The Committee appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on the Rs.25,000 fine for seven traffic in its report stated that the fines should been increased to a total of up to 5,000 per cent, Inter Provincial Private Bus Association (IPPBA) President

Chief Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake today asked in Parliament whether the removal of delimitation committee chairman Asoka Peiris from his post as Chairman of Lanka Mineral Sands (LMS) was an act of political victimization.

The Supreme Court today terminated contempt of court proceedings against Hambantota District Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.

The late President D.B. Wijetunga’s daughter Chithrangani Wijetunga was today admitted to a private hospital in Kandy due to a sudden illness, Hospital sources said. She is to be transferred to a hospital in Colombo for further treatment.

The Sri Lankan government has not met its pledge to curtail police abuses prior to the March 2017 session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday

Malaysian activist was found guilty by the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur, today of screening a film - No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka- that had not been approved by the Malaysian Film Censorship Board.

The costal railway line between Dehiwela and Wellawatte would be closed for three days from Thursday, February, 23 to replace the old bridge, the Railways Department said today.

India will not be pressing Sri Lanka to merge the Northern and Eastern Provinces to form a single Tamil-majority, as envisaged by the India-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987, the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar has told the Tamil National Alli

Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajith Coomaraswamy today arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to record his evidence on the controversial Central Bank bond issue.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) said today the Ven. Athureliya Rathana Thera had reportedly met the United National Party (UNP) leader and discussed about joining the party in violation of the MoU signed between the JHU and the UNP in 2015.

Former External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris said today the Government should counter the remarks allegedly made by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga that Sri Lanka’s armed forces personnel continued to sexually abuse war vict

The President said today he would arrive at a fair decision with regard to private universities including SAITM in Malabe after discussions with all stakeholders.

Niroshan Dickwella has been suspended for two limited-over matches after his accumulated demerit points reached five within a 24-month period following his latest breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for which he received a 30 per cent fine and two deme

Five people have died after a light plane crashed into a shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia.

Minor parties supporting the government had told Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that the local government elections should be held according to the Proportional Representation (PR) system.

Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary (FS) S. Jaishankar assured the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) that he would raise delay in the constitution-making process with President Maitripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the TNA said yeste

The Special Presidential Commission (SPC) appointed to inquire into the Central Bank (CB) bond scam will commence its public hearings today, the Ministry of Justice said yesterday.

Minister S.B. Nawinna said the Government hoped to issue nearly 25,000 dual citizenships to expatriate Sri Lankans on the basis that it would give an opportunity to Sri Lankans domiciled in foreign countries to contribute to the development of their

Joint opposition MP Namal Rajapaksa said today he personally believed that imprisoning former army commander Sarath Fonseka should not have happened because he and his family members even conducted Bodi Poojas when he was injured in the bomb blast.

Five Army soldiers remanded in connection with the abduction and assault on senior journalist Keith Noyahr in 2008 were suspended from service with immediate effect, the Army Media said.

The Government had turned down all proposals made to the Subcommittee on Centre-Peripheral Relations by the Joint Opposition (JO), depriving the opportunity to establish the unitary nature of the State in the process of making the country’s new

The election to decide the next President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has been postponed until further notice, Association Secretary Amal Randeniya said.

Sri Lankan Cricketer Asela Gunaratne has been bought by Mumbai Indians for Sri Lankan Rupees (SLR) 6.75 million in Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2017 in Bengaluru.

A bipartisan delegation from the US House of Representatives arrived in Colombo today for three days of meetings as part of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP), the US Embassy today said.

The former Eastern Province chief minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was today further remanded till March 6 for the 31st time by Batticaloa Magistrate M. Ganesharaja.

A group of leading Buddhist Monks today called for the ban of school big matches saying that the matches acted like a platform for promotion of alcohol among students leading deterioration of social values.

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa was further remanded till March 6 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.