The interim order preventing Fonterra from advertising that its products are 100% perfect has been extended until September 20 by the Court of Appeal today

A nine-year-old boy and his seven-year-old sister have died after drowning in a quagmire in Vavanawatta,  Piliyandala.

Logos Hope- World’s largets floating Book ship arrived Colombo harbour. It will be open for public from 30th August-22nd September. The ship has a staff around 400 people from around 45 different Nationalities. It has over 5000 publications und

The Sri Lankan government today accused UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navanetham Pillay of ‘transgressing her mandate and the basic norms which should be observed by a discerning international civil servant,’ by making a poli

The Government said today UN Human Rights Chief Navanetham Pillay’s statement that the state was heading in an authoritarian direction leaves room to suspect that her judgment on Sri Lanka was predetermined.

Taking exception to Centre's position in the Supreme Court over ceding of Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said there was evidence that the islet belonged to and was under the administrative control of the King of Ram

The Army has expressed concern over some Indian passport holders, especially some from Tamil Nadu masquerading as peddlers selling Indian saris and frequently visiting the North and spying.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open St. Peter’s church in Vakarai this morning. Pix by President’s Media

Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has revealed that his party had ties with Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), also known as Tamil Tigers, during the decade-long armed conflict in Nepal

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is not averse to the idea of allowing fishermen of Tamil Nadu to fish in the Lankan waters for 15 days in a month, but he wants any such proposal to be routed through the Indian government, according to Congress

Two suspected members of the LTTE, who were apprehended by ‘Q’ Branch sleuths in the city on Friday, were reportedly in the process of devising IEDs to trigger blasts in Sri Lanka

The 63rd annual Kumbal Perahera of the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya paraded the streets last night. Pix by H.M Dharmapala

Indian Police today busted an international fake credit card cloning racket after they arrested two Sri Lankan nationals in Bangalore, India.

The Weliweriya factory, which resumed work yesterday after a controversial water contamination issue had to be closed down again due to objection by the villagers.

Visiting United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navanetham Pillay while stating that the Sri Lankan Government stuck to its commitment of allowing her to visit any part of the country, said there were signs of Sri Lanka becoming an authoritari

The Union government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the question of retrieval of Kachchatheevu from Sri Lanka did not arise as no territory belonging to India was ceded to Sri Lanka

The heroin haul which was seized by the customs Revenue Task Force yesterday has increased to more than 250 kilogrammes,Customs Director Mali Piyasena said

A Review Board of the Lahore High Court on Friday extended one month detention of Zubair alias Naik Muhammad, an accused involved Sri Lankan cricket team attack case

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has accused pro-LTTE networks of using money to bribe politicians in key Western nations, in order to get them to agitate against the Sri Lankan government on human rights issues.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa told visiting U.N.  Human Rights High Commissioner Navanetham Pillay that Sri Lankans possses a belief that the United Nations was biased in the manner in which 'the body 'deals with countries'

A group of villagers in Rathupaswala, Weliweriya this evening held a protest once again after surrounding the controversial factory demanding that it be moved out of the area. Ven. Theripehe  Siridhamma  Thera who led the protest told the p

The United National Party (UNP) said the country had been disgraced in the face of the world for criticizing the United Nation Human Rights Commissioner Navaneethan Pillay after inviting her to the country.

A tense situation has erupted in Weliweriya once again this evening, as a group of villagers gathered outside the factory that was caught in the water contamination controversy, expressing their objection.

The UNHR Commissioner Navaneetham Pillay today visited the Sri Lanka Youth Parliament in Maharagama. She was warmly welcomed by representatives of the Youth Parliament. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

President Mahinda Rajapaksa met visiting Human Rights Commissioner for the United Nations a short while ago, the government information department said.

The bodies of a husband and wife were found inside their shop at the Kottamulla in Ratnapura today, Police said

While expressing concern over the youth suicide rate in the country, the United Nation Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay said she was disturbed when religion was misused to mobilise young people of one community against another

Customs Revenue Task Force (RTF) officials today seized the largest-ever stock of heroin in Sri Lanka with the detection of more than 100 kilogrammes worth some one billion rupees imported from Pakistan Pictures

The Dead and Missing Persons’ Parents Front today held a demonstration outside the UN Office in Colombo to urge UN High Human Rights Chief Navi Pillai to inquire into the 50,000 Sinhala, Tamil and Muslims including soldiers who died or went m

Retired Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi said today his appointment as Secretary of the new Public Law and Order Ministry would in no way lead to the militarization of the Police Department VIDEO