Afghan forces have killed the last insurgents who attacked the US embassy, NATO headquarters and police buildings in Kabul, after a 20-hour stand-off.

Responding to Robert O. Blake, V. Muralitharan, Deputy Minister of Resettlement has said there is no Sinhala, Tamil or Muslim police in Sri Lanka but only Sri Lankan police

“The Government must stop spreading rumours,”  UNP MP Dr. Jayalath Jayawardana, said today adding, “Like the ones stating that I went to Geneva to counter the Governments move.” This was in response to the Minister of Con

The United States today called for paramilitary activity in the North to be controlled and for Tamil Policemen to be deployed to the North. The US Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake also expressed his concern about Human Rights in the count

In response to a request from the government of Pakistan through its High Commission in Colombo the Sri Lankan government will be assisting Pakistan’s fight against the dengue virus, by sending a 11 member expert team on September 13, 2011.

Coming down heavily on political parties and organisations demanding clemency for the three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said

A Sri Lankan was taken into custody at the Bandaranaike International Airport early this morning, while he trying to travel abroad with Rs.70 million worth foreign currency sources at the Customs said.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) N. K. Illangakoon said that currently the police department is going through a massive restructuring programme to increase the capabilities and efficiency of the department. A committee on police restructuring an

SSP Maxi Proctor is set to assume duties as the Police Media Spokesman this week, succeeding SP Prishantha Jayakody. SSP Proctor has over two and a half decades of experience at the Sri Lanka Police Department and is renowned for his prowess

A move by the Private Bus Owners Association (PBOA) to introduce a prepaid card system for private buses on September 24 has hit a snag after another bus association today vowed to stop the new system stating that it was illegal and did not have the

Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development, Douglas Devananda said today that he will submit a letter to Robert O. Blake regarding comments Blake had allegedly made about him.

A suicide bomb and gun attack is ongoing in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, with a string of blasts targeting the US embassy and Nato's Isaf headquarters.Gunmen are holed up in a partly-built high-rise building nearby, exchanging sporadic

India and Sri Lanka were named the cheapest places to build both in Asia and the wider world as a whole, according to the 2011 International Construction Cost Report released by built asset consultancy, EC Harris.

There was a minor protest held outside the American Center in Jaffna against the visit of Robert O. Blake. The Assistant Secretary of State is currently on a tour to Jaffna where he intends to meet community leaders and students.

The UNP met with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake on Monday and held discussions on the political situation in the country, according to UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya

Mervyn Silva, Minister of Public Relations and Public Affairs, prevented the scheduled sacrifice of hundreds of animals at the Munneswaram Kovil in Chillaw today by handing the animals over to the Chillaw Police

The government of Sri Lanka will protest strongly against the taking up of the Darusman report at the United Nations Human Rights Council both in Geneva and the General Assembly in New York next week, Minister of External Affairs told the Daily Mirro

UN leader Ban Ki Moon on Monday sent a report accusing Sri Lankan troops of killing tens of thousands of people in an offensive against Tamil separatists to the UN Human Rights Council, bringing an international inquiry one step closer

Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been named the ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2011 during the ICC Awards ceremony in London. Sangakkara also won the ICC People's Choice Award, capping a memorable evening for him

Sri Lanka’s T.M. Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara have been included in the International Cricket Council’s ODI team of the year. Lasith Malinga was named a the 12th man, the ICC report

Questions are being asked as to why the Economic Development Ministry is allegedly circumventing tender procedures when giving out land for tourism in areas such as Kalpitiya in the Puttalam District and Kuchchaveli in the Trincomalee District.

The Colombo District Court further extended the enjoining order today, which prevented Leader Publications publishing articles defamatory of senior counsel Nalin Ladduwahetty, till September 27.

Management inefficiency has led to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) failing to collect as much as Rs.666 million in terms of contributions and surcharges from employers in 2009,

A man who pleaded guilty for sexually harassing a Japanese woman while she was travelling in a bus at Union Place, Colombo 2 was sentenced to eight months suspended rigorous imprisonment by a Colombo Court today.

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake during his meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa today discussed the report by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).

The Sri Lankan delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva has garnered a “very positive response” from 39 countries after meetings on Friday, Minister of External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris told the Daily Mirror

Private bus owners today expressed their disappointment in the Private Transport Ministry’s lack of support in introducing the new pre-paid card system which cannot be implemented without the full support of the ministry, the Private Bus Owners

Mohamed Niyas Naufer who is sentenced to death over the killing of High Court Judge Sarath Ambeptiya filing a motion through his instructing attorney sought the court’s permissions to attend the wedding of his daughter.

The Colombo flower exhibitors who were requested by the Urban Development Authority (UDA) to move their stall from Vihara Maha Devi Park to Water’s Edge in Battaramulla said today that they were dismayed by their new exhibition location which t

The Australian High Commissioner, Kathy Klugman, has welcomed the September 11 interception of a people-smuggling boat carrying 44 Sri Lankans bound for Australia in rough seas off eastern Sri Lanka.