Water supply to several areas would be interrupted from 8.00 pm today to 8.00 am tomorrow due to the laying of new pipe lines, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced

Fifteen petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutionality of 11 Bills hurriedly presented in parliament by the government to meet requirements of the 2013 Budget.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) National Ograniser and Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday rejected United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s offer to sign a MoU with the Government over the fall out of the US-led resolution t

An electric fence will be built around the perimeter of the Mattala Airport to stop wild elephants from entering the outlying areas of the airport.

While several countries including China and Russia commended Sri Lanka at yesterday’s sessions at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva

Police Chief N.K. Illangakoon today warned that some elements appeared to be making a subtle attempt to disturb racial and religious amity and co-existence that prevail in the country.

A memorial museum has been opened in Aranthalawa, Ampara in remembrance of the Aranthalawa massacre of 1987. The bus in which the Buddhist monks travelled has been preserved and the massacre is portrayed through sculptures by sculptor Anil Amarapura.

The picture shows the excise officials inspecting the container reported to hold illegally imported ethanol. The government banned the import of ethanol recently with the view of increasing the local production of ethanol, which is the main ingredien

Customs officers today shied away from opening two containers suspected to contain 62,000 litres of illegally imported Ethanol worth about Rs.40 million.

Presidential Special Envoy for Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe while saying that the country does not believe “That everything is fine” urged for the international community to give the country “time and space” to e

A day after India lodged a strong protest against detention of its fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, a court in the island nation on Friday ordered the release of 34 fishermen, officials of a fishermen association in Rameswaram said.

India is in the process of working out its stand on the UN Resolution against Sri Lanka, government today said with an emphasis that there should be accountability besides an “impartial, independent and transparent” probe into allegations

Senior Japanese diplomat Yasushi Akashi said that Japan was not ready to go with the human rights stands of other nations, ignoring the objective realities in Sri Lanka

Former UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa has been re-appointed to the Working Committee of the UNP, party sources said

The Civil Aviation Authority Chairman Rohan Daluwatte handed over a Certificate of Recognition, to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport acknowledging it as an international airport, at the Civil Aviation Ministry.Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Students’ unions and five faculty unions at the Sabaragamuwa University have been banned from last night, a Sabaragamuwa University official said a short while ago.

The viewers of the TV and the listeners of radio services in Mannar and Thalimannar complained that they were experiencing difficulties in viewing and listening to Lankan services while they could enjoy the Indian TV and FM transmissions

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are seen signing the joint statement which would result in the expansion of maritime cooperation between the two countries. Pix by Sugath Silva

Criticising various parties of attempting to tarnish Sri Lanka’s image, Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya said that those parties ‘never want to heap praise on the Sri Lanka Army for its decisive eradication of the world’s most feare

Six family members of slain SLFPer Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra will attend the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva today while one family member is scheduled to address the session with regard to the killing of Mr. Premac

Speaking on the decision to support the government to overcome the immediate aftermath of “what is now a certain resolution,” UNP Vice President Lakshman Kiriella said the country is faced with a grave situation ‘similar to that of

Japan and Sri Lanka agreed Thursday to strengthen bilateral cooperation in Indian Ocean maritime security and coast guard patrols, including greater exchanges between their defense authorities to fight piracy

India on Thursday told Sri Lanka to treat the 53 Indian fishermen arrested by the navy there humanely and free them at the earliest.

The Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment received Presidential Colours recently and to mark the occasion a new sports complex and an auditorium was opened at its Headquarters in Boyagane. Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya is seen playing

The report of the committee appointed to inquire into the complaints against MP Thilanga Supmathipala regarding his candidacy for the Presidency of Sri Lanka Cricket has been handed over to the Attorney General’s Department by the Minister of S

Slain Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra’s daughter Hirunka today said she felt the course of law was gradually moving in the right direction ???

Angry members from DMK, a key constituent of the ruling UPA, on Thursday targeted the government in Parliament over frequent arrests of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, saying it has become the “weakest” in protecting its own citizens

Japan's House of Representatives member and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Katsuyuki Kawai called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Hotel Imperial in Tokyo today. Pix by Sudath Silva

Five men who were found guilty of killing two residents of Bibile in 1999, were sentenced to death by Moneragala High Court Judge Gihan H. Kulathunga today.

Sri Lanka Navy intercepted five fishing trawlers carrying 34 Indian fishermen while poaching in the Delft Island seas this morning.