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’

The group of workers attached to the state owned Kahatagaha Mine in Dodangaslanda, who had begun a death fast, called it off after the committee appointed by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Labour Department agreed to fulfill their dema

As part of an endeavor to boost mutual cooperation between the navies of the two Asian neighbours, three Indian Naval ships, 'INS Sujata, INS Tarangini and the coast guard ship ICGS Varuna', berthed at the Colombo port yesterday

A police directive to track down foreign tourists and long-time overseas residents in Sri Lanka is a security measure, the government said today

Leader of Democratic Party Sarath Fonska today said that he and the Former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake had suffered the same fate ???

The United National Party (UNP) today charged that the Public Utility Commission (PUC) had been politicised and partial towards the government when granting permission to increase electricity tariffs without considering the plight of ordinary peop

The Gillard Government in Australia has so far returned more than 1000 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants after a group of 39 asylum seekers was returned to Colombo today, Australian Ministry of Immigration and Citizenship said

The Islamabad High Court today ordered the arrest of former President Pervez Musharraf in the judges detention case, reports said. Mr Musharraf's personal security, however, whisked him away to prevent the arrest after the cancellation of his bai

Dozens feared dead as massive explosion rips through Texas: Another 200 injured and scores of homes destroyed in fertilizer plant blast (Daily mail)

Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured by an explosion at a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas, local media reported, citing the local emergency manager.???

In response to sexually derogatory, defamatory and racially spiteful speech circulated on social media, the Attorney General’s Department urged affected parties to lodge a complaint at the nearest police station

The Chennai city police on Wednesday registered an First Information Report (FIR) against a man alleged to have been spying on political party and student leaders, who had been staging protests against the participation of Sri Lankan cricketers in IP

All industrial products could go up in price as a result of the electricity tariff hike, business chambers warned yesterday. The Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) said the ceramic industry would be affected by this move

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is on the lookout for nine more suspects in connection with the massive Rs. 263 million fraud, where funds were withdrawn from foreign credit card holders through an e-commerce application service provided

The Bribery Commissioner had told Chulananda Perera, the Controller of Immigration and Emigration yesterday not to allow former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake to leave the country until the investigations into the corruption charges against her

A group of workers attached to the state owned Kahatagaha Mine in Dodangaslanda have begun a death fast at a shaft which is located some 1132 feet under the ground, making several demands

After Sri Lanka cancelled an agreement with Iran for the modernisation and expansion of the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, the United States (US) is among the countries that put forward proposals for investment in the project under a loan arrangement, Da

After the announcement of the increase in the electricity tariff rates, the All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association said yesterday that there was a ‘huge possibility’ of an increase in the prices of all bakery products

White House mail handlers identified a "suspicious substance" in a letter sent to President Barack Obama the same day one suspected of containing the poison ricin was found in a Senate mailroom, the Secret Service said Wednesday

An LTTE member who was imprisoned after being found guilty of killing 10 persons at Radella in Pottuvil some years ago had escaped this evening, police said

The United National Party (UNP) today said the revision of electricity prices was a premeditated move which was implemented following instructions by the IMF and the World Bank

An Indian national (46) died today following a heart attack at a steel recycling factory in Madampe, Police said. The factory belongs to an Indian national and 225 Indian workers are employed at the factory

Fifteen heads of Colombo-based diplomatic missions of Islamic countries met President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today and discussed matters of mutual interest, the Government Information Department said

The Public Utility Commission (PUC) has submitted its recommended proposals to the CEB today granting approval to increase electricity rates with effect from April 20, sources said

ASIO has told a group of Sri Lankan detainees that it regards them as a threat to national security because some of them have a history of violence in their homeland.

While rejecting proposed 7% bus fare hike, Lanka private Bus Owners Association demanded a 15% price revision in July, a LPBOA official said.

Mayor of Gampaha Municipal Council Eranga Senanayake (UPFA) had been arrested for allegedly obstructing two Police officers from carrying out their duties last night in Yakkala, Police said.

Thirty suspects including 10 women were arrested yesterday during a raid on three gambling dens in Walgama and Gungamuwa in Bandaragama, police said