A second five-star Shangri-La Hotel is coming up in Hambantota at a cost of US$120 million or Rs.13 billion in a chain of hotel projects that have been approved by the government, Economic Development Deputy Minister Lakashman Yapa Abeywardana said t

The Registrar of the Sri Lanka Medical Council, N. J. Nonis, was assaulted by an unidentified gang in Moratuwa, a short while ago, a reporter stated

A beggar was clubbed to death this morning with a sharp weapon reportedly by an unidentified mob near the seventh mile post in Kelaniya, police said

A metal Buddha statue with an antique value of Rs.60 million was seized today by the Dambulla Police. Two suspects were arrested including a former police constable who was part of the police intelligence unit while they were trying to sell the antiq

The Dematagoda Police Intelligence Division arrested three suspects of a gang who had operated in Colombo and in the suburbs for several years, robbing elderly women of  their gold jewellery by posing as members of the Police Intelligence Unit

Thirteen people were killed when gunmen ambushed a passenger bus outside of Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, local police said

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The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has become the only exchange to record a positive growth as of September 30, 2011, compared with other stock exchanges in Asia, the CSE says

The U.S. Embassy in Colombo has announced that the 2013 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be accepting on-line applications starting October 4, 2011 (today)

Concerns expressed by poll monitors on the South Asian Beach Sports Festival to be held in Hambantota on Saturday coinciding with the local councils election has compelled Elections Chief Mahinda Deshapriya to request the organisers to begin the fest

A 28-year-old police constable attached to the Moratu-Modara police post was hacked to death with a manna knife when he made an attempt to intervene and stop a clash which took place between two groups in the Moratu-Modara area early this morning.

The counsel, appearing for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in a case where a Chinese who sought asylum in Sri Lanka had been remanded for allegedly overstaying his visa, today informed court that the suspect had been registe

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says, that an airport will be built in the Kandy District soon.

Experts today said the country’s food production and hydro power generation could be affected if the prevailing dry weather condition continues for another two to three weeks.

The main opposition UNP today said the dangerous trend of people rising against the police is a result of people losing their faith on such institutions as they have become politicised.

A special traffic plan will be implemented from Wednesday October 5, 2011 with effect from 1pm in the Cinnamon Gardens area, police media spokesman Maxi Proctor said.

Streams of civilians have been fleeing the Libyan city of Sirte, the ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace.

The main opposition UNP today charged that some 3529 houses located in 54 acres in the Colombo are to be demolished according to the government’s city development plan.

The Health Ministry exonerated medical specialist Dr. Anurudha Padeniya, from all charges levelled against him with immediate effect. The GMOA accordingly decided against the intended trade union action scheduled for today, sources from the Health Mi

The death toll from twin typhoons that pounded the Philippines has reached 59, authorities said

The sports minister in Sri Lanka has said he will launch an investigation into allegations that the ministry's own medical unit provided banned substances to some of the country's sports personnel

The main opposition UNP is to take up the alleged Rs.574 million fraudulent spending by the Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Municipal Council with the Parliamentary Select Committee Public Accounts (PAC) shortly.

Another round of discussions between the government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which was to be held today was postponed yesterday because of the upcoming local government election.

Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathuri Chandrakanthan said the increased alcohol consumption in some parts in the East including in the Batticaloa District, could affect the development of the area dispute good results achieved this year.

Three teams from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is conducting investigations into the killing of a 40-year-old doctor in Thalgahahandiya, Karandeniya outside his dispensary on Thursday night by two unidentified men who came in a motorbi

Tight security will be provided tomorrow, October 3, 2011, for the funeral of Appuhamilage Gayan Saranga (28) who died under mysterious circumstances while he was in police custody on Friday in Dompe. .

Cairn India has discovered natural gas reserves in the very first well it has drilled in the offshore Mannar Basin of Sri Lanka. Cairn had spud the well in early August and natural gas was struck last week, the company said.

A Saudi court sentenced a Sri Lankan worker for three months and ordered him lashed 90 times and deported from the Gulf Kingdom for housing an absconding housemaid, a newspaper said on Sunday.

Speaking to Daily Mirror Hot Seat UPFA Mayoral Candidate for the City of Colombo Milinda Moragoda stated that dissent at any level must always be tolerated. Excerpts of the interview follow. Watch the complete interview here:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that exploration teams have found a gas field in Sri Lanka, a statement from the President's media unit said. The Media Unit are yet to release details about the location of the gas field