New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced that New Zealand will open a High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday charged that the international community is making unrealistic demands from Sri Lanka.

The Government of India felt anguish and pain over the Sri Lankan military’s alleged war crimes against unarmed Tamils in the 2009 war, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in an unusually strong observation on the Sri Lanka’s hum

Five migrants were found dead in the sea off Libya on Thursday after the boats they were travelling in sank, likely carrying hundreds more to their deaths, an aid organisation said.

The spread of dengue in Sri Lanka could be a part of the health crisis which currently prevails in the Asian region, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday.

The government pays nearly Rs 140 million monthly as rent for the offices where ministries are located, Parliament was informed yesterday.

Kaduwela Additional Magistrate Prasanna Alwis yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of Commissioner of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) for not adhering to the court summons issued on him to appear in court to give evidence in a case that ha

A parliamentary delegation, serving in the two watchdog committees, will undertake a tour of the European Parliament next month, an official said yesterday.

At least 7 species of highly poisonous snakes have been recovered in the country and there are no anti-venom serums found to treat against three of them, Professor of Veterinary Parasitology R. P. V. J. Rajapakse yesterday said.

President Maithripala Sirisena is to take several crucial politically and economically important decisions over the next few weeks, State Minister of Finance Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane revealed yesterday.

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) in Parliament has summoned top officials of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) over the alleged financial fraud said to have taken place when importing a cancer vaccine.

National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa’s daughter was admitted to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital yesterday evening, hospital sources said.

Sri Lanka is shocked by the terrorist attack at the British Parliament yesterday, resulting in death and injury, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

UN Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution, which Promoted reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka, without a vote granting two years to fulfill recommendations of the 2015 resolution.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today MP Wimal Weerawansa should prove in court that he had not misused a single state vehicle instead of going on a hunger strike.

The Ukrainian captain of the controversial Avant-Garde vessel, Gennady Garvlov who was in remand custody for over nine months on charges of possessing and transporting illegal weapons,was order to be released by the Galle High Court today.

The Joint Opposition (JO) today said it was ready to support President Maithripala Sirisena to topple the ‘Wickremesinghe government’ and consolidate the powerdrawing together all anti-Ranil UNPers.

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack outside UK parliament in London, Amag News Agency reported

NFF Leader and MP Wimal Weerawansa is continuing the hunger strike that he started in the remand prison, Prisons Commissioner General Nishan Danasinghe said today.

An individual died and two others were injured when a crew cab crashed into their car in the Millaniya area on the Southern Expressway today.

Russia and Sri Lanka are in discussions over a contract on the delivery of Gepard 3.9-class frigates to Colombo, the deputy director of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) told Sputnik.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today noticed nine joint opposition MPs including Dinesh Gunawardana and Vidura Wickramanayaka to appear in court to inquire into a Borella Police report regarding a demonstration to be staged outside t

Authorities should pay special attention when investigating the incident where students from Mahanama College had forcibly entered Yashodara Balika Vidyalaya during a big-match parade, Jathika Hela Urumya (JHU) Chief Patron Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera

Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera has been released on bail by Colombo Additional Magistrate Dulani Amarasinghe today, after he surrendered to court in line with the arrest warrant issued previously by the court.

The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested Sixteen Indian fishermen had been arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy for violating maritime border and illegal poaching off the Analaithivu Island and Talaimannar, Navy Spokesperson Lieutenant Commander Chaminda Walakuluge

Activist Lena Hendry was on Thursday (23) fined RM10,000 (apprx 2200 US Dollar) in default one year's jail by a Malaysian magistrate's court for screening a documentary on the Sri Lankan civil war- No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lank

Superstar Rajinikanth will hand over keys to 150 homes built for Tamils by Gnanam Foundation on April 9 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, according to a statement released by Lyca Productions, IANS reported.