UNP Colombo District MP Mohan Lal Grero denied rumors that he is to crossover to the government over the issues with regard to Mayoral candidature in the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council.

The planned visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake to Sri Lanka has been postponed due to the hurricane in the United States, the US Embassy here said

Matugama Police arrested ten suspects who were involved in selling a gold statue weighing 13 1/2 kilos valued at Rs. 9 million to a police informant, police sources said.

The government has appointed a top ministerial delegation led by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe to counter any allegations that would take place at the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, scheduled to be commenced on September 12, t

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A Sri Lankan Airforce aircraft made an unscheduled landing at the Anna international  Airport in Chennai due to a technical fault. The Aircraft carrying seven passenegers was on its way to Vishakapatnam when the fault occured.

A hotline has been set up at the SrI Lankan embassy in the United states to assist Sri Lankas living in the east coast to help Lankans affected by 'Hurricane Irene.'  The hotline is: 001-202-352-0355

Hospitals are running short of supplies, and food and fuel are difficult to come by, reporters say.UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance and for the international community to help restore order in the country.

United National Part Colombo district parliamentarian Moha Lal Grero has threatned to resign as the organiser of the Rathmalana electorate unless the mayoral post for the Dehiwala Mount Lavinia municipal council is kept open.

The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) chaired by senior minister D. E. W. Gunasekara has unearthed a series of white collar crimes in the State Timber Corporation when it was under former Forestry and Environment Minister Mahinda W

In a surprise development former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva is likely to face a scrutiny after a group of retired judges yesterday met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees and appraised him of what the presidential office said was,

Following the lifting of Emergency Regulations, the Attorney General would not be able to issue fresh indictments under the Emergency Act, a senior official of the Attorney General’s Department said yesterday.

External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunatileka Amunugama today said that Sri Lanka’s fight with the international community is a bigger challenge than winning the 30 year war as the government had to deal with millions of people, billions of

Three men convicted in connection with the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi are to be hanged on September 9, 2011 officials say.

Three city advocates today began an indefinite fast at the Madras High Court premises here demanding withdrawal of capital punishment to three LTTE convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

During an umbilical cord test conducted in Sri Lanka for the first time in the world it was revealed that excess consumption of salt and oily foods by soon-to-be mothers could cause their unborn children to develop non-communicable diseases such as h

An owner of an orphanage who had allegedly sexually harassed four underage girls who were living in the orphanage was remanded till August 29 by a Colombo Court today.

India today welcomed the decision of the Sri Lankan government to withdraw emergency from the island nation and said it would want that country to investigate human rights violations in a transparent manner.

Sujeewa Senasinghe a member of the reformist group within the UNP and Colombo District Member of Parliament told daily mirror online today that he was not happy with the leadership’s arbitrary and dictatorial decisions..

Japan's PM Naoto Kan has resigned, clearing the way for Japan's sixth leader in five years.The ruling Democratic Party of Japan is now expected to hold a leadership election on Monday.Mr Kan is stepping down after he was criticised

A 16 year old Student of Dharmaraja College Kandy was shot dead by an unidentified gang last night. According to the police the victim was shot in Gurudeniya Kandy. The shooting was due to chaos that prevailed in the area last night

Professor Mendis Rohanadeera an eminent academic of the country passed away. He was 80 years at the time of his demise. Prof. Rohanadeera was a lecturer at the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and was considered an authority on many subjects includi

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and visiting former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday emphasised concerted efforts among the South Asian nations to alleviate poverty and eradicate terrorism from the region

The United States welcomes President Rajapaksa’s announcement in Parliament that the Emergency Regulations will lapse at the end of August.  This is a significant step towards normalizing life for the people of Sri Lanka, and reflects more

A marked increase in rackets involving the sale of land using forged deeds has been reported in the recent past, but some victims are hesitant to make complains due to intimidation and threats by those involved, police said yesterday

Nearly 2500 soldiers from the three armed forces including 1600 representing the Army Commandoes and the Special Forces are conducting an exercise called ‘Comoran Strike’ in the Trincomalee area to enhance the striking capabilities especi

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC), while informing Court yesterday that it had banned a number of pornographic websites that allegedly feature local men and women, said that they were unable to provide details of people who operate s

A nomination paper for the Kurunegala Municipal Council which contained the names of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s children Yasodara and Vimukthi had been submitted by an alleged “mentally unsound” person who had been sen

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. will travel to Sri Lanka on August 29 to 31, 2011. He will meet with government officials, civil society representatives, university students and political lea

A team of parliament members from India may soon visit Sri Lanka to see the condition of Tamil-speaking people there, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna informed the Rajya Sabha Thursday