EPDP leader and Minister Douglas Devananda said there were no restrictions on him to visit India and said he was prepared to appear before the Chennai High Court at any time, if the Indian Central Government and the Tamil Nadu State Government assure

The government of Sri Lanka has granted a $10m (£6.1m) import credit to the Republic of Maldives. Analysts say the agreement signed in Colombo on Thursday during a visit to the island by President of Maldives

A tense situation was reported in Puttlam this evening when at least five persons were injured during a shoot out, our correspondent from Puttlam reported

Charging that the government had engaged in one of the largest economic assassinations in the history of Sri Lanka by agreeing to hand over 90 percent of the expected 14 billion barrels of oil in Mannar

The person who was allegedly involved in preventing prisons officials from carrying out their duties when former army commander Sarath Fonseka was taken for treatment to a private hospital on July 21 has been identified

New Left Front Leader Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne is to contest for the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council from the Democratic Peoples Front (DPF) led by Mano Ganesan as its mayoral candidate, DPF sources said today.

Six suspects were arrested and 13 vehicles worth around Rs.9 million were seized when the Special Task Force (STF) raided an illegal vehicle assembly plant in Makumbura, Kottawa.

The Chairman of the Badulla Pradeshiya Sabha was arrested by the police today over an alleged assault on a woman in the area.

The Wanathawilluwa Police said that a special gas has been emitted from the tube well dug by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau to examine the underground areas in  Aruwakkadu

A 12-hour water cut will come into effect from 4pm today in areas under the Colombo City Limits due to urgent repairs at the Ibbanwala junction the Water Board said.

A key Sri Lankan panel looking into the LTTE conflict will include in its final report the details of its investigation of the two video documentaries aired by the British Channel 4 TV accusing armed forces of war crimes.

Australia beat Sri Lanka in the 4th One Day International played at the R. Premadasa Stadium today and win the series. Sri Lanka scored 132 with Mahela Jayawardena scoring 53. Xavier Doherty was the pick of the Aussie bowlers having taken 4 wickets f

Sri Lanka will allocate the import of the entire basmati rice quota of 6,000 tons agreed under the Pakistan Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (PSFTA) in 2005 to the private sector from 2012

The Sri Lanka Cricket Chief Upali Dharmadasa accused a group of former national cricket players of trying to undermine the second phase of the Sri Lanka Vs Australia series, the BBC stated

Chief Incumbent of the Mihintale Rajamaha Vihara Ven. Namalwewa Rathnasara Thero was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on an arrest warrant today, police sources said

The Bharatiya Janata Party is mobilising funds from the public in Chennai for providing relief to the displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka, according to L. Ganesan, member of the national executive committee of the party

Opposition United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said one cannot sky rocket into the leadership of a political party but he or she should rise up step by step and stressed that leadership qualities could only be developed by backing

The price of a cylinder domestic LP gas (Litro and Laugfs) has been increased by Rs.156 with effect from midnight today, an official stated.

Just two weeks after the controversy over the planes of US Air Force allegedly violating Lankan airspace, the Sri Lanka Air Force today said it would be conducting a joint air exercise with the US Air Force in Sri Lanka.

One woman was killed and another woman was seriously injured when the motorbike they were riding was knocked down by a military ‘buffel’ at the 15th mile post in the Puttalam- Vanathavilluwa road this evening.

Air Force Commander Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama said that the Mi-171 utility helicopter deal is the still in the negotiating level.

The Chennai special crime branch of the Central Bureau of Investigations is trying to trace a Malayali teacher, who went missing from the Maldives where she was employed, and her husband, who left their home in Hyderabad some time later.

The death sentence was imposed on five Chinese nationals by the Colombo High Court for killing another Chinese national in 2003. 

An American national and two locals were arrested on allegedly attempting to export 53 grams of cocaine to America. They were charged with cocaine-trafficking and were ordered to be detained under the Police Narcotic Bureau till August 23, by a Colom

Import tax on big onions have increased by Rs.10.00, potatoes by Rs.5.00 and garlic by Rs.15.00 per kilogram, the Ministry of Finance said 

Doctors in Sri Lanka have come under pressure from the public not to treat "grease devils," sex maniacs who allegedly indulge in sexually assaulting women in rural areas

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan off Fukushima prefecture on Friday and a 50cm tsunami advisory was issued for the coast of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the Japan Meteorological Agency said

Terrorism expert Prof. Rohan Gunaratne yesterday advised the government to establish an NGO advisory division and a diaspora division to counter the propaganda of the LTTE international network against Sri Lanka

Eighteen persons were arrested for allegedly attempting to assault two policemen who were on duty in Pavakkudi, Vavunathivu this evening, the police said

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga said that she would never join the UNP. Refuting speculation that she would join the UNP she said that she will always be an SLFP'er and has never considered crossing over