The Kalutara Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lakshman Vidanapathirana  who had allegedly solicited a bribe of Rs. 3 million to resolve a land issue in Nagoda, Kalutara was arrested by Bribery Department sleuths this evening.

Human Rights Activists today staged a protest and a signature collecting campaign outside Fort Railway Station urging the government to release political prisoners and ensure equality for all communities.Pix by Nisal Baduge

Twenty-three Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested by Sri Lankan Navy on July 22 when they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits, have been released, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Friday.

Police spokesman Ajith Rohana today denied that former TNA parliamentarian M.K. Sivajalingam and seven others were arrested while transporting posters in Nelliyadi, Jaffna last night

The distribution of fuel at the Lanka India Oil Company (LIOC) storage tanks in China Bay, Trincomale came to a standstill yesterday due to a token strike by the employees

Former Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheim has revealed that there were specific plans to assassinate him when he visited Sri Lanka in 2000

Disabled soldiers enjoying facilities at the Brave Hearts Wellness Resort in Anuradhapura (also known as ‘Abhimansala’) operated by the army. The wellness resort will initially provide lifelong care for fully disabled soldiers.  Pi

Six people including two Indians and four Lankans were arrested by the Navy while transporting about 500Kg of narcotics, in an Indian boat, police said

Minister Wimal Weerawansa yesterday said that United States was the most insecure nation in the world

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar will visit Sri Lanka from 1st to 3 rd August, 2012 at the invitation of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris, the High Commission of Pakistan said yesterday

An all night Pirith chanting ceremony is being held tonight at the Brave Hearts Wellness Resort in Anuradhapura (also known as ‘Abhimansala’) to celebrate its first anniversary. Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya was the Chief Guest of th

Students of the Inter University Student Federation (IUSF) staged a protest in front of the Fort Railway Station today urging the government to ensure a proper environment for students to get an education and bring about a lasting solution to the s

Police today said a special unit had been established under the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) to nab people who swindled people and abusing property posing off as VIP’s in the government

A protest organized by the University Youth Front urging authorities to do justice to students who had suffered due to the Z-score crisis was held in front of the University Grants Commission (UGC) office today. Pix by Dickson Wasantha

Advanced Level students and their parents staged a protest in front of the UGC urging the government to revise the Z- score which was issued recently. Picture shows a student who sat for the GCE Advanced Level examination last year holding a list o

Power cuts affecting several areas will be discontinued from tonight as the Lakwijaya power plant is slated to add 300MW to national grid, the Ceylon Electricity board said

A dying leopard, caught in a wild boar trap, was rescued and released by the Vavuniya Wildlife Conservation Officers yesterday. Pictures show the Wildlife Conservation Officers trying to free the leopard. Pix by Romesh Madushanka

A 60 year-old man who had been on remand on the charge of wooing a 14 year-old schoolgirl was released on personal bail in Rs.25,000 by Kalutara Chief Magistrate Aruna Aluthge yesterday

President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, made an inspection tour at the renovated Maligawatta Housing Complex today.  Minister Wimal Weerawansa, Deputy Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna and the Colombo Mayor Mohammad Muzammil who accompanied the president a

An Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale has been reported off the Indian Ocean. The Tsunami Warning Centre says there is no threat to Sri Lanka

India today urged Sri Lanka to immediately release on humanitarian grounds 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested on charges of entering the island nation's waters.

Appeal Court today ordered Minister Rishad Bathiudeen to personally appear in courts on September  5 to show cause as to why he should not be punished for contempt for intimidating the Mannar Magistrate.

The cabinet yesterday approved a road map for the implementation of the national action plan on human rights and the LLRC recommendations. Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem said this document would be presented at the universal periodic review in October

Australian immigration officials have deported to Sri Lanka a Tamil asylum seeker, after failing to win refugee protection, Australian media reported.

As diplomatic parleys continued to seek the release of the 23 Indian fishermen detained by Sri Lankan navy earlier this week, the high commissioner of the island nation to Delhi, Prasad Kariyawasam, on Wednesday said that the joint patrolling by Indi

The Socialist Youth Union, a movement affiliated to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, staged a walking protest from the Vavuniya railway station to the urban council yesterday urging the unity among all ethnic groups of the country.  Pix by Romes

The Sri Lanka United Teachers’ Union (SUTU) today staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Education, Isurupaya urging the government to solve the several problems faced by teachers’ and principals’. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachch

The police have taken steps to monitor guest houses under a strict plan to curb child molestations and rape cases

Sri Lanka said that UN system and member states, including the Human Rights Council, must follow due process and be guided by objective criteria in assessing developments in Sri Lanka.

Senior lawyers including the Presidents of the Mannar Bar Association and the Galle Law Association filed a petition seeking the Appeal Court to punish ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Minister Rishad Bathiudeen for contempt of co