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

The Defence Ministry today received the unaltered video used to create the Channel4 documentary on Sri Lanka, Army Spokesman Major General Ubaya Madawela told Daily Mirror online VIDEO UPDATED

The unaltered raw video clip used to create the fabricated Channle4 video “killing fields” which insults the war heroes and the country has been obtained, Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said

The police are conducting search operations to apprehend or recover the body of a heroine suspect who evaded the police by jumping into the sea in Negombo this morning

Eastern Security Forces Commander Major General Boniface Perera said that certain armed elements were hiding behind political parties in the Eastern Province and vowed to take steps to disarm them

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage today announced the appointment of the new members of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Board. The members include Upali Dharmadasa as the new Chairman,  P. Shaffter (Secretary), Nimal Perera (Treasure) and S

Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, has signalled his willingness to step aside in favour of Rahul Gandhi, signalling the return of dynastic rule to the world's largest democracy.

The Ministry of Defence has made it compulsory for private security personnel to wear uniforms which are not similar to the uniforms that of the Security Forces

A body of a police man who had been a member of the Ministerial Security Division (MSD) was found this morning in Cotta road - Borella, Borella police said

As part of the exercise to strengthen coastal security post 26/11, the Navy has decided to procure 80 interception boats at a cost of Rs 300 crore from a Sri Lanka-based ship manufacturer

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is to meet UN Chief Ban Ki-moon on July 5, in New York, the Inner City Press said. Mr. Wickremesinghe is currently on a visit to United States.

The UN's human rights chief Thursday warned Sri Lanka not to take too long in probing war crimes allegations, saying failure to carry out a credible inquiry could lead to international action.

A five member gang had robbed Rs. 3.7 million and jewellery from the branch of a state bank at Thimilaithivu in Batticaloa, police said. The gang had appeared in van with T-56 weapons and had locked the employed in a room after holding them at gun-po

Petroleum Minister Susil Premjayantha today reassured that there would not be a fuel price hike for the time being and he added the alleged contamination of fuel was a result of mixing fuel with rain water residue of fuel tanks at the filling station

An Indian national who had allegedly defrauded Rs.2.5 million from a Sri Lankan businessman by promising to grant a low-interest loan stating that he was having close relationship with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his son Parliamentarian Namal Raj

The Health Ministry will ban substandard food packaging material that changes the nature and quality of food, with effect from tomorrow

The International Cricket Council has promised a full investigation into how thousands of World Cup tickets allegedly ended up on the black market or in the hands of VIPs

A Sri Lankan driver was sentenced to six months of jail for stealing Dh950,000 that his employer had left in the company’s car.The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance also ordered ATT, 46, to be deported after serving his jail term

Mosques in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Kattankudi have made public announcements exonerating two teenage girls accused of watching pornography.

Sri Lanka’s central bank said it will allow China’s currency to be used in international transactions at authorized banks

India and Sri Lanka began their first Army-to-Army staff talks on Wednesday to bolster bilateral military cooperation with joint exercises and training programmes

The 23 Indian fishermen who were arrested in Sri Lanka last week, were released from judicial custody yesterday and are expected to return home today officials said

The Defence Ministry has asked flower and plant exhibitors and sellers at the Vihara Maha Devi Park to vacate the area by tomorrow because of plans to beautify the City of Colombo

The elite Special Task Force (STF) raided a large scale ganja transit point operating inside a house in Polhena, Kelaniya this evening

Terming the grievances of Tamils in Sri Lanka as legitimate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India’s efforts was to persuade the Sri Lankan government to ensure that all are treated as equal citizens as what is happening there h

The Immigration Department raided a budget hotel at Jalan Wong Ah Fook in Malaysia and freed six Sri Lankan men from the clutches of a human-trafficking syndicate

JVP will extend their support to solve the issues faced by the Tamil community, though the party will not participate in the select committee proposed by the government to find political solutions, MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today

Sri Lankan police are investigating an assault on two girls apparently accused of watching pornography in the east of the country last week. A group of men allegedly beat up the 17-year-olds after they came out of an internet cafe in the town of Katt