The Sri Lankan government needs to return to its original good governance and reconciliation agenda to salvage the chance to address fundamental sources of conflict and instability, the International Crisis Group (ICG) today said.

A 40-year-old Chinese National was arrested on charges of possessing 28 litres of illicit liquor and foreign cigarettes worth Rs. 1.7 million at his residence in Kollupitiya this afternoon, police said.

A regional centre with the task of ensuring cyber security in the Asian region will be set up in Sri Lanka in partnership with Windows Operating System Microsoft, Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Minister Harin Fernando said today.  

Hong Kong’s Immigration Department has rejected asylum requests made by a group of refugees, including Sri Lankans, who sheltered US fugitive Edward Snowden four years ago, foreign news agencies reported.

The Australian Border Force’s largest patrol vessel Ocean Shield arrived in Trincomalee Port today as part of an official visit to Sri Lanka.

The Indian Air Force helicopter which was part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s entourage on his two-day Sri Lanka visit, that was grounded in Kandy due to a technical fault for five days, had departed this morning.

The European Union is most likely to announce the granting of the GSP+ trade facility to Sri Lanka via its official journal on Thursday enabling Sri Lankan exporters to enjoy the benefits of duty-free exports from Friday, the European Union (EU)

A software engineer was arrested with more than 1,500 Ecstasy pills by Excise Department officials during a raid in Nugegoda last night.

UPFA North Central provincial councilor Susil Gunaratne was sworn in as the Transport and Youth Affairs Minister of the Provincial Council this morning.

Though the President and the Prime Minister had said that Sri Lanka has won the hearts of the International Community, no foreign country has offered help to save Sri Lanka when it’s confronted with the economic crisis,” the Pivithuru Hel

Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that the Chinese government was hoping to provide two billion Chinese Yuan for development activities in Sri Lanka from 2018 to 2020, the Prime Minister's office said

State Minister of Defense, Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday no one would be allowed to discredit the security forces.

The official website of the Galle District Secretariat (http://www.galle.dist.gov.lk/) is reported to have been hacked by an alleged group identifying itself as the ‘Pakistani Cyber Team Experts’.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who is on an official visit to Beijing said China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ would help Sri Lanka to become a hub of the Indian Ocean.

State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe said he could not perform even a duty assigned to a peon with his portfolio as State Minister.

The Kalutara Prison Commissioner has been transferred with immediate effect by the Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Minister D.M. Swaminathan in connection with the Kalutara prison bus shooting.

SAITM will be closed down if it fails maintain the required standards, Deputy Minister Ajith P Perera said today.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has requested President Maithripala Sirisena to inform the Attorney General or the High Court, the government's stance on the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).

The Supreme Court has further extended the stay order on the Appeal Court ruling issued disqualifying Geetha Kumarasinghe from functioning as an MP.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brief visit and the speech he made in Sri Lanka confirm that India has turned Sri Lanka into one of its semi-colonies, the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) said today.  

The affidavits submitted by 17 North Central Provincial Councillors, supporting the joint opposition calling for the ouster of Chief Minister Peshala Jayaratne, was rejected by NCP Governor P.B. Dissanayake today, councillor S.M. Ranjith said.

Although there have been no incident reported from Sri Lanka so far about the global cyber-attack, the Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) advised users to keep their Windows systems updated with a backup as a precautionary measure.

A man and a woman of Sri Lankan nationality were arrested from a brothel in Khaitan area.

State leader of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi has called for Sri Lanka’s support to strengthen her country's Parliament and ensure democracy there.

Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said the government had requested the South Asia Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) to stop the admissions of fresh batches of students until the policy decisions regarding it and pri

The Government yesterday Gazetted the new income tax structure, introduced in the budget 2017, while introducing an investor incentive scheme, which provides new concessions to investors.

A Cabinet Memorandum had been submitted for preparing a survey jointly by the Law and Order and Southern Development Ministry and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) for clear demarcation of Hambantota Harbour and its properties and the Logistics an