The Colombo High Court today overruled the plea of the defence to dismiss the  bribery case  against former Defence Minister Anuruddha Ratwatte  without calling for defence  witnesses

The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his sons is set to resume in the capital Cairo.The 83-year-old is accused of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising earlier this year that ended his rule. He denies the charges.

Uruguay has ordered the repatriation of five of its peacekeepers from Haiti, accused of involvement in the sexual assault of a teenage boy.

Those who attack military and police installations are "terrorists" and will be charged with the country's anti-terror regulations, says Sri Lanka military

The Tamil National Alliance decided to legally challenge the regulations imposed  under the Prevention of Terrorism Act on the principle that things done by the  government under the state of emergency could not be done under a different&nb

The Indian company involved in the reconstruction of the northern railway tracks  had sought the government’s help to remove encroachments along the track between  Palai and Kankesanthurai without delay, officials said today.

An area extending up to 10 acres in the Imaduwa State Timber Reserve in Laggala was completely destroyed due to a wild fire, police media spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said.

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena himself had to experience the malpractices of private pharmacies that put unsuspecting patient’s lives at risk when a pharmacy near the Castle Street Maternity Hospital issued a wrong drug to a prescription

Six women and two men who were allegedly involved in a mobile prostitution ring at the Galle Face Green were released on bail after being produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate Ms. Lanka Jayaratne.

The Health ministry is set to introduce new laws which compell all pharmacies in the country to be airconditioned

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today charged that certain countries, international organisations and groups interpret human rights, war crimes and collateral damage, during conflicts, in small countries like Sri Lanka in a different perspective in order

The Meteorology Department announced that showers are to be expected in the Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces due to the activation of the south west monsoon

Australia bowled Sri Lanka out for 253, to win the first by 125 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three match series

A legal lacuna exists with the lapsing of the state of emergency on Tuesday, as the government had failed to print the gazette notification giving the new regulations imposed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

The Managing Director of V FM Radio has been hospitalised after being assaulted by three unidentified men at his Borelasgamuwa residence, SSP Deshabandu Tennakoon said

An environmentalist, who had reported that a rare species of fish had been spotted along the Mahaweli River at Warathenna in Kandy where a private hydro power project had been constructed, said today that some unidentified elements were trying to cau

The private sector fears that the exchange between the government and the international community will lead to grave consequences for industry in the country. This panic is expressed in the ‘Sri Lanka Private Sector Assessment of the Panel of E

UNP candidate for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council Krishantha Molligoda has crossed over to the UPFA. Former Deputy Mayor Ruwan Liyanagunawardene says it will not affect the party

The prime objective at the moment of the SLFP lead UPFA government is to convince the Tamil, Muslim and other communities that they are not minorities and that Sri Lanka is one unified nation President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today

The results of the recent island wide elephant census revealed that there are 5879 elephants in the country which is the highest density of wild elephants in the Asian continent, Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife S. M. Chandrasena said today

Sri Lanka reached 34 for 2 at tea on the third day of the first test against Australia, being played at the Galle International Stadium

The Colombo city traffic police have initiated an awareness programme for the public to educate the public on the importance of using zebra crossings when crossing the road.

Senior Minister for Human Resources D. E. W. Gunasekara took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the acting External Affairs Minister this morning until Prof. G. L. Peiris returns from his foreign assignment, a source at the Presidential Secr

Sri Lanka were set a target of 378 to win the first test against Australia, after the visitors were bowled out for 210 a short while ago, with Rangana Herath picking up five for 79.

 Increased demand from a booming construction industry in post war Sri Lanka has resulted in a severe cement shortage in the country.

The Sri Lankan Embassy in Abu Dhabi has praised the UAE government for pardoning a Sri Lankan mother of six who was sentenced to death in a murder case

The government said that all the provincial roads throughout the country will be carpeted before the end of 2012. “One third of the provincial roads will be carpeted this year

If 'delay' in disposing a mercy petition is taken as the ground to commute the death penalty of those convicted of heinous crimes, it will have a bearing on the fate of 21 people on the death row, whose pleas have been pending for over five t

A private jet hired by the CIA to transport terror suspects in rendition flights had touched down in Sri Lanka in 2003 during such a mission, an AFP news report from Washington said yesterday

A man who is alleged to have used a can of spray paint to write derogatory words about the president on a billboard outside the Fort Railway Station was remanded till September 9 by a Colombo Court