A 38-year-old man was arrested on charges of possessing of 75 counterfeit notes of Rs 1,000 at a night club in Kollupitiya early this morning.

The owner of the Excellency building in Wellawatta, which collapsed on Thursday killing two and injuring 21 persons, was arrested by the Wellawatta Police last night.

At least eight persons were hospitalised when a concrete slab of a building which was being constructed at Mary Amman Kovil in Kaththankudi collapsed yesterday.

India should actively participate in Sri Lanka's growing power sector, both traditional and renewable, a top government official has said.

President Maithripala Sirisena announced Saturday new investigations into alleged secret detention centres as part of a drive to find tens of thousands of people still missing after the country's decades-long war.

A security audit will be conducted on all Government Websites following the global 'ransomware' attacks, the Information and Communication Technologies Agency (ICTA) said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that he had informed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders that the constitution-making process would not be delayed.

UPFA General Secretary and Minister, Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday stressed the need for a cabinet reshuffle and said if this did not happen, his party would reconsider being in the government.

In the wake of the collapse seven-storey building in Wellawatta on Thursday, the Megapolis and Western Development Ministry assured legal action would be taken against all substandard and unauthorized constructions in Colombo.

The United National Party (UNP), the key ally of the government, has finally consented to the proposed Cabinet reshuffle to scheduled for Monday.

The motherland was saved from separatist terrorism by non other than our own war heroes as even foreign armies failed to do that in the 30-year civil war in Sri Lanka, President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday.

The second edition of the Staff Talks between high-ranking officers of the US Navy and the SL Navy was held at the Naval Headquarters on May 16 and 17, the navy headquarters said.

Doha-bound Qatar Airways flight QR 841 from Phuket, Thailand made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) a short while ago following a smoke in the cockpit, a BIA official said.  

The Army will call off the rescue operations at the site of the collapsed building in Wellawatte, because there is no sign of anyone trapped under the rubble, Army Spokesman Roshan Seneviratne said today.

Following a request made by the police, the Army and the STF had launched a special search operation to nab the suspect who fired shots at a police vehicle in Palai area, Army Spokesman Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne said.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara issued warrants for the arrest of IUSF Convener Lahiru Weerasekara, a student monk and four others in connection with a case filed against them by the Cinnamon Gardens Police on charges of causing a pub

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said today it had allowed its district level branches to decide whether they need to extend Monday's token strike originally planed for four hours to 24 hours.

Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government on Thursday for rejecting the protection bids of a group of refugees including Sri Lankans who sheltered him while he was hiding out in the city, the AFP reported.

The eight students of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF), who were arrested and remanded on charges of behaving in an unruly manner violating a court order during a protest march against the SAITM, were released on bail today.

Australia is exploring options with the Tamil Nadu government and Sri Lanka to rehabilitate some Sri Lankan refugees in the State that will in turn reduce the number of refugees trying to enter Australia through illegal means, a top Australian Border

A five-year-old girl was killed and her 52-year-old grandmother and one-and-half year old sister were injured when they were attacked by a wild elephant at Galkiriyagama, Anuradhapura this morning, police said.

Several Police officers attached to the Kilinochchi Police, escaped unhurt when their vehicle was shot at by an unidentified gunman, while driving along the road bordering a forest area in Kilinochchi early this morning, the Police said.

Portraits of former Sri Lanka stars Jayawardena and Sangakkara to go on display at the Home of Cricket

The re-granting of the GSP plus trade facility to Sri Lanka has been printed in the official journal of the European Union (EU) on Thursday and Sri Lanka will have access to the facility from today, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva