The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, spoke with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a breakfast meeting on Friday morning

Six Sri Lankan fishermen and their vessel captured by Somali pirates six months ago have been rescued by a Spanish Naval ship, the Spanish Defence Ministry said

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said if DMK Leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s unfulfilled dream was a Tamil Eelam, he should work for it in India because the largest population of Tamils live in the Tam

A crocodile measuring more than 15 feet drifted to the sea due to floods through the estuary of the Nilvala River in Matara and was saved by the officials of the District Disaster Management Centre with the help of Matara police and the residents o

Opposition and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met the visiting Indian Parliamentary delegation at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel today. Several UNP senior MPs including General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, Senior Vice President Lakshman Kiriella, Wijedas

Pictures show the upgraded coastal railway track from Kalutara to Matara which was declared opened today with the participation of the visiting Indian parliamentary delegation. (Pix by Samantha Perera)

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta apologised for photographs revealed showing US soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan.

In connection with the dawn of Sinhala and Hindu New Year Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya visited differently able War Heroes at the MoD built, ‘Mihindu Seth Medura’ (wellness resort) yesterday. Seen here the commander

Police Headquarters said today that eight OIC’s have been transferred with immediate effect. Police said that the transfers were routine transfers and they were not taken on disciplinary grounds.

A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl during a Saudi family’s shopping trip, a police spokesman said yesterday, and may face death in a country where convicted sorcerers are beheaded.

The Jaffna High Court on today (Thursday) extended the remand of five Tamil fishermen who crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line to fish in Sri Lankan waters. The Fishermen, with support from the Indian Consulate in Jaffna and the Tamil Nad

he Seychelles Foreign Minister Jean Paul Adam arrived in the island early this morning. During the visit, the Seychelles Foreign Minister is to hold bilateral talks with the External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris to discuss issues of mutual inte

At least 18 families removed from Viharahena area in Deniyaya due to a landslide threat. They have been provided shelter in safer locations. A hill is posing a landslide threat due to the torrential rains experienced in the area at present.

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka says DMK leader M. Karunanidhi who personally fought for a separate country for Tamil speaking people in India should first hold a referendum in Tamil Nadu for that demand.

The body of a young man who had been hacked to death was recovered from a home garden at Aiyanagar in Trincomalee last night. Police said the victim Eswaradasan Kedeeswaran (28) of Palautthu in Trincomalee had been living in England returned to the c

A successful test flight of the missile will also strengthen India's nuclear deterrence once it comes into service by 2014-15. With a range of 5,000km (3,100 miles), the Agni-V is capable of delivering a single 1.5-ton warhead deep inside nuclear

The Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation van which met an accident  in Rambawa that killed one of its directors and injured five others. Pix by Athula Bandara

A Director and announcer of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) Nurania Hassan was killed this morning while five others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a lorry at Rambewa, according to the Police.

High Court Judge W.T.M.P.B. Warawewa has revealed that a request made by the Attorney-General’s Department to further extend his term of office by a year to enable him to hear several pending cases has been refused by the Chief Justice.

Indian Congress party MP Sudarshana Natchchiappan speaking at the Settikulam IDPs camp on Wednesday said that the visit of the Indian delegation helped to understand all different stands on the Political parties in Sri Lanka.

People attending the funeral of Nimal Chandrasiri, a fisherman in Wadduwa who died in police custody recently, held a protest during the funeral procession, today. Pix by Sandika Fonseka

Two women who were plucking leaves in Pitabeddara and a farmer who was in a paddy field in Pahala Athuruliya, Akuressa in Matara were killed when lightning struck them this evening, police said

The annual Singer Under-19 Schools’ rugby tournament kicked off today with several matches being played around the city. Seen below are pictures of the match between Zahira College and St. Benedict’s played at the Zahira Grounds in Mara

A Chinese woman who pleaded guilty to loitering on a street in Kollupitiya at night without giving a reasonable answer to police was ordered to pay a fine of Rs.10 by a Colombo Court today

A female second year university student, who was trying to flee after snatching a woman’s gold chain was caught by a group of three-wheeler drivers in Gampola and handed over to the police

The Indian parliamentary delegation led by leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj visited the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Settikulam, Vavuniya this morning. Thereafter they met the resettle people in  Kombavil. Seen here Ms. S

At least ten line-houses in the Waltrim estate in the Lindula area, Thalawakale were completely destroyed following a fire that broke out this morning, police said. Police believed that that the fire had broken out due to an electric shortage.

A group of four men who were showing and viewing a video film containing scenes of the past LTTE victories in the warfront, and its training programmes in an attempt to promote the LTTE organisation was taken into custody by  the Serunuwara poli

DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi Tuesday said India should take up efforts in the United Nations for holding a referendum in Sri Lanka for creation of a separate Tamil Eelam.

India’s opposition leader Ms. Sushma Swaraj who is currently leading a parliamentary delegation on a visit to Sri Lanka stressed yesterday that the government should evolve a political solution to the national question based on the 13th Amendme