The Police Headquarters today resumed sending daily police news updates to private media institutions, after a lapse of six days.

The passengers of the Colombo -- Badulla train (which was scheduled to leave at 8.00 pm.) were evacuated this evening after a telephone call was received by the 119 police emergency unit about a bomb, a Railway security source said.

Former All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) President Milina Sumathipala passed away at the age of 81.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) today urged Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to reveal the promises made by him to the Tamil separatists and Western forces before the dawn of the New Year 2017.

Members of the Western Provincial Council Lalantha Gunasekara and Ananda Harischandra had been ordered be remanded till December 28 by Negombo Chief Magistrate Ruchira Weliwatte today.

The Police Department today announced that IGP Pujith Jayasundara had not issued an order to restrict sending daily Police news to private media institutions.

Former SLTB Chairman Shashi Welgama, who was arrested over a financial misappropriation of Rs. 125 million at the SLTB, was further remanded till January 5 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today.

Former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake and former Crime OIC of the Narahenpita police Sumith Perera were further remanded till January 6 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden made a Christmas request to his Twitter followers to help the refugee families living in Hong Kong that sheltered him after he left the US and while he worked to expose the scope of the National Security Agency's info

An unknown person molested a Sri Lankan lady inside the lift of a building in Farwaniya area in Kuwait yesterday.

Two police constables attached to the Katana Police Station on duty at Katiyala in Katana were injured when two suspects shot at them after grabbing the duty revolver of one of the PCs last night.

India is set to test its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni-5’ from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast today, the ANI reported.

Several flights scheduled to depart and arrive at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), from 8.30 am to 12.00 pm today has been delayed, due to a missile test in the Indian airspace.

Pop star George Michael has died aged 53 at his home in Oxfordshire. The musician's publicist said that he had 'passed away peacefully' at his property in Goring at 1.42pm today, the Daily Mail reported.

The Public Administration Ministry had drafted the bill for the introduction of a new pension scheme for Public Servants and had submitted to President Maitripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for consideration, a Minister said yes

A Christmas carols service in Sri Lanka mistakenly printed out the lyrics to gangster rapper Tupac's hit song 'Hail Mary' on thousands of its service programmes.

A three-wheeler used for selling cigarettes was robbed at gunpoint with Rs. 1.85 million and a stock of 750,000 cigarettes in Makola yesterday.

An eight -year-old girl was killed after she fell into a swimming pool at a hotel in Kalpitiya today.

A Russian military plane crashed on Sunday in the Black Sea as it made its way to Syria with 91 people onboard, including musicians heading to celebrate the New Year with troops.

More than half the area of the Badulla District was vulnerable to landslides, National Building and Research Organisation said following a recent survey.

A total of 572 prisoners, who were sentenced for minor offences, had been set free from all the prisons across the country to mark the Christmas Day, Prisons Department said today.

The Police was under obligation to provide news to private media institutions, especially when the Right to Information (RTI) Act is in effect in the country, the National Police Commission (NPC) Secretary Ariyadasa Cooray said today.

The Southern Expressway and the Katunayake Expressway amassed their highest revenues for a single day over the by Saturday, the Road Development Authority said today.

Jaffna District TNA Parliamentarian M.A. Sumathiran said yesterday that his political party was not satisfied with the verdict in the former Parliamentarian Nadaraja Kaviraj’s assassination case and would file an appeal against the verdict.

A Russian military plane with 91 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry says.

A total of number of 254 cases had been reported to the Colombo National Hospital on the Christmas Eve, which is a thirteen percent increase, comparing to last year, which stood up at 219, National Hospital Coordinator Pushpa Ramyani de Soysa said.