A new Guinness World Record was set in Colombo today by making the largest Human Mosaic in the world with 1500 Sri Lankan youth.

A tense situation was reported in the town of Pottuvil after the police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators

A shooting occurred in the early hours of this morning at the residence of Nilame Tennakoon the Chief Organiser for the UNP in the Southern Province

The Sathyagraha which was to be staged by four newly elected UNP members of the Chilaw Pradeshiya Sabha and the Urban Council was called off after a discussion with Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe

The leader of the United National Party and General Secretary Tissa Attanayake in their meeting with General Sarath Fonseka had discussed the Appeal on Human rights violation placed before the International Parliamentary Union

In response to this week's riots in London following the death of Mark Dugan, David Cameron has told parliament that the government is looking to ban people from popular social networking sites if they are suspected of plotting criminal activity

The body of a male Uzbekistan national was found in Colpetty this morning. Police believe that he was killed in a train accident, sources from the police said

Sri Lankans visiting Tamil Nadu have been requested to register themselves with the Indian police upon arrival as a security measure

Professor Ratnajeevan Hoole, a respected Sri Lankan Tamil academician and a prominent returnee after the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers, said on Thursday that he was forced to leave the country.

Sri Lanka for the first time will commence direct flights from Colombo to Moscow, Russia’s capital ,in a move to further strengthen ties between the two countries, the Civil Aviation Ministry said yesterday.

The UNP reformists group had summoned a meeting of the party’s provincial council members in order to re-educate them on the latest developments with regard to the present crisis.

The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) will today select candidates for the elections to the remaining 23 local councils, UPFA General Secretary and Minister Susil Premajayantha said yesterday.

The government admitted yesterday for the first time that there had been abductions and killings in the North and the East during the post war period. Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardene gave some details

JHU General Secretary and Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka said that all foreign expert panels or committees have proven that Sri Lanka had not exceeded the accepted international parameters in warfare when fighting the war.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) N. K. Illangakoon informed the public that the so called ‘Grease Devils’ is a myth and said that the police have arrested almost all the suspects, 47 persons involved in robberies and frightening women.

New traffic regulations are to be put in place for motorists using the new super highways and expressways, which are to be commissioned in the near future, according to highly placed police sources.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) urged the Indian Government to take necessary action and to ensure the security of Buddhist pilgrims who have been threatened and physically abused in Tamil Nadu.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) which concluded the issuing of Korean examination application forms for job seekers today said that an estimated 50,000 applications were issued.

Dutch lawyer Victor Koppe is representing the Europe-based political wing of the Tamil Tigers before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has asked the court to annul the EU Council’s decision (Regulation 83/2011), reassigning the LTTE to the EU

The JVP today questioned the government on the veracity of the US aircrafts invading into Sri Lanka’s Airspace and the contradicting reports received on the matter

At least two people were killed and three others injured in Haputale when people in the area mistakenly identified them as ‘Grease Devils,’ sources reported

President Pratibha Patil has rejected the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday slammed Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his remarks that those who supported the Sri Lankan Tamil cause in the state were doing so for political mileage

The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says China will extend to Sri Lanka their firm support in respect of all issues touching Sri Lankan interest at international level the Director General of President's Media Division Bandula Jayasekara said

Dawadmi High Court, 380 km from the capital, convicted Rizana Nafeek on June 16, 2007, of the murder of her Saudi employers’ baby. She maintains that the newborn choked during bottle-feeding

The opposition parties had mixed responses today with regards to the ultimatum issued by the United States State Department

The Government said today that it regretted to note that the United States has not taken into account the accountability measures taken by the government in the past months.

Consequent to the inability to run the hydro power plants to their full capacity due to the prevailing dry weather the CEB has incurred a loss of Rs. 3.6 billion from July this year, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said

Three teams from the elite Special Task Force (STF) have been deployed in to the Hatton area to track down individuals engaged in frightening women and taking away their belongings by posing as ‘Grease Devils

London shopkeeper Sivaharan Kandiah was grief stricken as he surveyed the wreckage of his convenience store on Tuesday, looted and gutted by a rampaging mob in a vicious night of violence