Nearly 1000 Kilograms of tobacco and a stock of Beedi all worth some Rs.1.5 million were taken into custody by the Matale Excise Department yesterday during a raid on a Beedi manufacturing centre in Galewela

Police are looking for two unidentified persons for kidnapping a Sri Lankan housemaid and robbing her money (KD 200) and cell phone, reports Al-Shahed daily.

India-Sri Lankan bilateral trade has potential to more than double to $ 10 billion by 2016 if tariff and non tariff barriers are removed, said Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said at a PHD Chamber function in New Delhi

Rights activists have criticised Bahrain's justice system after a Sri Lankan maid who was allegedly beaten up by her employer was ordered to pay BD590 for running away.

Imran Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf political party, has been injured after falling from a makeshift stage during a campaign rally in Lahore ???

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem yesterday scotched speculation that his party would quit the government. However, he said that his party had some disagreements with the government

The Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) yesterday urged the government to appoint Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the Private Transport Services Ministry Secretary because he would be able to remedy the grievances of private bus oper

The government yesterday ruled out the possibility of repealing the Prevention of Terrorism (PTA) despite requests by opposition political parties

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today expressed the importance of sharing intelligence among nations for intelligence to be more effective

A day after a Sri Lankan court extended the remand of 30 Indian fishermen till 20 May, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday asked the Centre and Tamil Nadu government to immediately bring the issue to the notice of the Island government and resolve the

The no-confidence motion against Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera was defeated by 134 votes with 32 parliamentarians voting for while 136 voted against

The UNP was considering joining hands with the JVP and other political parties in the protest campaigns against the electricity tariff hike, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said today

The four day long operation to salvage the wreckage of Lion Air Antenov 24 Air craft off Iranativ Sea was concluded today.  All the recovered parts would be submitted to the Air Force base camp in Palali, officers of Terrorist Investigation Un

At least six soldiers received minor injuries following an explosion while clearing an LTTE bunker in Oddusuddan in the Mullaitivu district this afternoon, military sources said

Motorists were thoroughly confused when they noticed all the three signal lights on the post opposite the Viharamahadevi Park on Dharmapala Mawatha being lit up at once. This confusion resulted in huge traffic congestion. Pix by Romesh Danushka Sil

Sri Lanka cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardane said that he had a ‘bit of cricket’ left in him. “I feel that I have a bit of cricket left in me, but that said, it’s always good to look back and introspect,” Jayawardane tol

A 16-year-old schoolboy had been allegedly stabbed to death by one of his classmates over a dispute while a group of boys were holding a discussion to organise a ‘Dansela’ for the upcoming Wesak Festival

A Traffic police officer is seen here chasing away the couples who were on the Matara Beach, which was renovated by the Matara Urban Development Authority (UDA) at a cost of some two million rupees. Pix by Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that the Indo-Sri Lanka relations that date back to the ancient times cannot be shattered by anyone

Western Province Council (WPC) UNP members carrying flaming torches staged a protest march from the Central Environmental Authority to the WPC office urging the government to remove the electricity tariff hike. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

A Heavy traffics jam was reported on Galle road near Bambalapitiya due to an accident, police said today. Some heavy traffic was also reported on parliament road due to a protest.

The sluice gates of the Parakrama Samudra reservoir in Polonnaruwa have been opened because of the heavy rains in various parts of the country. Pix by Karunarathne Gamage

Three magistrates and three judges-all of them Sri Lankans-were sworn in at Government House in Suva, Fiji, the Fiji Times reported

The US clarified that it was not planning to establish a military base in the Maldives in response to concerns being raised in both India and Sri Lanka about such a move

The Queen is set to miss the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, for the first time in 40 years. It is not yet known why the monarch will not attend the meeting, but it is believed Prince Charles may go in her place, British media reported.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa discussed the possibility of importing crude oil from Azerbaijan when he met its Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov at Temple Trees yesterday, the presidential media reported

Three alleged female sex workers and a man were arrested by the Gampaha Police during a raid conducted at a house in the Yakkala area yesterday

Sri Lanka signed the annual Haj agreement with the Kingdom on Sunday, allowing Colombo to send 2,800 pilgrims

Responding to last week’s statement by Duminda Silva’s family, former presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra’s brother Asela Premachandra, who is domiciled in Canada

Several areas in and around the Colombo city were flooded today due to heavy rains that persisted for most of the day. Pictures show roads in the Fort area inundated due to floods. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja