A woman raped at a hotel in Sri Lanka has spoken for the first time of the attack in which she was badly beaten and her British boyfriend was killed.

At least 23 garment factory workers were injured when a van they were travelling collided with a passenger bus in Dambulla. According to hospital sources the condition of six girls are critical.  Pix by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa

A head on collision between a three wheeler and a van left four people dead including a child, and seven injured at Kallagedihena junction, Nittambuwa this evening.

The Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) is conducting a survey to measure radioactive material present in Sri Lankan soil as a precautionary measure in case there is a leakage in the Kudankulam Power Plant in India.

Marking a first in Sri Lankan Corporate history an inquiry is to be held on Monday against an employee of a reputed Lankan corporate for allegedly making sexually derogatory remarks

Sri Lanka Navy arrested 80 persons illegally bound to Australia in a multi-day trawler in Point Pedro this morning, the Navy said

Sri Lankan refugees at the Anaiyur camp here demanded Indian citizenship as they did not want to be addressed as refugees even after staying in India for more than two decades.

Navy Commander Jayanath Colombage said that nearly 80 per cent of the Sri Lankan Navy personnel received some of their training in India, the Hindu reported.

The badly damaged bus soon after the accident near the Rockland Junction, Beruwala, where 24 people were injured.Pix by Sarath Siriwardane

At least 24 were injured following a train-bus collision near the Rockland Junction, Beruwala a short while ago, police said.

A couple was allegedly hacked to death by a woman in Mahasenpura, Pulmudai this morning, police said

A powerful earthquake struck China’s western region of Sichuan province today, killing at least 48 people, injuring hundreds of others, and leaving unknown numbers of people trapped, according to initial estimates by government authorities

The Norochcholai Coal Power Plant has suffered its nineteenth break down from Thursday night, CEB sources revealed

The Czech Republic has committed itself to a massive US$2.2 billion by way of a project loan for the modernisation of the technological facilities at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, Daily Mirror learns.

A student living in the Nonpareil Estate at Balangoda is reported to walk nearly 24 kilometres a day to school and back.

While assuring that strict measures have been taken to prevent any erroneous calculation of the monthly electricity bill from today, CEB Chairman W.B. Ganegala said the monthly bill based on the new rates would be issued only after May 20.

The CID has identified a 15-year-old boy as the one who had sent the controversial message warning Muslims not to attend the Nuwara Eliya Spring Festival saying it would be unsafe for Muslims

Organisers of night races and night cricket tournaments should pay for the electricity used at these events, the joint opposition group, ‘Vipaksaye Virodaya’ said today

While claiming that some of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers deported on Thursday did not speak with lawyers before they were expelled, Australian Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor said authorities had found no evidence that those who were retur

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said the Sri Lankan security forces used traditional military strategies to face enemy attacks during the country’s civil war

The 3rd Medical ward complex in the National Hospital was ceremonially opened by the President today. Health Minister Mitripala Sirisena was also present at the occasion. Pix by Gayan Amarasekara

One of the suspects wanted in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing was shot and killed by police while a second suspect was at large and being pursued, the head of the Massachusetts State Police said early Friday.

The CID told the Colombo Additional Magistrate yesterday that they were looking for two Africans who had attempted to deceive a businessman and his wife to the tune of several millions of rupees by promising to invest in a joint venture while claimin

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was arrested on Friday morning from his farmhouse, where he had been holed up after Islamabad high court had ordered his arrest on Thursday

Forty-four Sri Lankans -35 male, 5 females and 4 children- were arrested this morning at Kaluwamodara, Aluthgama while attempting to flee the country

A van heading to Akuressa caught fire at the 54.1 milepost on the Southern Expressway this morning, police said. Five people including the driver managed to escape the van

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been placed under house arrest, Pakistani media reported Thursday. The Pakistan government said earlier Thursday it would obey an order by Islamabad's High Court to arrest Musharraf, Pakistan's

The JVP yesterday urged the people to refuse to pay the newly introduced electricity rates and instead take to the streets immediately to protest against the hike

The annual revenue licence fees on all vehicle categories in the Western Province except for a few types will be increased from May 22, the Western Provincial Motor Traffic department said

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa invited the expatriate critics of Sri Lanka to come and witness the development achieved after ‘eradicating terrorism’