Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly had to spent 11 hours in a claustrophobic room at the Bandaranaike International Air Port -Katunayake, as her flight delayed, the Mid-day reported.

A media rights group called ‘Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka (JDS)’- consisting a group of exiled journalists from Sri Lanka- has provided British Channel 4 television with the execution video with Sinhala speech which allegedly

Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara has welcomed the ICC directive requiring all national boards to be elected without political interference. AUDIO

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd says new information about atrocities against Sri Lankan civilians at the end of the civil war is appalling.

Two Sri Lankan nationals were arrested at NSC Bose International airport, Kolkata yesterday for trying to travel to Dubai with fake passport, police said.

Sri Lanka has been ranked 82nd, in a global innovation index issued by Insead, an international business school, behind India but ahead of other key south Asian countries.

Reacting strongly to incidents of Indian fishermen being detained by Sri Lankan Navy, India today said a senior official of the External Affairs Ministry will soon visit the island nation to resolve the issues as such acts ''cannot go on'

A special team from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) was to probe the seven killings of women in the Kahawatta area, IGP N.K Illangakoon said.

A seven-year old boy who had been trussed up and left within closed doors of a house at Sapugasthenna in Kalagedihena at the dead of night was released and admitted to Watupitiwala hospital by Weyangoda police.

The Ministry of Defence lifted the imposed pre-travel approval exclusively for foreign passport holders with effect from today (4), the defence ministry said.

Sri Lanka Navy today denied reports by the Indian media, that it arrested 14 Indian for allegedly fishing in Lankan waters. Navy spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya denied the report and said that no arrest of Indian fishermen has been made by

The undisputed underworld leader of the Southern Province  known as “Neluwe Priyantha” who was involved in range of criminal activities including 25 murders, kidnappings and drug trafficking was shot dead by  Special Task Force

The Sunday Leader newspaper article under the headline,“Gota ordered them to be shot” has been taken out of context, United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader and parliamentarian Karu Jayasuriya told the white flag Trial-at-Bar today

The 33rd Inspector General of Police (IGP) N.K Illangakoon said that he has taken steps to give proper training to 18,000 policemen who have not completed their training and added that this was a reason that discipline required by policemen is not ke

Petroleum Minister Susil Premajayantha today suspended with immediate effect the payment for the 20,000 metric tons of petrol that were imported to Sri Lanka which is alleged to be of inferior quality

Main opposition UNP today requested the government to take action against those officials who are responsible for importation of inferior quality fuel

Senior DIG N.K. Illangakoon was sworn in as the new IGP a short while ago at a ceremony held at the Police Headquarters

A Sri Lankan housemaid says she was not paid for over 15 years by employers in Saudi Arabia. GD Kusuma Nandani was speaking to BBC Sandeshaya from the Olaya detention centre where she is currently held by Sri Lankan authorities

Dinesh Chandimal's unbeaten 105 saw Sri Lanka to a six-wicket win against England in the third one-day international at Lord's on Sunday as the Sri Lankans took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series

The Traffic police today informed three wheel drivers that it was against the law to overload passengers and that action would be taken against violators. Speaking to the Daily Mirror online police spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody said

The general public can now lodge complaints to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) if their vehicles stalled on the road or ran into sudden engine failures, Petroleum Minister Susil Premajantha today requested the general public.

Eight hundred and sixty three families who were displaced from their home towns during the war were allowed to resettle in Vadamarachchi East in Jaffna from today

Government today said the opposition political parties should state their official stand on the proposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to find a political solution to the nations question in Parliament, so that a final decision on it could be

Former LTTE leader Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP said that his priority is to assist the war affected Tamils through his humanitarian agency and that focusing on an Eelam State was not the need of the hour

India has agreed to help the Sri Lankan Army in its capacity building by opening up more seats for its officers and men in its training academies and military colleges, apart from sharing experiences in counter-insurgency operations.

Public Health Inspectors (PHI) have been instructed to investigate the quality of table salt sold in stores, after research revealed that over 30 percent of table salt sold in stores do not contain Iodine, Health Ministry said

The Power and Energy Ministry today denied speculations of power cuts that could be experienced a result of low water levels in hydropower stations. The Ministry added that in spite of the dry weather prevalent in the country, the power generation ca

The United Nations yesterday said that it has been working to determine how to review of its own actions in the final stage of the conflict in Sri Lanka.

The Government intends to reclaim the country’s position as the pearl of the Asian silk route after completing the over US$330 million Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP) which is expected to be completed in April 2012, the Ports and Aviation

The price of fuel in the local market will not be reduced even though the world market price of a barrel of crude oil has decreased by about US$20 during the past few months, the Petroleum Industries Ministry announced