Sri Lankan officials in Oslo are monitoring the situation and initial reports show no Sri Lankans were affected by the blast that occurred short while ago, Sri Lankan Embassy sources in Oslo told Daily Mirror online

A second blast was heard in central Oslo shortly after an initial explosion rocked the city, a reporter for Norwegian state broadcaster NRK told CNN Friday. Linda Reinholdsen said there was a state of confusion in the city and several government buil

The Vaiko-led MDMK on Friday announced staging a demonstration outside the Parliament on August 12, pressing for various demands on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, including calling upon New Delhi to cancel its trade and economic agreements with Colombo

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Sri Lanka has entered several bilateral mutual legal assistance treaties with Russia in the context of combating serious international crimes such as those relating to terrorism and narcotic trafficking

The government today said that any dictation by the US government towards Sri Lanka’s internal issues was contravening to the principles of democracy propagated by the US

Petroleum Minister Susil Premjayantha said today that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will not increase fuel prices despite continuous requests by the Lanka Indian Oil Company (LIOC) for both parties to increase the price of petrol and diesel

Two Sri Lankan are among the 30 fugitives wanted for war crimes or crimes against humanity are believed to be hiding in Canada, the Canadian government said Thursday.

A US congressional committee voted to ban aid to Sri Lanka unless the nation shows "accountability" over the bloodshed in the final stages of its civil war in 2009

The Chennai visit by the United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jeyaram were not as fiery as feared by the Sri Lankan government, a top External Affairs Ministry official said yest

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (SLCERT) said yesterday it had received many complaints from Facebook users regarding profiles that contain material derogatory to Buddhism

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa asked the Sri Lankan government to take immediate steps to resettle Internally Displaced persons, who are currently housed in temporary shelters in the island nation.

Controversial UPFA MP Nishantha Muthuhettigama is in the news again after he is alleged to have removed an iron railing which was at the newly opened Galle bus terminus

Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker Dr. Aziz Dwaik has appealed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to intervene to get the Palestinian law makers released from Israel jails, the Sri Lanka External Affairs Ministry said.

The University Teachers today decided to suspend the two-and-half-month long trade union action following the assurance given by the Higher Education Ministry, a spokesman for the Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) said.

A Chinese national accused of having 2,000 illegally imported cigarettes in his possession was ordered to pay a fine of Rs.35,000 by a Colombo Court today

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s vehicle was among the thousands of vehicles that had stalled due to substandard petrol imported by the CPC, UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake said today

United States has said that Sri Lanka should stop paramilitary activities that continue to operate in the north of the country

The Sri Lankan Embassy in Kuwait issued free air tickets today to five Sri Lankans who are now in Surusha camp, a holding camp for the displaced in Kuwait

A 50-year-old French tourist drowned in while bathing in the sea near a hotel in Sini Modara yesterday, the police said. Tangalle Police are conducting further investigations

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday voiced concern over the plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka and said United States was looking at some innovative and creative ideas to break the impasse over the Sri Lankan Tamils is

The government had spent as much as Rs. 31 million for the propaganda work of the ‘Api Wavamu Rata Nagamu’ during the last four years, Parliament was informed.

The Department of Registration of Persons which is under the purview of the Defence Ministry said today that they are accepting completed application forms from Muslim males who are either students of Arabic Colleges or Ulamas

The CID informed Colombo Chief   Magistrate that the LTTE Vavuniya Political Wing Leader Thamalini, was taken to the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) from the prison in a lawful manner on the  orders of a Magistrate to investigat

A youth alleged to have sexually harassed a woman by sending obscene picture messages through Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) to her mobile phone was remanded till August 1 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate today

Labour Minister Gamini Lokuge was unable to respond to the opposition during question time in Parliament today because he was dozing off in his seat.

The Election Chief Mahinda Deshapriya is to propose a set of voluntary guidelines on how the media should carry out their coverage during the election period.

After cautioning Indian markets about possible money laundering and terror-funding risks from Iran and North Korea, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is to issue a warning for funds from eight more countries, including

Treasury Secretary P. B. Jayasundera said the country’s defence spending was further going down as there was no requirement to spend money on military hardware, the LBO reported.

The United National Party (UNP) today requested the Commissioner of Elections Mahinda Deshapriya to be firm in upholding the law at the coming Local Government election.