Fifteen senior students of the Peradeniya University had been arrested by the Police for ragging first year students last night.

A retired Sri Lanka Army Major attached to the Disaster Management Center (DMC) which was sent for a training programme in Hawaii, was deported last week after he was charged with allegedly sexually abusing a female employee at the hotel he was stayi

Sri Lanka would overcome its foreign currency payment, which will reach a staggering USD 4.08 bn (About Rs.560 bn) by end of this year, USD 5.7 bn (Rs.570 bn) by end 2018, through Samurai Bonds and by swapping of debts, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremes

The United National Party (UNP) would begin a course of reorganisation by May this year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday.

JVP today said the local government election should be held using the Proportional Representation System used earlier as it would be delayed further if the authorities decided to conduct it under the First Past the Post system that was proposed recen

Heavy showers were expected in many region of the country in the coming days, the Department of Metrology forecasted today.

All-rounder Asela Gunaratne struck a superb 84 off 46 balls to inspire Sri Lanka to a dramatic two-wicket victory over Australia in the second Twenty20 International in South Geelong, Victoria on short while ago.

The Yahapalana Government authorities had been trying to reward the Bar Association, who played a major role in changing the Government in 2015, posed a threat to the independence of the Judiciary by irregularly appointing High Court Judges, former P

A Chief Inspector, Sub Inspector and eight civilians had been arrested by the Wild Life Department officials for allegedly hunting in the Wilpattu National Wildlife Sanctuary, the Police said.

At least nine bodies had been recovered following a boat tragedy in the seas off Katukurunda today, the Police said.

Bede Dhammika Cooray had been appointed as the new Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka to the State of Hawaii, Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC said.

Warasiya police in Gujarat nabbed two persons accepting bets on the Australia-Sri Lanka T20 match late on Saturday afternoon. An offence was registered against them on the same night.

The Sri Lanka Army yesterday categorically denied a recent statement, alleged to have been made by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, the head of an ethnic reconciliation body on sexual exploitation and abuses of Tamil women by the Army in

Two more soldiers were arrested by the CID this morning in connection with the abduction and assault on journalist Keith Noyahr in 2008.

Edappadi Palaniswami, who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, won the trust vote in the Assembly where 122 MLAs voted for him, while 11 voted for O Panneerselvam.

A Sri Lankan woman was arrested with 11 kilograms of pangolin scales by the airport customs officers last night while she was trying to smuggle them to Chennai.

Even as Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa angles for a political comeback, New Delhi appears to be weighing up possible political shifts in the island, including a split in the Rajapaksa camp, the Hindu reported.

A fire broke out in a shop located at Prince Street in Pettah a short while ago, Police said.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the preliminary objections raised by the Attorney General and the Counsel appearing for the Prime Minister on the maintainability of the rights petition challenging the Prime Minister's request to the Speaker fo

The proposed amendment to the Dog Registration Ordinance will result in the mass killing of dogs, a consumer rights group said yesterday.

Certain NGOs in their haste to take advantage of the Right to Information (RTI) Act for their own agendas have applied for information on the assets declaration of the President and the Prime Minister soon after the RTI was enacted on February 3, Pre

Three army personnel including a major were arrested by the CID in connection with the abduction and assault on journalist Keith Noyahr in 2008, Police said.

In the wake of heated arguments over degree-awarding private medical colleges, Russian Ambassador Alexander Karchava defended the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), saying it was being provided professorship by a leading medica

The prices of 38 brands of cataract lenses were regulated from midnight yesterday, the Health Ministry announced.

A 22-year-old youth, who had allegedly engaged in illegal sand mining in the Kelani River, had drowned after jumping in the river when confronted by navy personnel today, police said.