President Maithripala Sirisena today stressed the need to build a stronger economy, a balanced legal system and restore peace among the various communities living in Sri Lanka and resolve global issues through the Buddha Dhamma.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has today parried questions on reports that Sri Lanka has rejected China's request for its submarine to dock at Colombo next week after a similar visit in 2014 triggered a strong protest from India, the PTI reported t

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the spirit of Indian-origin Tamils in Sri Lanka and announced the construction of additional 10,000 houses in upcountry areas.

A Sri Lankan refugee in Canada, who was charged with murdering his wife, has told the Immigration and Refugee Board during his detention hearing on Thursday that he wants to be deported back to Sri Lanka, Toronto Sun reported on Friday.

A parcel containing 9.3 kilos of heroin worth more than Rs.90 million was found floating in the sea, some eight nautical miles off Kankesanthurai, by the Navy.

The 1990 ambulance service funded by the Indian Government now operating in the Western and Southern provinces, will be extended to the entire country, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo in an apparently unscheduled late night meeting, The Hindu said today.

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari today left to Colombo on a five-day official visit, The Himalayan Times reported today.Bhandari will visit Sri Lanka at the official invitation of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and is scheduled to atten

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, today announced that Air India will operate direct flights between Colombo and Varanasi from August this year, Indian Express reported.

The Supreme Court today issued a stay order on the Court of Appeal judgment, which stated that UPFA MP Geetha Kumarasinghe was not qualified to hold her post in parliament, until May 15.

Four persons were killed when their motorcycle and a bus collided head-on in Batticoloa-Habarana road early this morning, police said.

A 64-year-old man was killed while injuring a woman following a hand grenade attack at a house in Dodamwatta police area in Mahiyanganaya this morning, Police said.

Eighteen United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) councillors in the North-Central Provincial Council (NCPC) deciding to work independently will not make any impact on the functioning of the council, UPFA General Secretary and Minister, Mahinda Amarawe

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said today the joint opposition was not planning a conspiracy to grab power in the country.

Anuradhapura district parliamentarian S.M. Chandrasena (UPFA) today threatened to mobilize the masses for a massive protest to be held outside the North-Central Provincial Council unless a joint opposition member was appointed chief minister.

Sri Lanka’s GSP+ application was approved by the Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) Thursday evening resuming the much-awaited trade concession to the country, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Harsha de Silva said.

Sri Lanka has rejected China's request to dock one of its submarines in Colombo this month, two senior government officials said on Thursday as the Indian prime minister landed in the island nation.

Eighteen UPFA members in North-Central Provincial Council (NCPC) are reported to have tilted towards the joint opposition.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago to attend the 14th UN Vesak Day celebrations to be held in Colombo tomorrow.

A Pakistani boy’s hand was cut off after his employer “taught him a lesson” for demanding food and his salary, according to local media reports.

More than three kilogrammes of heroin (brown sugar) worth Rs.36 million was seized by the Maradana Police at a garbage dump in Captains Garden, D. R Wijewardena Mawatha today.