The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said today that all fans would be allowed to enter P Sara stadium free today to watch the Sri Lanka Bangladesh final day of the second Test.

MDMK general secretary Vaiko and his followers along with traders union leader T.Vellaiyan were arrested on Saturday when they attempted to besiege the deputy high commission of Sri Lanka in Chennai opposing a resolution in the UN Human Rights Counci

A 13-year-old girl and two adults, who were waiting at a bus halt at Egoda Uyana in Moratuwa, were killed, when a lorry crashed into the bus halt last evening, the Police said.

The U.S. Secret Service is reportedly “freaking” after one of the protective agency’s laptops containing pertinent national security information was stolen, CBS News reported Friday.

India's MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Friday urged the Indian government to oppose the resolution in the United Nations that would give two more years to Sri Lanka to submit its report based on investigation into alleged war crimes against the

Dimuth Karunaratne played a patient and fighting knock, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Colombo, 4th day, March 18, 2017. (AFP)

A man was shot dead Saturday after wrestling a soldier to the ground at Paris' Orly Airport and trying to take her rifle, officials said. No one else in the busy terminal was hurt, but thousands of travelers were evacuated and flights were divert

A public interest litigation petition (PIL) was filed in the Madras High Court Bench on Friday seeking a direction to the Centre as well as State Government to extradite the accused in a case registered in connection with the death of Rameswaram fish

A US-based organization- Seacology-has won a grant of almost $1 million for a conservation project in Sri Lanka.

United National Party (UNP) seniors are expected to meet next week to discuss the proposal to appoint three deputy leaders to the party, sources said yesterday.

The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Eva Wanasundera and Nalin Perera yesterday granted leave to proceed with the fundamental rights petition filed by MV Avant Garde's Ukrainian Captain challenging his arrest and detention.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) controlled Northern Provincial Council has passed a resolution calling for the ratification of the Rome Statute, so that Sri Lanka could be hauled up before the International Criminal Court (ICC) if crimes were commi

Sri Lanka's ODI squad to face Bangladesh will be captained by Upul Tharanga once again, with three players returning to the fold.

The Government is reported to have amended the agreement with China Merchants International Ltd. on the Hambantota Port Development Project with the inclusion of a proposal, among others, for a 60 per cent equity swap instead of 80 per cent as propos

Government is considering the introduction of anti-dumping laws in the future to prevent inferior foreign goods from entering the local market from foreign countries including, China, Taiwan and Singapore, sources said yesterday.

With the outbreak of the H1N1 flu in the Maldives, the SriLankan Airline has activated Communicable Disease Procedures on its flights that are being operating in and out of Male, Srilankan Airline today said.

A 72-year-old German who was a resident of Austria has died following a sudden illness while he was on a visit to the Sigiriya Rock Fortress this evening, Police said.

The use of Whatsapp and connections made through American diplomats ensured the safety and release of the eight-member Sri Lankan crew of the hijacked Aris-13, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Harsha de Silva said today.

The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Eva Wanasundera and Nalin Perera today granted leave to proceed with the fundamental rights petition filed by MV Avant Garde's Ukrainian Captain challenging his arrest and detention.

The Sri Lankan Government today expressed its deep appreciation to the President of Puntland, the semi-autonomous region of Somalia, and his Chief of Staff Abdinasir Sofe, who cooperated and collaborated with the relevant officials of the Sri Lankan

Lanka Hospital authorities today categorically rejected rumours circulating on social media websites that Maldivian patients diagnosed with swine flu had been admitted to the hospital and that several of them had died.

Two individuals including a woman were arrested on charges of having aided and abetted the suspects in connection with the shooting at a prison bus in Kalutara recently, Police said.

Former India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was this morning safely rescued from a fire in a hotel in Delhi's Dwarka neighbourhood.

There are "no indications" that Trump Tower was under surveillance by the US government before or after the election, a Senate committee has said, the BBC News reported today.

The Ministry of Law and Order had now completed the exercise of identifying locations that can be permanently allocated for protests, sources from the Prime Minister’s office said yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday he would consider changing the fisheries portfolio from Minister Mahinda Amaraweera so that he could be given different responsibilities to handle development work in the Hambantota district.