As the clemency plea for the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case grew louder, family of the victims killed along with the former Prime Minister on Friday demanded that Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan should be hanged.

The UNP said today that the government did not have the right to break down walls or damage homes for the purpose of beautifying the city of Colombo as it had no authority to do so

The 2011 Rugby World Cup kicked off a short while ago, with New Zealand taking on Tonga at Eden Park, Auckland

Australia lost three wickets for the addition of 73 runs as Sri Lanka made in roads into the Australian batting line up, on the second day of the second test at the Pallekele International Stadium

Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd. signed a contact with the Ministry of Economic Development in Sri Lanka on Septemer 8, 2011, to provide up to 210 bridges in rural locations island-wide including the North and East. The project is worth US$ 56 million and wi

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. will travel to Sri Lanka and India between September 12 to 16, 2011. He will meet with government officials, civil society representatives, university students

While the tussle for the venue of the 2018 Commonwealth Games bid is intensifying, Australia’s Gold Coast appears to be having an edge over the Hambantota venue for the Games, according to the latest evaluation report released by the Commonweal

The controversial Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill that seeks to hold a suspect in custody for 48 hours instead of the 24 hours under the normal law without being produced before a magistrate was deferred in parliament yesterday after the mai

A young couple who were produced in a Colombo Court on charges of having defrauded an 85-year-old woman of Rs.11.5 million were remanded till Wednesday

Three National Diploma in Technology (NTD) students of the Moratuwa University were injured following a clash between two student factions, police said. Four students were arrested

Sri Lanka was bowled out for 174 in the first innings of the second test at the Pallekele International Stadium a short while ago

Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody adjourned parliament today over an uproar over the Criminal Procedure Special Provisions Act. The UNP argued that time has lapsed for that order to be presented in parliament

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have detained the owner of a cyber cafe in connection with Wednesday's bomb attack in the Indian capital, Delhi.

Well known underworld kingpin ‘Kalu Thushara’ was shot dead during a confrontation with the police at Grandpass this morning, police media spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said

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Sri Lanka reached 76 for the loss of 5 wickets at lunch on the first day of the second test against Austraila being played at the Pallekele International Stadium

Sri Lanka were 35 for 3 after the first hour of play in the second test match being played at the Pallekele International Stadium.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi returned to India after treatment in US for over a month. Sonia reached New Delhi at 3 am on Thursday morning and was accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Miscreants pelted stones at the 12302 New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express when it was near Aligarh (about 130 km from New Delhi) on Wednesday evening, smashing window panes and injuring a Sri Lankan passenger travelling in an AC-II tier coach.

The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of the ill-fated plane are yet to be recovered.

A week after the lifting of emergency regulations, the government yesterday issued a new proclamation under the Public Security Ordinance allowing for the deployment of the army, navy and air force in addition to the police for the maintenance of law

With the lapsing of the state of emergency, the government has sought parliamentary approval to extend the period for holding a suspect in police custody from 24 hours under normal law to 48 hours before producing him or her before a magistrate

An anonymous caller who had called the UNP Secretary Tissa Attanayake had warned him to be cautious over an attempt to harm his life, said the Cinnamon Gardens Police to the Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday

The Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka at the United Nations, Major General Shavendra Silva today dispelled misinformation and propaganda against Sri Lanka at the screening of the video

There should not be limitations on the media as it would result in grave damage to the people in a country, the Press Complaints Commission’s Dispute Resolution Council (DRC) Chairman Sam Wijeysinghe said today

Polling cards for postal voting to be held on September 29 and 30, for theOctober 8 mini-local government polls, will be issued on the 20th of thismonth, Deputy Elections Commissioner W.P Sumanasiri said.

The Ministry of External Affairs intends on responding to a report by Amnesty International (AI) released today, condemning the report by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), while the Commission itself does not want to be distrac

The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) gave an ultimatum to S. B. Dissanayake, Minister of Higher Education to withdraw the gazette notification approving the Malabe Private Medical Faculty and suspend enrolment of students to the Pr

Two former bank managers were taken into custody and cash deposits amounting to Rs.8.4 million seized during a raid on an unauthorised monetary institution similar to a bank.

The match referee may have declared the Galle Stadium pitch poor leading to an ICC inquiry, but Sri Lanka Cricket chief Upali Dharmadasa said the pitch was not dangerous by any means.