Deputy Prime Minister of Japan Taro Aso will visit Sri Lanka from 1st to 2nd May 2013, as a follow-up to the visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Tokyo in March this year, the Japanese embassy in Colombo said.

UPFA Parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who is currently receiving treatment at the Nawaloka Hospital, will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning, a private radio station announced.

A foreign guest house operator was arrested in Sri Lanka Friday after two French tourists complained they had been sexually molested at his guest house, police said

Duminda Silva’s lawyers are seen leaving the Nawaloka Hospital after signing his Bail application today. He was granted Rs 50,000 cash bail with two sureties for Rs 500,000 each by the Colombo High Court on Tuesday. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Two Japanese naval ships, arrived at the Port of Colombo for logistics requirements yesterday, the navy headquarters said

The Excise Department yesterday raided four Night Clubs in Kollupitiya, Bambalapitiya and Thimbirigasyaya where they were allegedly selling liquor on Poya Day, Spokesman Prabath Jayawickrema said

Railway unions today announced they would launch a 48 hour strike countrywide from midnight April 28 (Sunday) in protest over the authorities’ continued failure to rectify the salary anomalies of railway employees

Australia says it would continue to send back illegal Sri Lankan asylum seekers if their claims are not covered by the refugee convention

The protesters are seen outside the Moratuwa Municipal Council attempting to prevent Mr. Pushpakumara from attending the Council meeting.  Pix by Pinsiri Perera, Rekha Tharangani and Suranjith Perera

A tense situation prevailed at the Moratuwa Municipal Council this morning when a group of people including Buddhist monks staged a protest when the Council’s Vice Chairman Sujith Pushpakumara attended a Council meeting on a Court order. He was

A mother and her daughter were injured when they were knocked down by a cab driven by a member of Udubaddawa Pradeshiya Sabha at Atiyawala last night, police said

Stocks of substandard food commodities such as green gram and lentils, meant for animal fodder, have been imported and released to the market for human consumption, Parliament was informe

A house in Mirihana belonging to Appeal Court judge Rohini Marasinghe was broken into this morning and a pair of ear rings and a wallet had been stolen, police said

The government is planning to open the first ever botanical garden in a dry zone in Mirijjawila, Ambalanthota at the end of this year. Minister of Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation Jayarathne Herath today visited the place to inspect the prog

UNP MP Ajith Perera told today that had the government followed the agreements of the International Monitory Fund (IMF) in a more realistic manner when covering up losses in the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), increasing tariffs would not have been r

Eighty per cent of the Colombo-Katunayake Highway construction has been completed and it is due to be opened in August this year. Once finished the commute between Colombo and Katunayake would be reduced to twenty minutes according to engineers. Pi

A hailstorm lasting ten minutes was experienced at Nochchiyagama, in Anuradhapura this evening following heavy rains, police said

Nine people including seven women were arrested while selling flowers illegally along the pavement near the Kalutara Bodhiya today, Police said

Devotees engaged in religious observances at the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple today coinciding with Bak Full Moon Poya day. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Eleven Sri Lankan refugees have arrived in Los Angeles  to begin their new lives after receiving care in the UAE for six months

Two policemen and the Buttala Pradeshiya Sabha Vice Chairman were hospitalised after they were injured in an attack last night in Buttala, police said

Seven people have died in six fatal accidents so far on the Southern Expressway from the time the expressway was opened, Police said.

A Buddhist flag 1,000 feet in length is being taken by villagers from Kadahapola at Narammala to be offered at the Sri Maha Bodhi for the 'Kap Ruk Puja' to seek blessings and peace for Sri Lanka.Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

PMK founder-leader Dr S Ramadoss on Wednesday urged the United Nations and the Union government to immediately intervene in retrieving 7,000 sqkm of Tamil areas and prevent heavy militarisation of the Tamil provinces in Sri Lanka

This year’s first lunar eclipse could be seen in Sri Lanka tonight at 11.34. The partial eclipse takes place as the Moon traverses the Earth’s penumbral shadow

A delegation of Members of Parliament of the DMK on Tuesday gave a memorandum to several member countries of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in Delhi urging them to not hold the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) i

Chairman of the Puttalam Pradeshiya Sabha Diluk Susara was killed in an accident this morning in Sittamadama, Deduru Oya, police said

A New Year festival organised by the Welikada magazine prison was held today. Commissioner General of Prisons Mr. C. Pallegama participated in the ceremony. The festival comprised all traditional games and activities. Pictured here two groups of in

Leaders of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today held a leaflet distributing campaign in front of the Fort railway station urging the government to reduce the recent increased electricity tariffs. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

The British High Commission in Colombo yesterday said that from Monday May 6, 2013, applicants and their dependents who are applying for a UK visa will need to make their applications online. From this date, manually completed application forms will