Bureaucratic inefficiency or negligence on the part of the Justice Ministry or the Economic Development Ministry had resulted in Sri Lanka losing a US grant equivalent to Rs.450 million

The adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee has decided to ban FIFA Executive Committee member Manilal Fernando from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of eight years

The Kandy Municipal Council has agreed to hold night races in Kandy streets and Mahanayaka Thero too have not objected holding the races, Kandy Mayor Mahendra Ratwatte said

The indian government said today Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are being trafficked on the pretext of sending them to Australia and more than 1,100 such persons have been intercepted by security forces.

May Day posters of various political parties and unions that appeared in Colombo and the suburbs were captured on film today. A number of May Day rallies are scheduled to be held in Colombo tomorrow. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

A local internet hacker, who is alleged to have operated the website www.marusira.com and provided software and codes to his clients to access and hack other websites, was produced in Court and remanded till Thursday

The Supreme Court today issued notice on former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, TNA leader R. Sampanthan and JVP MP Vijitha Herath to appear before court on May 29 over an appeal filed by the Attorney General

A tense atmosphere surfaced at the monthly meeting of the Maharagama UC yesterday when the report of the Standing Committee on Finance was taken up for discussion and the chairperson walked out without answering members’ questions

While preparations are underway for tomorrow’s May Day celebrations, workers in Colombo Fort are seen toiling for a living. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Aitken Spence PLC today entered into a joint venture agreement with Fiji Ports Corporation Limited to purchase 51 per cent of the Fiji Ports Terminal Limited shares at a price of Fiji dollars 10.53 million, the Fijian media said

Former Inland Revenue Assistant Commissioner Ananda Ambepitiya was today sentenced to 14 months in jail by the Colombo High Court after he pleaded guilty to the charge of having been involved in the Rs.3.9 billion VAT scam.

Two Sri Lankans and an Indian national have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a Malaysian politician in Bidor town in Malaysia ahead of the May 5 polls in the country

Too much influence of the Ministry of Sports in the affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket is one of the main reasons for the decline of the game today, former Sri Lankan Test Cricketer Sidath Wettimuny said

The Sri Lankan government is intensifying its crackdown on critics through threats, harassment, imprisonment and violent attacks, Amnesty International said in a report released today

A woman from Ragama was arrested at the BIA this morning while attempting to smuggle out gold buckles hidden in her luggage. A Customs official said the contraband was valued at more than Rs.4.8 million.

Against the backdrop of widespread public outrage against the recent electricity tariff hike, Power and Energy Ministry officials said yesterday that there “would be a possibility of bringing down electricity prices for the low income category.

The European Parliament will decide on June 26 whether to impose sanctions on export of fish from Sri Lanka over the allegation of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing (IUU) by Sri Lankan fishermen in international waters, officials said yeste

Seen here a freight train moving along the new Madhu Medawachiya railway line which is nearing completion. The railway line was destroyed during the war and is now being reconstructed by the Indian State venture IRCON. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

A man who was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a father of two, who had came all the way from Embilipitiya to work as a mason, was ordered to be released on bail by a Colombo Court today

A stock of 30,000 vials containing Depo-Provera (injection used for birth control) valued at Rs. 30 million was seized by the Customs Revenue Task Force today. The contraband was brought illegally from Pakistan and hidden under a stock of potato co

Five crew members, including Sri Lankans were kidnapped in an attack by pirates off Nigeria, the latest in a series in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea, according to a report obtained from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).

May Day celebrations of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will be held at the BRC Grounds, Thimbirigasyaya on May 1st. Picture shows the supporters arranging the stage for the day. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

For the third time, the remand of 26 fishermen from Tamil Nadu – who were held by the Sri Lankan Navy on April 5 – has been extended, now upto May 6.

The Road from Galle Face Roundabout to Old Parliament will be closed from 9.30 am to 11.30 a.m. tomorrow due to the Victory Day Parade rehearsal, city traffic police said

Three police officers were arrested in Trincomalee for being allegedly involved in the disappearance of three people in 2008

Maglivam Krithas, a Sri lankan national, was arrested by the bureau of immigration at Dabolim airport for holding a fake Schengen visa while traveling to Paris, France.

  Heavy rains are expected countrywide this evening and tomorrow morning, Meteorology Department said today.

A Sri Lankan Tamil woman, claiming that her Chennai-based husband had illegally admitted her in a private asylum at Urappakkam Chennai and kept her confined there for 20 months, moved the Madras high court seeking 20 lakh compensation.

A citizen called police when he discovered his Sri Lankan housemaid allowed her compatriot boyfriend to spend the night in her sponsor’s house, says Al-Seyassah.