Heavy traffic was reported in Lipton Circus in Town Hall, Colombo due to a protest march carried out by the joint opposition citing various failures of the current government.

Sri Lanka Navy today denied allegations of shooting dead a 22 year old fisherman from Tamil Nadu while he was fishing allegedly a short distance off the Katchatheevu islet.

Six students of a leading school in Anuradhapura were arrested for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old student of a another school yesterday.

The Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA) yesterday collected urine samples from four Sri Lankan cricketers on a request made by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) was in risk of being blacklisted if renovations of the main runway were further delayed, Civil Aviation and Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said yesterday.

Three Nepalese men have been remanded in custody over a northern suburbs murder that allegedly left a Sri Lankan victim face down in a pool of his own blood.

The UPFA which is one of the main coalition partners of the Unity Government yesterday vowed not to allow the government to sign the Hambantota Port agreement with China Merchant Ports Holdings because in its present form it was extremely harmful to

Eight persons had been arrested and 30 motorcycles taken into police custody following a mob attack the Bingiriya police station yesterday, Police said.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) still owes about US$2 million to SriLankan airlines for the Airbus-330 PIA obtained on wet lease, officials said yesterday.

A seven-year-old child and 45-year old relative were stabbed to death while the mother of the child suffered severe injuries last evening following a family dispute in a house at Magala area in Deraiyagala. Police said.

Three of the nine Russian citizens who were detained last week in Sri Lanka over alleged rules of stay violations have been released, the Russian Embassy in Colombo had told Sputnik on Monday.

Thirteen kilogrammes of heroin (brown sugar) said to be the largest haul in the Grandpass area, were seized by the Police Narcotics Bureau this evening during a search operation carried out to find firearms in the area, Police spokesman Priyantha Jay

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila today asked President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint a special presidential commission (SPC) to review the Hambantota Port Agreement, which would result in Sri Lanka losing Rs.1.4 trill

The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) today threatened to go ahead with its planned trade union action on March 8 and 9 even though it might jeopardize the exams of undergraduates.

The body of an unidentified man was found outside the Mattakkuliya Army Camp down Ferguson Road yesterday, Police said.

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who was arrested by the FCID on charges of misusing 40 state vehicles belonging to the National Engineering Corporation (NEC), was ordered to be further remanded till March 20 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayarat

A Kuwaiti woman has pledged to pay Kuwaiti Dinar 3,300 to her Sri Lankan housemaid to prevent the authorities from slapping a ban on her to hire overseas domestic workers in future, Al-Anba Daily has reported.

Former SLTB Chairman Shashi Welgama, who was remanded on charges of a financial misappropriation amounting to Rs. 125 million at the SLTB, was released on bail by the Colombo High Court today.  

MP Wimal Weerawansa today sought permission from the Colombo Fort Magistrate to deliver a statement from the dock over his security level at the Colombo Remand Prison and the injustice caused to him by FCID's inquiry over the misuse of state prop

Asanka Gurusinha in his first interaction with the media since assuming duties as the manager  of the national cricket team yesterday said that he is ready to take up the challenge in taking Sri Lanka cricket to the next level.

The Road from Orugodawattha to Wellampitiya on the Colombo-Awissawella road was blocked due to a protest carried out by the resident in Meethotamulla against the garbage dump.

A humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission led by the US Navy and facilitated by the multinational mission ‘Pacific Partnership’ would take place in Hambantota, Sri Lanka tomorrow (7), Arlo Abrahamson, the Public A

President Maithripala Sirisena left for Indonesia this morning to attend the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit meeting to be held in Jakarta.

In the wake of the prison bus attack that killed seven persons, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday that there were reports of weapons concealed by the LTTE being sold to criminal elements and political group

The Government has drafted legislation to amend the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Act and a gazette notice has been issued in this regard. The draft legislation will be presented in Parliament shortly.

Sri Lanka cannot depend on apparel exports any-more and the time is ripe for the production of electronic items such as mobile phone accessories and even parts for robotic machines, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.