Ranil Jayawardena of Sri Lankan origin has emerged victorious in the June 8 British parliamentary elections for the second time, bagging 65.5% of the votes cast in the Hampshire North East constituency.

India’s MDMK General Secretary Vaiko said the Sri Lankan government is behind his detention at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Friday. 

Sri Lanka may have upset the apple cart in the Champions Trophy with their victory against India, but rejuvenation of the Island nation's team has taken too long, says Kumar Sangakkara. And Sangakkara said the upheaval in the side had adversely i

The Postal Trade Union Federation yesterday staged a protest against the proposed sale of the 123 year-old Nuwara Eliya post office building to an Indian businessman to run a restaurant.

Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday the dispute between Public Enterprise Development Minister Kabir Hashim and State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane over office space had been resolved.

While some 600,000 people had been hit by the recent floods and landslides in the South, a total of 849,752 individuals belonging to 243,683 families in eight districts in the north and east had been affected by the severe drought condition across th

Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said he hoped the government would act swiftly and in earnest to enact legislation to clear the bottlenecks which are delaying the local government elections.

The Development Lotteries Board and the National Lotteries Board that were under the Finance Ministry have been allocated under the purview of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, a special gazette notification, issued yesterday assigning duties and functio

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday said that it appreciated Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne’s immediate and positive response to their reports of a shortage of Dextron 40, a drug used to treat dengue patients.

Sinhala Ravaya General Secretary Magalkande Sudaththa Thera yesterday condemned the statement made by Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne that BBS General Secretary Galagodaththe Gnanasara Thera was being protected by a minister.

More than Rs.8 billion is needed to repair the damage caused by the recent floods and landslides, Disaster Management Minister Anura Priyadharashna Yapa informed Parliament yesterday.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has confined itself to distributing relief whenever there is a disaster and had kept away from its main duty of preventing such situations, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Sunil Handunetti said yesterday.

In the wake of a sudden rise in child begging in the recent past, especially in the city of Colombo and its suburbs, the police have decided to initiate special raids to arrest those who forced children into begging, the Police Headquarters announced

The government is attempting to delay the local government elections by using Galagodatte Gnanasara Thera to divert attention from the real issues, the joint opposition said today.

Questions were asked in Parliament today with regard to the distribution of relief items under the label of some politicians.

Some 5.5 kilograms of heroin worth a staggering Rs. 50 million was seized by the Northern Naval Command  in the seas off Kankasanthurai this morning.

After travelling to the Buckingham Palace for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II following the General Election results, British Prime Minster Theresa May yesterday announced she was going to form a government, despite not securing a majority in the

British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Buckingham Palace to seek permission from the Queen to form a government, the Independent reported a short while ago quoting a Downing Street spokesman.

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Chief Vaiko was denied entry into Malaysia today due to his alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), The Asian News international (ANI) reported.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is refusing to quit despite her disastrous election night as the UK voted for a hung parliament, the Telegraph reported a short while ago.

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said that no one really expected Sri Lanka to win by beating India in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Group B encounter, Indian Media reported today.  

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today denied allegations of any connection with the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) or the recent attacks aimed at Muslim owned shops.

Police Intelligence officers have arrested a suspect in connection with the incident where several Muslim owned shops were set ablaze in Wijerama, Maharagama, Police Headquaters said.  

British Prime Minister Theresa May appears to have lost her gamble in calling a "snap" election to strengthen her grip on power, and while her Conservatives will likely remain the largest party, they are losing seats, the CNN reported a sho

The government is reported to have prepared legislation to permit foreign nationals to open foreign currency accounts in Sri Lanka with a minimum deposit of US$500,000 or more.

There were a total of 725,944 court cases pending in Sri Lanka as at December 31, 2016, Ministry of Justice has revealed.

Two children went missing, a woman died and another three were injured last night when a three-wheeler fell into the Viyana canal near the 17 miles post on the Mahiyanganaya-Badulla main road, after a head on collision, Police said.