The Special Task Force (STF) conducted a VIP training for a group of 30 Maldivian police officers for a period of six weeks.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that today couples were compelled to plan on their children’s school as they got married.

Nawa Sihala Urumaya Leader Sarath Manamendra was arrested by the Welikada police for failing to appear in court in a case against him, police sources said.

Parliament was adjourned until 1.00 p.m. tomorrow after the UNP staged a protest over the electricity tariff hike.

Bentara-Elpitiya SLFP Organiser Geetha Kumarasinghe said she could also be appointed Chief Minister if a former actress like J. Jayalalithaa could be the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister ???

Three people were injured when a train bound to Galle crashed into a van at Weligama this morning, police said

Sri Lanka has called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons from the world claiming it is the only possible way for the survival of humanity

Police are looking for two unidentified persons for robbing a Sri Lankan man, reports Al-Shahed daily.

Nearly 498 people were killed in 470 fatal road tragedies reported in the first three months of this year while the total number of accidents reported up to March is 2,218, police headquarters said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko informing him that the Centre would be in touch with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge

A 300-year old wall clock worth Rs. 5.2 million used by Former Finance Minister Ronnie De Mel at his Geekyana Watte bungalow and a 6 ½ foot tall chimney lamp that had been stolen  were recovered from two scrap metal dealers in Thebuwana,

Sri Lanka has dodged a diplomatic bullet by not being included in the agenda of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in London, to be held on the 26th of this month ???

National United Front General Secretary and former deputy Mayor of Colombo Azath Sally had been interrogated by the CID on yesterday, Mr. Sally said in a media communiqué

A driver and a security officer who were working at the residence of a Nawaloka Hospital director were yesterday remanded till May 2 by a Colombo Court on charges of having stolen gold jewellery worth Rs.3.5 million and Rs.15,000 in cash

Members of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) staged a protest at the Maharagama town this evening against the increase in the electricity tariff. Picture shows protesters holding flaming torches during the protest. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja, Shanth

Parliamentarian Duminda Silva and the third suspect Chaminda Ravi Jayanath were further remanded till May 8 in connection with the killing of former presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra at Mulleriyawa on October 8, 2011

1000 cc motorcycles that have been so far imported to the country can be registered at the Department of Motor Traffic, the Commissioner General said

US Ambassador Michele Sison is helping to clean up a Colombo beach this morning by picking up the garbage strewn all over amid an international campaign,which has been launched to force Sri Lanka to clean up its human rights act with Ms. Sison warnin

The government’s relief proposal on electricity bills from next year was only an eye wash, UNP MP Gayantha Karunathilaka said ???

The planned 48-hour countrywide strike by station masters, train guards, engineers, foremen and railway controllers, was temporarily put off, the Railway Employees Trade Union Alliance said

A 45-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant is the prime suspect in his wife's death after her charred corpse, was found in the couple's apartment in Catania, southern Italy at the weekend

Five people, including a woman, were killed in a shootout, apparently sparked by a dispute, at a Washington state apartment complex, police said on Monday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that anyone could give evidence with regard to the attack on the Uthayan Newspaper press in Jaffna when he met the heads of media organisations at Temple Trees this morning.

Two armed men who came on a motorbike are alleged to have got away with Rs.1.3 million in cash from the LECO office in Mirihana, which is situated right opposite the Mirihana police grounds.

The Green Building Council of Sri Lanka conducted a “Green Walk for a Green Earth” on International Mother-Earth Day. The walk wended its way along Parliament Road to the Jana Kala Kendraya. (Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana)

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today a subsidy on electricity billsmight be introducing by reducing the fuel surcharge after the new Thermal Power plants are commissioned in Jan next year.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is expected to soon pass a law to regulate foreign labour in member countries, similar to the one passed by Saudi Arabia that seeks to reserve 10 percent jobs for locals, foreign media reports said.

One person was injured from an explosion in a shop in Akuressa this morning. Police said.

Several railway trade unions are to launch an island wide strike from mid night today demanding the rectification of salary anomalies.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said the election for the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) would be held in September this year.