Voting at the North, North Western and Central Provinces began at 7.00 am this morning  and will continue till 4.00pm in the evening today

A Sri Lankan Airlines plane travelling from Colombo to Heathrow was forced to make an emergency landing at Stansted Airport in London, police said

Ballot boxes from different villages and divisional secretariat areas will be shuffled together for the first time at the counting of votes in tomorrow’s provincial council election to ensure secrecy on how people in a certain area have voted,

A man identifying himself as the father against whom the Colombo Fort Magistrate had issued an arrest warrant on charges of having defrauded his son of Rs.150 million is alleged to have stormed the Ada newspaper office of Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. today

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has invoked on Thursday article 39 of its Rules indicating an interim measure in a case involving the expulsion of a Tamil from France.

About five hundred Sri Lankan Buddhist monks received assistance to enhance their education from Taiwanese Bhikkhuni Shin Kai for the 11th time to mark her birthday at the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple today. The event was organised in collaboratio

The United Nations' rights Chief Navi Pillay, who is investigating allegations of war crimes by Sri Lanka, is the target of a smear campaign by Colombo, her office said Friday

Health Minister Maithiripala Sirisena is seen being greeted as he walks into the Supreme Court when the petition filed by the Ceylon Tobacco Company on Pictorial Warnings was taken up for hearing. The Supreme Court issued an interim order suspendin

A 45-year-old school teacher assigned for election duty at the Pudukulam Central College in Vavuniya was killed in a wasp attack while two other teachers were injured and admitted to Vavuniya Hospital, police said Pictures

The Supreme Court today stayed the Gazette notification issued by the Health Ministry to have pictorial health warnings on 80% of the cover of cigarette packets and granted leave to appeal for the petition filed by the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC)

The US Embassy in Colombo has expressed its concern regarding the reports of an attack on the residence of an electoral candidate, supporters, and members of a domestic elections monitoring NGO in Jaffna on Thursday

About 7,000 kilos of coriander, which was unsuitable for human consumption was taken into custody during a raid carried out by the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) from a store in Grandpass today

Three OICs and an Inspector were transferred with immediate effect on instructions from the IGP, police said

A Sri Lankan refugee was arrested  on Thursday for allegedly murdering a 46-year-old woman  at a public toilet in Alandurai in Coimbatore, India, the New Indian Express reported.

A girl and a boy are reported to have jumped off a bridge into the sea near the Golden Island at Matara this morning, Police said. They said the victims were aged about 19 and a search was being carried out for them Pictures

The Police said they were investigating the attack on TNA candidate Ananthi Sasitharan’s residence at Chullipuram in Jaffna during which several of her supporters and a PAFFREL election monitor were injured.

Former Sri Lankan Cricket captain and current Selection Committee head Sanath Jayasuriya said that he was looking forward to the report into the current inquiry regarding a skit at the Sri Lanka Cricket awards ceremony held recently

While claiming that no post-conflict country, subjected to pressure as Sri Lanka External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L Peiris said that he felt UN high commissioner for human rights; Navi Pillay could be biased.

Sri Lanka on Thursday asked detractors at the Human Rights Council not to discredit the Northern Provincial Council election process or prejudge its outcome and impact.

Sixty five percent of the candidates contesting the forthcoming Provincial Council Elections have tendered their asset and liability statements, Senior Manager, Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), Shan Wijetunga said today

Katunayake Free Trade Zone-based ‘New Life Literature’, a printer of Christian books including bibles for the international market,  allegedly operating with public donations collected from Norway has terminated the services of five

For the first time in the history of elections in the country, 46 transparent plastic ballot boxes would be used in the forthcoming Central Provincial Council elections

The Secretary- General of the United Nations, issuing a statement on the upcoming Northern Provincial Council elections, called on all parties "to participate peacefully in the elections and to work together in the period following the elections

Pictures show Ballot Boxes at the warehouse of the Puttalam District Secretariat being carried to St. Andrews College in Puttalam by election officers. Pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe

Two hot lines were setup by the Elections Department to receive complaints of election violence at the Northern, North Western and Central Provincial Council elections, an official said

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is seen at religious observances at the Sedawattha Weragodalla Temple today, where he had discussions on the ‘Katina Pinkama’ of the temple. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Maj Gen Qasim Qureshi visited the Northern Province of Sri Lanka from September 16 to 18, the High Commission said today

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he was awaiting a reply from UNHRC High Commisioner Navi Pillay to clear the air over allegations made by some government officials that she wanted the D.S. Senanayake statue and the Buddhist flag rem

A 69-year-old Hindu priest had been hacked to death inside a Kovil in Aanbankulam in Kilinochchi last evening, police said. The Police said that no one had been arrested in connection with the incident yet.

Mystery surrounds the circumstances leading to the death of a British woman following a car accident while on holiday in Sri Lanka, coroner of Buckinghamshire in UK has ruled.