The Uva Province reported the consumption of 17 million litres of toddy, 4.4 million liters of government arrack and 4.3 million liters of beer in 2015, Uva Province Asst. Commissioner of Excise, D. H. C Silva said.

Defence lawyers made their final pitch to the jury at a human-smuggling trial yesterday, arguing their clients provided humanitarian assistance to Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing persecution in a country ravaged by civil war, challenging the Crown’s

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the USA, Jaliya Wickramasuriya was further remanded till January 27 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.

Former deputy minister Sarath Kumara Gunaratne was further remanded till January 20 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala today.

Former Sri Lankan district judge Geethani Wijesinghe Widanelage was sworn as Fiji's new Resident Magistrate by President Jioji Konrote on Friday, Fiji Times said.

Contradicting former president Mahinda Rajapaksa who said that Sri Lanka would have been better without the GSP Plus facility, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that it would help the country to capture a market with a population of

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is in favour of constitutional proposals which do not require the people's approval at a referendum, Party spokesman and State Minister Dilan Perera said yesterday.

In a white paper which its stance on Asia–Pacific Security, China has stressed the need for small and medium-size countries in the region to refrain from siding with big powers.

Former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaranatunga responded to Cabinet spokesman and Minister Rajitha Senaratne saying she made no attempt to extend her term of office by two more years through the constitutional proposals presented to Parliament

Though the Sri Lankan Government was able to report progress on certain aspects and sought technical expertise from the UN and other countries, the UN Human Rights Council resolution adopted in October 2015 on the country remained largely unimplement

Deputy Megapolis and Western Development Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna who was the Deputy Minister of Construction and Engineering Services in the previous government when Wimal Weerawansa was the subject minister, said today that no one had recorde

A woman, who had consumed a concoction prepared for her by an exorcist at a devalaya, died on Wednesday (11) night after going into a trance-like state, the Dummalasuriya Police said.

United National Party (UNP) MP Ashu Marasinghe, a former chairman of the State Engineering Corporation, should have been arrested first if the alleged misuse of 40 state vehicles by opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa is true, National Freedom Front (NFF)

The Netherlands Police have arranged extra protection for the Grotius College and its school grounds in Heerlen after a Sri Lankan-born student committed suicide because of alleged attempts of bullying and harassment, NL Times reported on Thursday.

Four Sri Lankan fishermen who had gone missing since almost there weeks ago, have been found in the Maldivian water.

National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa, who was remanded on charges of misusing government vehicles, observed ‘Ata Sil’ at the Buddhist temple inside the Welikada prison premises today, officials said.

Linda Jeffrey, the Mayor of Brampton in greater Toronto, Canada has been criticized by her city councillors for moving ahead with plans to enter a ‘sister city’ agreement with Sri Lankan Municipality Vavuniya without the approval of Bramp

Thirty one children who had applied for Grade-1 admissions at Royal College in Colombo allegedly using fraudulent documents will be de-listed, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today adding that the admissions would resume next week.

The Sri Lankan-born doctor Chamari Liyanage, who killed her abusive husband in Western Australia in 2014, will be allowed to stay in the country after the Department of Immigration reinstated her visa, the ABC Radio Australia reported on Thursday. &n

Temporary resident visas will be issued to foreigners, who invest a minimum of US$300,000 in Sri Lanka, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said today.

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said today it was prohibited to charge for cataract lenses and stents for heart ailments from patients who visit government hospitals for treatments.

Even though there were divergent views within the government regarding the participation of foreign judges in the proposed judicial mechanism, there was a clear consensus across the board on the need of an independent and credible domestic mechanism

Two Indian nationals were arrested by the navy along with a fishing boat in the sea area North of Delft Island yesterday.

Ward 69 of the Kandy Teaching Hospital was closed after three patients in the ward died of a virus, Hospital Director Saman Ratnayake said yesterday.

"Regaining the GSP Plus facility is a victory for all Sri Lankans," said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday.

Saying that it was good to regain the GSP+ facility, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that the country had not been adversely affected by losing the facility.