Three bombs rocked crowded districts of Mumbai during rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people in the biggest militant attack on India's financial capital since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants.

The much-hyped arsenic issue took a new turn with a team of academics attached to the Science Faculty of Kelaniya University criticizing some of their fellow academics who attributed their research findings on the cause of the kidney disease in Ra

A group of Sri Lankan laborers who threatened to commit suicide for not paying their salaries will each be given $3,000 and flown home for free, the Iraqi government said Wednesday, foreign media reports said.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, last night,condemned the 'cowardly' terrorist attacks in Mumbai and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families, the government and the people of India, Drector General of the Presidential Media division

The Government of Iraq has requested the Ministry of External Affairs in Sri Lanka to assist to file legal action against a private company due to the non-payment of salaries to the 41 Sri Lankan workers in Iraq

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka would have to serve the full prison term of 30 months passed on him by the Military Tribunal (MT) as his sentence did not come under the category that entitles amnesties or parole, a senior official of Rehabilitat

Every single dollar invested in Sri Lanka for Hotel Development Projects had been deposited in a special fund in the Treasury and the Development programme in the Fort and Galle Face would be carried out with transparency, Economic Development Minist

Three bomb blasts rocked crowded districts of Mumbai during rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, a senior official said, in the biggest attack on India's financial capital since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants UPDA

The JVP said today that the government should auction the properties of the Cabinet Ministers, the Central Bank Governor and other officials responsible for the hedging deal and find money to pay US $ 162 million to Standard Charted Bank as ordered b

An illegal Sri Lankan immigrant is behind bars after ripping off hundreds of customers at the Wirral petrol station where he worked

Postal voters who were not able to vote on Tuesday and Wednesday could mark their votes on Friday as well, Deputy Elections Commissioner W.P.Sumanasiri said today.

Tamil Nadu actress Tamanna Bhatia who is rated among the top actresses of Tamil Cinema, is likely to face a ban in India due to her recent visit to Sri Lanka for a film shoot, Indian Media reports said. 

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today called for a parliamentary select committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to which the SLC officials could report to. 

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit New Delhi on July 19 but will not discuss any foreign policy issues while in the Tamil Nadu state, specifically Sri Lanka, the raddiff.com reported quoting senior diplomatic sources

The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC), which claims to represent over 300,000 Tamils of Sri Lankan origin in Canada, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Sri Lankan-born terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna. 

A migrant ship carrying nearly 90 Sri Lankan Tamils that was intercepted in Indonesian waters was heading to Canada, Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Tuesday.

Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said the outcome of the Hedging case filed by the Standard Chartered Bank in the London Commercial High Court which ordered the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to pay US $ 162 million or Rs. 18 billion with interest

A man was sentenced to six years hard labour and fined after he pleaded guilty to the charge of having possessed fake official seals of Divisional Secretaries, District Registrars and Registrars of Births and Deaths

More than 60,000 students are currently deprived of opportunities to pursue higher education annually due to the suspension of registrations for external degrees since last October, the National Centre of External Degree Teachers and Students (NCEDTS

While maintaining that the CEB cannot inform about emergency power cuts in advance, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka today assured that there would be no power cuts in the future as the CEB possessed the capacity to cater to the cou

Pre-travel approval for diplomats, INGOs/NGOs to journey to the North has been lifted from today, facilitating North bound travel without producing a Ministry of Defense (MOD) travel approval document, according to the Defence Ministry website

The price of essential goods and vegetables have reduced owing to an increase in crop cultivation and increased availability of goods, the Ministry of Cooperative and Internal Trade said today

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) today said it would appeal against the order of the Commercial Court of London on the disputed oil derivatives transactions pertaining to Standard Chartered Bank

The Transport Ministry today revealed that one in four women are subject to harassment when using the public transport each day in the country

The main opposition UNP today said it would move towards calling for a Parliamentary Select Committee(PSC) to probe the substandard petrol issue

A division bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Malik Muhammad Ishaq  the alleged mastermind of the Sri Lankan cricket team attack which occurred on March 3, 2009

Chairmen of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminal Ltd. (CPSTL) should take the responsibility for the import and distribution of the low quality petrol, Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premjayantha said

General Secretary of the UPFA, Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premjayantha today charged that the opposition UNP and the JVP are in a campaign to provide weapons to detractors of Sri Lanka to make allegations against her in the global forums.

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Petroleum Corp (Ceypetco) owes nearly $162 million plus interest to Standard Chartered Bank for non-payment of dues linked to hedging when the oil price hit a record level and then crashed, a London court found on Monday

A total of 55,871voters are eligible to vote by post tomorrow for the local government polls being held on July 23rd, to elect members to 65 local government bodies, deputy elections commissioner W.P.Sumanasiri said.