The government has decided to release the information on war detainees, a step seen as a response to the country's reconciliation commission report.

The road between the Galle Face roundabouts to the Old Parliament roundabout on the Gale road will be closed time to time between 6.30am-4.30pm from May 14 to 18 due to the victory day rehearsal, the police said.

An inmate of the Welikada prison has committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday inside the prison cell, police said. The victim has been serving a 17-month prison term for various cases.

BCCI president N Srinivasan has said that Indian players could participate in the newly launched Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), if the hosts make such a proposal. The tournament will be held between August 10 and 31 this year at Colombo and Palleke

Sri Lanka has dropped plans to host a limited overs series between Pakistan and Australia in August as it clashes with the island's Premier League, Pakistani cricket officials said Saturday.

Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high priestess, lights the Olympic torch on May, 2012 during the lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C.  AFP

The death of an Indian worker at a private steel plant in Sri Lanka on Tuesday has exposed the callous manner in which workers are brought to the island-nation, and trapped in factories from which there is no escape.

A federal judge sentenced a U.S. citizen accused of supporting Sri Lankan rebels to time served in jail on Friday — about five years — after casting doubt on the terrorism case and calling the 20-year term sought by prosecutors excessive.

A Sri Lanka Cricket official accompanying the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team which toured West Indies has reportedly been detained at the London airport yesterday while in transit for allegedly over an immigration offence.

Canada says it expects Sri Lanka to make a full investigation of the murder of a Canadian citizen in northern Sri Lanka last week. Reports say Anthonypillai Mahendrarajah, of Sri Lankan Tamil origin, was killed when he went to reclaim property lost d

A massive Rs.125 billion has been written off as bad debts by the two state banks during the past ten years, Parliament was informed yesterday. This was much higher than the government’s allocation for health, education and economic development

'Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Tournament 2012' will be held on May 26, 27 and June 2, 3 at the Bogambara Grounds in Kandy and Police Park, Colombo respectively. The promotional campaign of the tournament was kicked off today at the Independence

Nearly 672 ex LTTE cadres were taken to visit several important sites in Colombo by the Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Ministry. Some of the former combatants saw enjoying themselves at the Galle Face Beach. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

The Kaduwela Magistrate and Additional District Judge ordered the Mirihana Special Investigation Bureau to arrest ITN Deputy Manager Sudharman Radaliyagoda at his office premises before June 12 and produce him in courts on or before that date.

The government today admitted that the controversial share deal between the National Savings Bank and The Finance Company did not conform with laid down procedure of the Finance Ministry and as such Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundara had suspen

The countrywide strike, launched by government doctors was called off a short while ago after talks with the Health Ministry and the Finance Ministry, the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said.

The Colombo District Court has issued an order preventing the ongoing strike by the Government Medical Officers Association over the transport allowance until May 25

The Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has signed for Middlesex to play in the Friends Life t20. His debut will come in the their fourth match of the competition, against Essex at Lord's on 21 June, after featuring in Sri Lanka's one-day a

At least ten persons were injured when a CTB bus belonging to the Chilaw CTB depot skidded off the Chilaw- Kurunegala main road and crashed into a Palmyrah tree in the Kokkavilla area, due to a technical failure. (Pix by Jude Samantha)

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Thursday criticised the demand for a separate ‘Tamil Eelam' by some political parties in Tamil Nadu, even though the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) the main political force of the Tamils

Employees of the newly opened Department Of Post office in Olcott Mawatha today staged a token strike lamenting the facilities and safety measures at the newly opened location. They said they would continue the protest for three days if no immediat

The Cabinet has decided to allow the dredging and transporting of sand without a licence from 6.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., Environment Minister Anura Priyadharashana Yapa told Parliament today

The house of former United National Party (UNP) strongman Sirisena Cooray was burgled and a valuable gem and foreign currency stolen allegedly by a domestic aide, the Mullariyawa Police has told a Colombo Magistrate

Students of the University of Visual and Performing Arts staged a protest urging the government to upgrade the hostel facilities and to base student admission on the placement exam and not on the Z score marks. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Customs seized cigarettes, beedi, enasal and paanparat worth around Rs.5 million hidden in the luggage of 37 Sri Lankans coming to Colombo from Bangkok, India and China. Three persons were arrested by the Customs. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

The transfer of students from one national school to another for Advanced Level studies has been cancelled by the Education Ministry in a circular, Minister Bandula Gunawardane said today

Government doctors will go on a countrywide strike tomorrow due to the government’s failures to meet their deadline to increase a transport allowance which was promised to them earlier this year

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinghe met with people in the Hulftsdorp area to discuss problems faced by the people. The UNP leader criticized the government of raising prices of goods and noted that the government has proven its failure to manage

Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka Silva says that he has not decided to enter active politics at the moment, but if there is any request from the public he will seriously consider it. “I have not decided to enter politics right now as I

Setting an appalling precedent, putting the country’s equity market’s credibility on the line, National Savings Bank (NSB) in a newspaper advertisement has said that the bank’s director board has decided not to pay the moneys due