The Excise Department said today that all the liquor shops in the island will be closed tomorrow (October 3) due to World Temperance day

Eight months after an unidentified youth was found dead in a well in Austinpatti, the district police on Tuesday said they had solved the case and arrested four Sri Lankan nationals in this connection

The Madras High Court on Tuesday said the general secretary of Thamizh Thesiya Viduthalai Iyakkam, K.Thiagarajan, could choose either Chepauk or Valluvar Kottam to go on a fast in support of his demands, which included expelling Sri Lanka from the Co

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was in New York to attend the UN General Assembly returned this morning, the government information department said Pictures

United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesighe will meet UNP parliamentarians Karu Jayasuriya and Sajith Premadasa at the Dhammakithyarama Kollupitiya (Polwatte temple) for a meeting facilitated by Venerable Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thera

Ananda Palitha, the secretary of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) chapter of the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) alleged that a consignment of 15,000 tonnes of substandard petrol (90 octane) had been imported and was scheduled to be pumped to th

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya told the political party representatives yesterday he would have a separate police team at future election times to carry out his orders to uphold the election law

Teachers engaged in 2013 A/L answer script evaluations at Nalanda College held a protest outside Nalanda College over the Examinations Department’s delay to pay their due advance payments. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

A ceremony was held today at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in view of the world Children’s day. New day-care centre for children was opened to nominate the day. First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa participated at the ceremony as the chief guest. Pix

Fire swept over about 40 acres in the Nadukarakanda Forest Reserve in Badulla yesterday afternoon. Police said the fire was spreading due to the prevailing drought and that valuable trees and rare species of plants have been affected already. Pix b

The Telegram Service with a 150-year-old history came to an end today and was replaced by the Tele -Mail service

A resolution in the Eastern Provincial Council calling for the full implementation of the 13th amendment was passed a short while ago

The Cambodia's Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday heard the case of a Malaysian and a Sri Lankan charged with using fake bank cards to withdraw up to $50,000 from ATMs during Khmer New Year in 2012

Sri Lanka is the 36th place in the global index for the best countries for the older people while Sweden is the number one; Afghanistan is the worst, a study shows

A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday ordered the release of 31 fishermen from Nagapattinam, arrested by the Navy of the island nation for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line

Sri Lanka's Minister of External Affairs G.L. Peiris says his government has no case to answer over the reported deaths of thousands of civilians at the end of the country's civil war, even as pressure grows for an international inquiry to ac

Army Commander Daya Rathnayake offers a helping hand to a Buddhist monk during a ceremony held today in Anuradhapura. As a part of the Sri Lanka Army's 64th Anniversary celebration, SL soldiers offered 466 flags belonging to army regiments to b

The resignation of ruling Party Parliamentarian Duminda Silva from the Board of Directors of Touchwood Investments PLC has taken a toll on the share price of the firm at the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Chief Minister elect of the northern province Justice C.V Wigneswaran received the letter of appointment as the Chief Minister of the Province from Governor of the Northern Province Major General (Rtd) G. A. Chandrasiri in Jaffna today

A request made by former Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) convener Sanjeewa Bandara to enter universities was refused by Colombo Fort Magistrate today

The Grade 5 Scholarship examination results for year 2013 have been released today, the Examinations Department announced UPDATE

A federal government shutdown officially began Tuesday morning as a deadlocked Congress failed to reach an agreement on a short-term funding measure by a 12:01 a.m. deadline

Traffic snarl-up was reported in the Kalupalama area in Dompe after the Hanwella-Kirindiwela road to a road caved-in police said. As such the Hanwella-Kirindiwela road has been closed and motorists have been advised to use alternate routes

A Maldivian national was arrested by police officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) airport in Katunayake last evening for overstaying his visa and violating immigration laws, police said

In an apparent bid to safeguard the integrity of the country’s judiciary, Appeal Court President S. Sriskandarajah has objected to the impeachment of Sri Lanka’s 43rd Chief Justice being raised at the start of the Commonwealth Judges&rsqu

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday held discussions with Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Kurshid on several key issues including the Sri Lankan situation, the UN office said

Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranaike in a motion filed in the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today objected to the notice served on her by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption stating it was erroneous

The Prof. Senaka Bibile Commemorative Association today held a peace walk from Town Hall to Fort urging the authorities to fulfil several demands including a plea to reserve five per cent of the annual Budget for the Health sector. Pix by Kushan Pa

Rescue teams from the Police and the Navy have launched operations to locate the bodies of two teenaged school boys who went missing while bathing in the Mahaweli River at Katugastota this evening, police said

The US Embassy Colombo announced today that the 2015 Diversity Visa Lottery Program, also known as the ‘Green Card Lottery,’ will start accepting online applications from 9:30PM (SL time) on October 1, 2013, until 9:30PM on November 2, 20