An exhibition titled “Rajya Murthi’ was declared open by Minister of Cultural Affairs T.B. Ekanayake at the John De Silva Memorial Hall today. The exhibition will showcase various forms of art in the country including paintings and scul

Nominations for the elections of the dissolved Provincial Councils are set to take place between 12th and 19th of July, a source at the department of election said.

Minister Wimal Weerawansa said today the recent Z- Score fiasco was not the fault of the government but instead the eminent person who devised it should take the blame.

MP Namal Rajapaksa and daughter of late presidential advisor Baratha Lakshman Premchandra are pictured here in conversation. The two met at a ceremony organized to lay the foundation stone for a statue commemorating the late SLFP stalwart. Pix by Kri

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today the government was acting no different to the LTTE, which was led by Prabhakaran.

Leader of the UNP Ranil Wickremasinghe, Wickremabahu Karunanayake, Sirithunga Jayasuriya and Mano Ganeshan held a press conference today urging the government to hold elections in the North. The leaders said that they are ready to face a democratic e

Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said today that the 2011 Advanced Level issue is not the biggest blunder in the country's history but that it can be termed as a blunder. The minister made these remarks addressing the weekly cabine

Observing that Indian fishermen hailing from Tamil Nadu have been ‘traditionally fishing’ in contentious Katchatheevu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ask Colombo to stop its navy from harassing th

More than 100 students from a school in Hali-Ela, Badulla were admitted to the Badulla hospital due to food poisoning after having their breakfast, Hospital sources said. Update..

A mid-sea clash between two groups of fishermen resulted in one of them going missing early today off Trincomalee seas. A police team has been deployed to locate the missing fisherman.

Canadian prosecutors announced they were forgoing a preliminary hearing and proceeding to trial for six men charged with smuggling hundreds of Tamils aboard a rickety ship into Canada.

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of late Presidential Advisor Baratha Lakshman Premachandra, said today that she would enter active politics soon.

Members of the Alliance of Organisations and Intellectuals Against PMC today held a petition campaign to collect one million signatures, in front of the Colombo National hospital against establishing of the Malabe Private Medical College (MPMC).Pix

An Indian national was arrested today near a rail crossing on the Anuradhapura road at Puttalam for not having a valid visa, police said. He was in possession of garments which he hoped use for trading purposes at the time of his arrest

A foundation stone was laid today in Kolonnawa for the erection of a statue of slain Presidential Advisor Baratha Lakshman Premachandra. Speaker Chamal Rajapakse was the chief guest of the event. Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, MP Namal Rajapaksa

A trishaw collided with the Matara bound express train from Vavuniya at Mahagoda unprotected level crossing this afternoon. The driver and a woman on board were seriously injured and admitted to Karapitiya Teaching Hospital. Inquiries revealed the

The University Grants Commission (UGC) is responsible for devising the Z-score, the Minister of Education and the commissioner of examinations have been absolved of any issue regarding the advanced level results, Minister of Education Bandula Gunawar

The North Central, Sabaragamuwa and Eastern Provinces are to be dissolved; midnight today, highly placed government officials said. Governors of the three provinces have placed their signatures on the gazette notification effecting the dissolution th

The UNP claimed today that the countries economy has been ‘militarized’. Speaking at a news conference UNP MP Dr. Harsha De Silva said that the “economic management of the country has been completely militarized”.

A two-storey mobile-phone repair centre at Cotta Road in Borella was gutted this morning.  The fire that sparked off in a store room on the ground floor spread to the upper floor but the Colombo Municipal Fire Brigade personnel who rushed to the

A Fraud Bureau sub inspector and a police constable were arrested by the CID on charges of having taken a bribe of more than rupees two million from a businessman who deals in illegal transactions, acting police spokesman Mahesh Udawatta said.

Former England captain Tony Greig has urged India to accept the "spirit of cricket is more important than generating billions of dollars".

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard says she's been advised 123 people have been rescued from the stricken boat.

A British woman who was found  without a valid visa or passport was arrested by the Kandy police yesterday. The suspect was produced in courts

A Pakistani official uses a steamroller to crush bottles of liquor during a ceremony to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Karachi on June 26, 2012. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued an a

Sri Lankan voters will get the opportunity to surf the web to check their name in the electoral register after August 15, Elections Commissioner General Mahinda Deshapriya said today

Winner of the Mrs. Asia International Global 2012 beauty pageant Srimali Fonseka arrived at the BIA today along with Surakshi Siriwandana, winner of the over 50 age group ‘classic stylist’ title at the same competition. (Pix by Deepa Ad

Ayurvedic doctors today staged a demonstration outside the Ayurvedic hospital in Rajagiriya calling on the government to resolve the union’s grievances which had not been addressed in over two years. (Pic by Samantha Perera)

Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake today reiterated that the Z- score system devised by the UGC was the best method that would cause the “least difficulties”. “We stand by the system devised by five eminent professors

The re-scrutinised results of the 2011 G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination will be released by the Department of Examinations tonight, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said