The week beginning May 21 has been declared Vesak week. Pictures show Vesak pandals erected in Kirulapona, Colombo 6, depicting the Jathaka stories of the Buddha.Pix by Nisal Baduge

Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by that country’s navy in February, were scheduled to be brought back from Colombo around Sunday noon.

The body of the Navy sailor who went missing following the capsizing of a Navy boat at the Galle Face on Saturday during the victory day parade was found from Bambalapitiya this morning.

At least two people were killed following an accident in the Nittambuwa area on the Mirigama Road yesterday, police said.

The Indian  government is planning "deterrent" action against Indian fishermen violating international waters with Sri Lanka, finding that trawlers and ships from this side are the biggest source of confrontation with the Emerald isle.

While claiming that Sri Lanka will not allow a single inch of the land to be taken away, President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that in the four years since humanitarian victory there were many strategies tried out by some outside forces to rule Sri

The fourth Victory Day parade was held today at the Galle Face green with the participation of thousands of military personnel who showcased a wide range of military equipment. Pix by Shantha Rathnayake

Impeached Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayke who appeared before the Bribery Commission issued a lengthy statement denying the charges levelled against her.

The vice chairman of the Laggala- Wilgamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha was arrested by the Wilgamuwa police for allegedly entering the house of a widow and attempting to sexually abuse her

The China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) was awarded a US 229.5 million dollar contract for a massive water project funded by China to supply water to the Gampaha District.

 A ring that smuggled immigrants from India and Sri Lanka into the United States through Ecuador has been broken up with the arrest of six people, Ecuadoran authorities said.

The fourth Victory Day parade will be held today at the Galle Face green area with the participation of thousands of military personnel who will also showcase a wide range of military equipment. Soldiers are seen parading with their respective regi

Concerned over reports of Sri Lankan government considering removal of land and police powers from the provinces prior to the elections in the Northern Province, India today asked it not to take any step against their own commitments relating to the

The main opposition UNP yesterday said it had rejected a request made by Velayutham Dayanithi alias Daya Master and his supporters to contest the Northern Provincial Council on the UNP ticket

Two persons were killed and three injured when a private bus veered into a bus halt near Thalangama Hospital due to a technical defect Pictures

Customs officers of the Bio Diversity unit at the Bandaranaike International Airport nabbed eight boxes containing 669 live lobsters that were to be exported to Vietnam by a businessman breaching the Aquatic Resources Act  Pictures

One soldier was killed and 18 other soldiers injured when their lorry met with an accident in Settikulam, Vavuniya this morning, police said

Three children were killed when a mentally handicapped mother jumped into a well with the children in Thandikulam-Vavuniya yesterday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on a four-day official visit to Uganda has returned this morning, the Government Information Department said

A one-year-and three months old infant died due to a fire that broke out in a temporarily built housein the Madampe area last evening, police said

The owner, of the identity card found during salvage operations of the Antonov 24 wreckage, is reported to be living in Jaffna

The Memorandum of Understanding for the setting up of the controversial Sampur Coal Power Project (SCPP) in Trincomalee will be signed this later this month sequent to the cabinet approval on Thursday, Power and Energy Ministry Secretary M.M.C. Ferdi

Minister of cooperatives and Internal Trade Johnston Fernando yesterday directed the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to obtain samples of all milk powder imported into the country and have them tested in three countries and obtain the relevant repor

An organisation by the name National Council for the Protection of Historical Irrigable Cultural Heritage has lodged a complaint with Criminal Investigations Department for naming the cyclone as ‘Mahasen’ ???

Women for Rights movement today staged a protest in front of the Fort Railway station against the recent electricity tariff hike. Protesters carried electric equipments to the protest and later on they smashed them as an act of protest. Pix by Kush

Road Development Authority in Jaffna is seen here constructing the Iyakachchi Kaddaikadu road which was damaged due to inclement weather. This road construction was done under the guidance of the Jaffna Security Forces Commander Major General Mahin

Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University will be closed from tomorrow till May 27 due to a contagious disease, Acting Vice Chancellor Ven. Dr. Waradiwela Vijeyasumana Thera said.

The UNP said today that they would present a draft Constitution which includes an Executive President, although the UNP previously were vehemently campaigning for the abolition of the Executive Presidency

The official languages commission of Sri Lanka launched its website this morning with the Minister of Languages and National Integration Vasudeva Naynayakkara, the Canadian national languages commissioner Graham Fraser and National Language Proj