The Hambantota bidding committee for the 2018 Commonwealth games said today, that Sri Lanka did not want a pity vote instead was willing to compete on the merits of its bid.

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka has been advised to visit hospital daily for a week over an ailment in his shoulders, Democratic National Alliance (DNA) said today.

A solider died of gun fire inside the security port in the Trincomalee Navy forces camp today, the Trincomalee ports’ police said

The Colombo High Court today released a Lance Corporal of the Sri Lanka Army on   cash and sureties bail for alleged involvement in the killing of Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickramatunge

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today charged that the government had paid for the 20,000 metric tonnes of contaminated petrol, despite the assurance given by Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha having said the payment h

About thirty students of the Siddhika Arabic Ladies College in Kattankudi were hospitalized at the Kattankudi base hospital today due to food poisoning

Indicating developing signs of disruptions on the 2011 A/L answer script evaluation process, the academics have decided to refrain from submitting marking schemes for the answer scripts, the Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) said

The Human Rights Watch called on US President Barack Obama to investigate into allegations of detainee abuse authorized by former President George W. Bush and other senior officials, same as the US call for inquiry against international crimes that a

The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key says 85 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been detained on their way to New Zealand are “not welcome”

About 85 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, apparently on their way to New Zealand, have been detained by Indonesian police and are refusing to abandon ship

Certain powerful political parties were using the security forces to inflict fear on the opposition candidates contesting the local government elections in the North, the JVP charged yesterday. 

Leader of opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said a short while ago that his party is ready to support the government to deliver the country from international pressure and to find a political solution to the national issue

A female Samurdhi officer who was taking part in a foot pilgrimage to Kataragama was mauled and killed by what is suspected be a bear or leopard while she was traveling through the Yala National park this morning, the Kataragama police said 

South Asian nations must make greater efforts to fight terrorism without relying on outside help, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a regional conference in New Delhi

Representatives of the 71 Commonwealth nations assessing the Gold Coast's bid for the 2018 Games are being advised not to ''take a risk'' by awarding the event to the developing Sri Lankan city of Hambantota.

Saudi police arrested an American man for murdering his Sri Lankan wife at an air base in the Gulf Kingdom and dumping her body in a nearby field, a newspaper reported on Sunday

The Indian city police detained a 30-year-old man, suspected to be a naxalite, along with 14 others during a protest in front of the Sri Lankan Airlines office at  Nungambakkam, on Saturday

A half a dozen of Anacondas in the Dehiwala zoological garden would be exchanged for a couple of tigers at the Mysore zoo in Bangalore, India officials said here on Saturday

Addressing the Lakshman Kadirgamar memorial lecture today, visiting British Defence Secretary Liam Fox stated that he looked forward to the publication of the LLRC report on November 15th. UPDATED

Visiting British Defence Secretary Dr. Liam Fox called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees a short while ago, Director General of President's Media Division Bandula Jayasekara said

The Republic of South Sudan, an under-developed oil producer, became the world's newest nation on the stroke of midnight. It won its independence in a January referendum -- the climax of a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war with the

The government today announced that restrictions imposed on the Northern fishermen requiring them to obtain passes for fishing has been lifted

More Saudi families now want to personally interview and hire their domestic workers to ensure they get trained workers and do not have to hire illegal housemaids the Saudi Gazette reported

The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) said yesterday it would probe the activities of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) focusing mainly on how it spent Rs.7.19 billion on three cricket stadiums and the payment of Cricket World Cup bonus, leg

Two leading actresses who were reportedly part of a prostitution ring were arrested by the Mirihana police after an undercover operation, police sources told Daily Mirror online

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the Colombo Fraud Investigations Bureau to conduct a speedy investigation against the ITN journalist Sudharman Radaliyagoda in a case where two scrap iron traders had been remanded for allegedly tendering a f

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today pardoned rugby player Nuwan Hettiarachchi who was in Sri Lanka Navy custody for alleged desertion, Presidents media spokesman Bandula Jayasekara said

Galle District UPFA MP Nishantha Muthuhettigama today raised a Parliamentary privilege question regarding the Ministerial security provided to him, stating that several other MPs who received lower preferential votes and even those who crossed over r

High ranking Iraqi Government officials had given a firm assurance that the salary issues of the over thirty Sri Lankan workers who were on a hunger strike in mid June in Iraq will be settled, External Affairs Ministry officials told Daily Mirror onl

Former Ceylinco Chairman Lalith Kotalawela has been indicted before Colombo High Court for misappropriation and criminal breach of trust by Golden Key Credit Card Company