Northern Province Chief Minister C. V Wigneswaran’s moves to establish a hybrid court in the province is a dream which will never materialize, Skills Development and Vocational Training Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.

Sri Lanka was forced into making a deal with India as its own armed forces had twice refused to “take Jaffna”, then President J.R. Jayewardene has been quoted as saying in a declassified document, nearly 30 years after the Indian Peace Ke

A helicopter of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) rescued three people of Sri Lankan nationality from a ship sailing to Khasab Port on Friday.

A leading drugs trafficker Chamara Sandaruwan alias ‘Kudu Roshan’ was reportedly hacked to death by two unidentified men at Wanathamulla in Borella this morning.

Three persons including a woman had been arrested over Rs. 1.1 million eZ Cash scam in Mount Lavinia yesterday, the Police said.

Chinese military activity will not be allowed at the Hambantota port considering concerns from India, Sri Lankan ambassador in Beijing said on Saturday, playing down protests by hundreds of opposition supporters over handing of 80 per cent stakes of

South Africa routed Sri Lanka by seven wickets to take the third one-day international at the Wanderers on Saturday in a match held up for an hour after bees swarmed onto the famous arena.

The government yesterday said it will have to decide on a water tariff revision soon given the precarious financial situation of the Water Resources and Drainage Board.

A swarm of bees stopped play midway through Sri Lanka's innings in the third one-day international against South Africa in Johannesburg.

The United States Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it won't force airlines to block foreigners with visas from boarding planes into the U.S. under President Donald Trump's travel ban.

SAITM Medical Faculty Parents Forum Convener Gemunu Wijeratne today said that he would file a defamation case against Minister Dilan Perera demanding Rs. 500 million for allegedly making defamatory remarks on him in Badulla recently.

The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, boycotted the 69 th. Sri Lankan Independence Day function in Jaffna on Saturday, and instead attended protest meetings held at Keppapilavu and Puthukudiyiruppu

The Wellamadama premises of the Ruhunu University were temporarily closed due to a tense situation prevailed between the students and the villagers, sources said.  

A 36-year-old Indian national was arrested this morning while he was taking photos of Temple Trees and surrounding area, Police said.

Two suspects were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of underworld figure, Tranil Bandara Dharmasiri alias Banda inside a beauty salon at Athurugiriya recently, police said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extending his greetings to Sri Lanka on its 69th Independence Day celebrations said in a twitter message that Sri Lanka was a valued friend and a neibour of India.

A 17-year-old female who had been loitering in the Padukka area for the past month and a half in a suspicious manner was taken into custody following information received by the Special Operation Investigating Unit, Padukka police said.

A federal judge in Washington State on Friday (3) temporarily blocked enforcement of President Trump’s controversial ban on entry to the United States, and airlines planned to begin allowing passengers from banned countries to board, according

Highlighting the need to eliminate corruption, bribery, malpractices, waste and fraud, President Maithripala Sirisena said today it was essential for the politicians and public servants to work honestly and with commitment.

UPFA General Secretary and Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday a mini cabinet reshuffle was in the offing because the people and government members thought that a change in certain cabinet portfolios was necessary.

Only a path that unites all can pave the way for a stronger Sri Lanka, a path that calls for what each of us can give of ourselves to our nation, to our common future and to a better tomorrow, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in his Independe

President Maithripala Sirisena said in his Independence Day message that the realization of the true meaning of freedom and independence lies in the country’s potential to free itself from the shackles of all kinds and forms of poverty and ill-

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said today said it would even seek international intervention to revise the ruling directing the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) to register SAITM's MBBS graduates.

Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran today said that the Tamil people’s issues could not be solved by chasing him away. 

Former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik has said that he was questioned and prevented from leaving the Washington Dulles Airport for about an hour on Tuesday apparently because he had visited Iran in 2014, the Business Standard said

A naval rating, who sustained injuries after falling from a parachute during Independence Day rehearsals at the Galle Face Green, was admitted to the National Hospital, Hospital sources said.