President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a message of condolence on the death of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in which he commends the late prime minister for her commitment to fighting terrorism.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today said, before India sought to point its finger at Sri Lanka on war crimes allegations it should address the human rights violations of the Indian people including 93,000 disappearances in Kashmir which still remain

Measurement Units, Standards & Services Department today conducted a raid in Colombo Fort to catch shop owners who use inaccurate weighing scales to cheat their customers. Pix by Samantha Perera

Quelling fears of a possible war in the Korean peninsula and the probability of Sri Lankan workers in South Korea being exposed to danger, resulting in migration back to Sri Lanka, Foreign Employment, Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera said

The Elections Commissioner is responsible to create an atmosphere conducive for free and fair elections and to win the faith of political parties amid massive international pressure on the country, UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya said today

The Australian government today warned that the group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, who reached Australian soil two days ago, is likely to be deported to Sri Lanka

While claiming that International community had failed in their duty to stop the war crimes committed by the LTTE terrorists, the first part of the Army’s Court of Inquiry report stated that instances of shellings referred to in the LLRC report

The Army Commander today handed over to the Defence Secretary the Army Court of Inquiry report (CoI) on channel 4 allegations. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) appointed by the President had made some observations on the Army a

While refusing to accept the Commission appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to investigate the Matale mass grave site, the JVP asked for an Independent Court of Inquiry to probe this issue.???

The Premier Colin Barnett has labelled the arrival of an asylum seeker boat off the Mid West coast as a "game changer".

Stating that retrieval of the Kachchatheevu island from Sri Lanka is the only permanent solution to the continuing attacks on India fishermen by the island nation’s navy, CPI state secretary R Viswanathan has urged the Puducherry administrat

The parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has identified a move to shift the National Lotteries Board (NLB) to Hambantota from its present location in Colombo, Parliament was informed yesterday

Did India compensate the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after the 1987 Indo-Lanka pact and the dispatch of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka? The US administration believed so, according to a cable sent by its embassy here and r

President Mahinda Rajapaksa commenting on opposition criticism about the government’s development drive said in lighter vein said that one opposition member had even remarked that three pilots were needed for a plane to take off from MRIA Pictu

UNP MPs Jayalath Jayawardena and Ravi Karunanayake made a complain to the Human Rights Commission today urging the authorities to reveal details of the tests carried out on renal disease in the North-Central Province.Nisal Baduge

The Government yesterday reaffirmed in Parliament that it did not concur with the US-sponsored resolution adopted at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions on March 22.

The All Island Private Bus Owners Federation General Secretary Anjana Priyanjith held a Satyagraha outside the Road Passenger Transport Authority at Battaramulla today urging the authorities to cancel the bus service fee increase.Pix by Pradeep Dil

The extracts of the investigation reports in connection with the popular X-files actress Gillian Anderson’s Sri Lankan property case has been forwarded to the Attorney General for his advice, the CID informed Court today

Sri Lankan government was not in a hurry to take any actions based on the warning issued by North Korea, External affairs ministry said

Mass scale tripping at several power stations had caused power disruptions in Colombo and the suburbs on Monday, CEB sources said

A 19-member delegation from the National Defence University (NDU) Pakistan is currently visiting Sri Lanka, the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo said

Bodu Bala Sena is all set to go international, Executive Committee Member Dilantha Vithanage said today

A fishing boat packed with 66 potential asylum-seekers, suspected to be mainly Tamils from Sri Lanka, evaded detection and sailed in to a busy port on the Australian mainland today, officials said.

The police removed the protesters who were staging a satyagraha campaign and blocking access to the garbage dump site since Saturday demanding the immediate removal of the massive garbage dump situated in the area. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Ms. Nirosha Wimlarathna known as Cobra girl has been arrested by Kollupitiya Police today at a hotel in Bambalapitiya, Police said.

The JVP said today the party had not taken any decision to change the leadership anytime soon. “Even though Party Leader Somawansa Amarasinghe said he won’t be in the leadership forever, we are in no hurry to change the leadership today o

North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea on Tuesday to quit the country because they were at risk in the event of conflict, the latest threat of war from Pyongyang.

A tense situation prevailed near the Meetotamulla garbage dump this morning as the police removed protesters, who were staging a Satyagraha campaign and blocking access to the garbage site since last Saturday

The United States has warned that Sri Lanka could face a return to conflict unless it probes war crimes allegedly committed by its troops and addresses the grievances of its minority Tamil population, the AFP reported.

The ‘Ravana Balaya’ organisation handed over a Sandeshaya to the Sri Lanka Public performance board (SLPPB) Chairman Gamini Sumanasekera this morning with regard to the banning of Tamil movies of the actors who were on a fast in support