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

The government said today that the State of Emergency would be lifted immediately; however there would be no affect to the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

Communist leader D. Raja Thursday accused the Indian government of betraying the Sri Lankan Tamils at a crucial time by not raising their mass killings in international forums

The Local Government Elections for the remaining 23 bodies will be held on October 8, 2011, the Elections Department announced. 

A fire broke out in the Norochcholai Thermal Power plant at about 11am today. It originated in the coal storage of the main kiln. The employees however managed to douse the fire and to prevent it from spreading to other areas of the project.

The government has decided not to extend the state of Emergency, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said in parliament today.

The UPFA and the UNP have concluded tendering their nominations to the 23 local government bodies by 12 noon today, the General Secretaries of both parties Susil Premajayantha and Tissa Attanayake said.

The former OIC and three other officers of the Angulana Police Station who were accused for the abduction and killing of two youth while in their custody were sentenced to death with 40 years imprisonment with an additional fine of Rs. 100,000 on eac

Emergency laws, now in operation in Sri Lanka, will be lifted shortly. President Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a statement in Parliament on the lifting of emergency during the forenoon session on today

Uproarious scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha  in India yesterday after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam protested against postponing of discussion on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue

Sri Lanka’s ports authority said yesterday that it has approved $610 million investment in large warehousing projects for sugar, fertiliser, and bottle manufacturing at its new port in Hambantota

The government said yesterday it was “unreasonable” for the international community to expect it to complete processes in a post-conflict situation, which have taken other countries in similar situations, many years to accomplish

A bilingual and trilingual certification system similar to the one by Sri Lanka Standards (SLS) will be introduced to the public and private sector organisations to give recognition to all three languages and promote ethnic harmony, the National Lang

The Petroleum Ministry will decide on how best to compensate motorists whose vehicles were damaged by using substandard petrol after the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) submits its committee report to Minister Susil Premajayantha in the next few d

The Colombo Crimes Division today informed Court it had sought the Attorney General’s advice on whether Colombo’s former Deputy Mayor Azath Sally should be arrested as a suspect in a case involving criminal breach of trust

A traffic jam has been reported between Kiribathgoda and Peliyagoda due to road repairs in the Kelaniya area due to water leakage from a pipeline, police stated

Lasith Malinga jumps19 places to number 11 in the latest One Day International (ODI) bowlers ranking while Sri Lanka moved to second in the team ranking

The Rajya Sabha saw a brief ruckus Wednesday as members clashed on whether to take up a discussion on Sri Lankan Tamils or corruption, with the latter winning the duel

UNP Member of the Western Provincial Council A. J. M. Muzammil resigned from the provincial council today sending a signal that he would be the party’s mayoral candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) at the coming local government ele

Sri Lanka's port authority on Tuesday said it has asked China for $40 million loan to demolish a massive seabed rock obstructing the entrance of its new $1.4 billion Hambantota port, due to start commercial operations this year

There will be showers at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Southern provinces; showers are expected especially in the morning. Thundershowers will develop at a few places in the Eastern and Uva provinces during the afternoon or evening

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday denied that the government is using incidents involving devils to extend the emergency. He went on to state that any individual who attacks

The Jaffna District judge A.Premashankar today remanded 95 suspects until the 26th of August for assaulting policeman and damaginf public property last night

The police investigations into the case against ITN News and Current Affairs Deputy General Manager Sudharman Radaliyagoda and two other suspects have now been handed over to the Peliyagoda Special Crimes Division from Colombo Fraud Investigations Bu