John Tory, the Mayor of Toronto, Canada, is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka as a part of a 10-day South Asian trip which would commence from March 15, the Star reported on Thursday.

The five army soldiers, who were arrested on charges of abducting and assaulting columnist Keith Noyahr, were re-remanded till March 16 by Mt. Lavinia Magistrate today.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that a hybrid court was not politically feasible and as such a feasible alternative should be found.

Heavy traffic was reported in Town Hall, Colombo due to a protest march carried out by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in Malabe.

The Sri Lankan government delegation seemed incapable or unwilling to address any issues of substance regarding women’s rights including discriminatory marriage laws, land and livelihood concerns, and strengthening laws that protect women, the

Healthcare services in hospitals in the Western Province came to standstill today because of the trade union action launched by the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAIT

A Sri Lankan man was arrested yesterday for murdering a compatriot woman by setting her on fire while she was sleeping inside an apartment shared by them in Kuwait, the Arab Times reported.

The main suspect in connection with the recovery of weapons at the Mount Lavinia Courts Complex surrendered to the Mount Lavinia police last night.

Kalutara Chief Magistrate Bharathi Wijeratne yesterday called for a report on telephone conversations that took place between individuals inside the prison and those outside on the day the Black Maria carrying inmates from the Kalutara Prison was amb

A number of telephone conversations had been exchanged between the former SAITM CEO Dr. Sameera Senaratne and a Kotikawatte Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha member who was the alleged main suspect in the shooting incident in Malabe, police investigations

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested the Central Bank to come out with details with regard to issuing of gazette notifications pertaining to the bond issues since 1999, informed sources said.

Deputy Director General (Dental Services) of the Health Ministry Dr. J.M.W. Jayasundara Bandara today refuted all allegations levelled against the ministry by the joint opposition (JO) over the importing of vaccine ‘Taxacad’ -- known as &

Former Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore said that care should be shown when criticizing the current crop of young national team cricketers, since the team was going through a rebuilding phase.

Separatist groups have gathered information regarding 11, 000 rehabilitated and released Tamils and yet another 4,000 Tamils who did not surrender to the army, and have sufficient hidden arms and ammunition, enabling them to create a group of terrori

Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran had visited the Public Debt Department office where the controversial Bond auction had taken place and it was the first time, a Central Bank Governor had visited the office during a Bond auction in the Ce

The Central Committee meeting of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) began a short while ago at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute under the chairmanship of President Maithripala Sirisena.

Deputy Solicitor General Dilan Ratnayake yesterday informed court that another suspicious phone number used by former DIG Anura Senanayake to contact the Presidential Secretariat at the time that Wasim Thajudeen died was detected by the CID recently.

The joint opposition today said it would file cases against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake in the Supreme Court next week, regarding allegations made by him against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in connection with the issuance of the gazette

The 15 Peradeniya University students, remanded on charges of ragging first-year students, were today further remanded till March 16 by Kandy Chief Magistrate Indika Gihan Attanayake.

The Navy today arrested 13 Indian fishermen along with two fishing boats on charges of violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the seas off Delft Island.

A group of 20 people were arrested today in connection with the incident where a fully loaded pistol and a revolver were found at the Mount Lavinia Courts Complex yesterday, Police said.

Two police teams have been deployed at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport and Mattala International Airport to prevent the suspects involved in the Kalutara prison bus shooting from fleeing the country following information that there

The term of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) has been extended by six months by President Maithripala Sirisena today

Supreme Court Judge Priyasad Dep was sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice (CJ) of Sri Lanka before President Maithripala Sirisena this morning.  

Founder of the Sri Bodhiraja Foundation Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera yesterday said that he would file a case against the police and other authorities for neglecting their duties and not banning school big matches.

Three cadets of a boys’ school, who had stripped six cadets of another school naked and video recorded them at the National Cadet Corps Training Centre in Rantembe, were arrested by Hasalaka Police yesterday.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake will be better off with another portfolio like that of Cultural Affairs or Buddha Sasana Affairs, the joint opposition said yesterday.