The defence counsel today submitted their written objections to the maintainability of the inquiry in the Avant-Garde Maritime Security Services case in which former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Nisanka Senadhipathi and six others are charge

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday has rejected an argument by the LTTE requesting that their activities not be classified as "terrorist acts."

The Lotus Road from Ceramic Junction towards Galle Road has been closed due to a protest march carried out by disabled military personnel, police said.

Twenty five Sri Lankan asylum seekers who were deported from Australia arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning.

Sri Lanka Navy’s Flagship Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), SLNS ‘Sayura’ left for Malaysia last evening  from the Colombo Port to take part in the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2017 which i

Armed men are demanding a ransom for the release of an oil tanker they have seized off the coast of Somalia and the crew is being held captive, the European Union anti-piracy operation in the region announced late on Tuesday.

The extension of the Central Expressway up to Dambulla had been put on hold because of a decision by the Government to stop external borrowings for any project hereafter, it is learnt.

A detailed exchange of information had taken place between Sri Lanka and the European Union (EU) on many important ongoing reforms, inclusive of the Constitution-making, a joint press release issued yesterday said.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), the premier body of the lawyers in Sri Lanka, will conduct elections for its new office bearers including its president today.

The Joint Opposition (JO), yesterday, accused the government of endorsing the alienation of 18 state business institutions to obtain US$ 5.8 billion.

The opening of the new prison (in Angunukolapelessa, Hambantota) known as the ‘Super Prison’, which was to take place March 16, has been postponed indefinitely, the Ministry of Prison Reforms said yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s first resident Ambassador to Ethiopia Sumith Dassanayake presented Credentials to the President of Ethiopia, Mulatu Teshome at the Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa last Thursday.

The Attorney General today informed the Court of Appeal that MP Geetha Kumarasinghe was still a citizen of Switzerland and according to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, a person who has dual citizenship cannot be an MP.

A follow-up draft resolution titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ had been submitted to the ongoing 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by five main sponsor nations on Monday requ

The Central Bank yesterday said a new set of Rs.1 and Rs.5 coins would be issued for circulation after changing the metal/alloy from brass-plated steel (gold colour) to stainless steel (silver colour).

A rehabilitated woman cadre and three others in her company were arrested by the Wellawaya Police on suspicion yesterday, when President Maithripala Sirisena attended a ceremony in Kotaweheragala in Wellawaya to issue title deeds for State land to be

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se embarked on a three-day trip to Sri Lanka and Singapore on Tuesday to discuss North Korea's threats to regional security, the Korean Foreign Affairs Ministry has said.

It has been confirmed that eight Sri Lankans were on board the tanker that is believed to have been hijacked by Somali pirates off the seas of Djibouti on Monday, the Sri Lanka Navy said.  

The Government would not stop arresting Indian fishermen and trawlers if they crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line and engaged in fishing in Sri Lankan waters, Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today.

Somali pirates are believed to have hijacked a Sri Lankan tanker in the Indian Ocean on Monday in what would be the first successful hijack of a commercial ship by Somali pirates since 2012.

Stray cattle in the Western Province, who have no owners, will be captured by the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development from today.

Motorists reported smooth traffic flow at Rajagiriya today, day 2 of the pilot project by Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development.

A 23-year old man was beaten to death by residents of Pahalagama in Kiriella after the man attempted to kill his wife last night.

The Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) yesterday filed an application in the Supreme Court challenging the Court of Appeal ruling that the medical graduates of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) be provisionally registered.

British MPs today overwhelmingly approved a bill allowing Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger negotiations for the UK's exit from the European Union.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that he and President Maithripala Sirisena will have to go slow when bringing about political reforms and should achieve it through an ongoing dialogue.

Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said it was the weakness of the government to keep thrusting itself upon the UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka when the US, which co-sponsored the resolution, had detached itself from it.