navi Pillay. 

Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues

A fully fledged election complaints commission should be established with powers to disqualify candidates if they are found guilty of violating election laws, rules and regulations, a leading election monitoring group said yesterday

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva yesterday accused the dissidents of having given ammunition to the government and the United National Party (UNP) to destroy the party leadership.

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) said today Sri Lanka could suffer an economic recession similar to Greece, Ireland and other Western Countries if our economy was mismanaged

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesighe today warned that the assault on the Sri Lanka Medical Council Registrar Dr. N. J. Nonis and the move by the government to set up a private medical college in Malabe could create a crisis in the country’s h

Sri Lanka wants to hire hangmen, a top government official said on Wednesday, after the country's only two executioners quit their jobs, leaving at least 800 convicts sitting on death row

Inspector General of Police (IGP) N. K. Illangakoon has emphasised the need for the police to work closely and engage with the public in order to win their respect

Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang will be in Sri Lanka for first time on October 15, the Vietnam Embassy in Colombo said today. A spokesman from the Vietnam Embassy in Colombo said he will come to Sri Lanka on a two day official visit with a 120 memb

Six persons were killed including a child when a buddy truck collided head on with a lorry transporting asbestos sheets in front of the Wariyapola police station a short while ago, the police said

Sri Lanka will soon tender for oil exploration in five blocks in the northwestern offshore Mannar Basin after Cairn India Ltd. discovered a gas deposit there, the country's petroleum minister said today.

Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels struck at the heart of the capital on Tuesday, killing scores of people with a truck bomb in the group's most deadly attack in the country since launching an insurgency in 2007.

Intervention by the Catholic Church in Orissa has enabled the release of 19 Sri Lankan fishermen, who were held after exceeding the limits of territorial waters in the Indian Ocean.

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Chief V. Gopalswamy, also known as Vaiko has slammed the Sri Lankan government for oppressing and colonising its Tamil minority community.

Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dallas Alahapperuma and Deputy Economic Development Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana say three UNP Candidates contesting the Colombo Municipal Council are expected to crossover to the UPFA in the next f

Japan says it will hunt whales in the Southern Ocean this winter and will send a Fisheries Agency ship to guard its whalers against promised intervention by a conservation group

All public schools located within local government bodies where elections are held on Saturday October 8, 2011, will be closed on Friday October 7, 2011, the Education Ministry announced today.

All liquor shops will be closed on October 8, 2011, in the areas where the Local Government Elections are to be conducted

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The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) dissidents for the first time yesterday (October 4) announced that they would form a mass movement based on leftist principles after carrying out a thorough awareness campaign among the people