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

Australia beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets at the first One Day International held in Pallekele today

The International Weightlifting Federation has imposed a four year ban on Commonwealth Gold medalist Chinthana Vidanage. The ban was for the use of illegal steroids by the sportsman

The Prisons and Rehabilitation Ministry is expecting to improve agricultural skills of prisoners by engaging them in cultivation of minor export crops in prison lands, the ministry said

Four policemen were injured when villagers in Nawaladi, Valachchenei turned violent ,when they attempted to forcibly take away a suspect who was in Police custody

Sri Lankan wildlife groups have said that they are withdrawing support to an elephant census over fears that it would be used to bring more animals into captivity

No unauthorised foreign aircraft entered Sri Lankan air space as claimed by certain sections, Minister of Civil Aviation stated in Parliament

Sporadic violence has broken out in several cities around England, although London stayed largely quiet overnight.There was unrest in cities including Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham, with shops being looted and set alight

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the 1st One Day International against Australia played in Pallekelle. Sri Lanka is led by T.M. Dilshan and the Australians are led by captain Michael Clarke.

The students of the Jayawardenapura University have taken the Vice Chancellor Dr. N. L. A. Karunaratne under house arrest a short while ago following a protest held at the university premises.

All police officers should wear the tag displaying their name issued by the police on their uniform from January 1, 2012, the Department of Information says.

Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon Group hedge fund founder convicted of insider trading in May, asked a federal judge to impose a sentence "substantially below" what U.S. guidelines recommend

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse landed in China yesterday in search of support against an aggressive Western push for a probe into war crimes allegations and tighter economic ties in a stormy financial world.

The decision was taken during a meeting between visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera and Deputy Labour Minister for Planning and Development Mufarrij bin Saad Al-Hagbani at the headquarters of the Labour

Brigadier H.A. Nihal Hapuarachchi of the Sri Lanka Engineering Corps will assume duties as the military spokesman today

The government, in consultation with the National Security Council, is now taking steps to scrap the state of emergency, and the motion in this regard will be presented to Parliament soon, Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne told Parliament today

A proposal for the setting up of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to come up with a political solution for the national issue was handed over to the Speaker by some government MPs

Police are on the trail of several individuals and groups carrying out a racket by providing rooms in ‘unoccupied’ houses to underage couples in Colombo suburbs where private tuition classes are held

A stock of imported Cement held up in the Colombo port has been released to the market at Rs. 635 per bag, Cooperative board said

Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was “totally wrong” in his comment that all those in Tamil Nadu who supported the Sri Lankan Tamil cause were doing it for political mileage, DMK president M. Karunanidhi said on Tuesday

The Airforce maintained yesterday that an intrusion into Sri Lankan Airspace had occurred in the face if another denial by the United States Embassy in Colombo

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said that the ongoing issuing of exam applications for South Korean jobs is running smoothly after the chaos and disruption that took place at a number of application centres islandwide on Monday

A Sri Lankan doctor in the United Kingdom, was accused of sexual misconduct at a General Medical Council hearing in Manchester after he reportedly sexually assaulted two pregnant women and a midwife

Rioting has spread across London on a third night of violence, with unrest flaring up in other English cities. An extra 1,700 police officers were deployed in London, where shops were looted and buildings were set alight

No decision has been made to field DNA Leader Sarath Fonseka’s wife Anoma as the mayoral candidate of the Colombo Municipal Council at the upcoming local government elections, DNA MP Arjuna Ranatunga said yesterday.

The United National Party (UNP) reformists yesterday decided to propose the name of former parliamentarian and senior UNPer  Bakeer Markar as the mayoral candidate at the elections to the Colombo Municipal Council, MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara sai

Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner V. Krishnamoorthy said yesterday he expressed his concerns to the Tamil Nadu Police about the recent attack on 74 Sri Lankan pilgrims

Sri Lanka beat Australia by 8 runs in the second T20 which was completed a short while ago. Mahela Jayawardena was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 86 runs, whilst Ajantha Mendis picked up 6 wickets for 16 runs.