Former Colombo Mayor A.J.M. Muzammil left for Kuala Lumpur yesterday to assume duties as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia.  

Fifteen head of cattle were killed and 20 seriously injured after the herd was knocked down by a speeding private bus at Mankulam, Police said.

The replacement of key US State Department officials such as Samantha Power, Nisha Biswal, Tom Malinowski and Susan Rice who were ‘interested’ in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka, is a slap aimed at the Sri Lankan Government, the joint o

Colombo Additional Magistrate Aruna Buddhadasa today permitted the FCID to check the bank accounts of company known as Hovell Constructions in the inquiry being conducted under the Money Laundering Act against Namal Rajapaksa and five others for purc

The Ceramic Junction, Lotus Road and Bank Street in Colombo have been temporary closed because of a protest.

The Malambe Private Medical College better known as SAITM, hailed the Appeal Court ruling which allows the provisional registration of SAITM's MBBS graduates.

Sri Lankan Navy chief Vice Admiral RC Wijegunaratne has assured India that the presence of Chinese nuclear submarines in Sri Lanka was "purely economic reasons" even as India's views the development with suspicion.

Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban.

An unwavering Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake said yesterday that he had not done anything wrong and therefore, he would not apologise to the Divulapitiya Divisional Secretary.

Two Sri Lankan men were arrested with 180gramms of gold nuggets worth Rs.1 million hidden under their tongues at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning while trying to smuggle them out to Trivandrum, India.

Sri Lanka Society for Medical Laboratory Science (SLSMLS) President Ravi Kumudesh charged that Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) Assistant Secretary Dr. Naveen De Soysa had threatened him during a meeting held at the Health Ministry yest

Officials of the Sri Lanka Administrative Services Association (SLASA) and the Divulapitiya Divisional Secretary yesterday met President Maithripala Sirisena over the incident where Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake had allegedly used strong language

Minister of Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa sets a good precedent to other ministers by not using the official vehicle given to him by the government and rejecting his ministerial salary, Minister of Foreign Employment Thalatha Athukorale t

Five years before Rajiv Gandhi was killed in 1991, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had prepared a very detailed and thorough "brief" on what would happen if he is assassinated or makes an "abrupt departure" from the India

The Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) has decided to pay Rs.2 billion to a private company for the maintenance of 200 train compartments, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya General Secretary Nadira Manoj said today.

Sri Lanka grieves with Canada for the victims of the terrorist attack in Quebec and condemns all forms of terrorism, Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Mahishini Colonne tweeted today.

The Government has presented to Parliament the two gazette notifications which authorises tax concessions to two major projects -- the Port City Project (PCP) at Galle Face and the Mix Development Project (MDP) in Slave Island.

The selected investor will be required to make a one-time payment of Rs.178 million for the 99-year lease of the 100 acre block of land at Wagawatta in Horana for the construction of a tyre factory, the Board of Investment (BOI) said today.

The Delimitation Committee Report will be gazetted within a month, Provincial and Local Government Minister Faizer Mustapha informed the Supreme Court today through his lawyer.

Six people have been killed and another eight wounded in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, BBC reported today.

The Gampaha District Administrative Services Association (GDASA) today boycotted their official duties and staged a protest campaign against Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare Ranjan Ramanayake for verbally abusing the Divulapitiya Div

Eight persons including six New Zealand nationals were injured when a van and a car collided head-on at Kalalpitiya in Nittambuwa on the Colombo-Kandy Main Road this morning.

Three children were killed and another nineteen passengers were hospitalized after a bus and van collided head-on at Saindamaduru area in Kalmunai, Ampara this morning

A 42-year-old Sri Lankan man was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranayaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle foreign currency worth Rs.111 million to Dubai last evening.

The alleged plot to assassinate Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian M.A.Sumanthiran that was uncovered recently signals the regrouping of the LTTE and the possibility of terrorism raising its ugly head once again in Sri Lanka, Jathika Hela

The Attorney General (AG) should expose the individuals responsible for the Central Bank bond scam, the lawyers' body affiliated to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said today.

Those who had been accused of war crimes must be punished irrespective of their posts and statuses if found guilty, Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said today.