The wild elephant “Gemunu” that frequents the Yala-Kataragama road and fed by the pilgrims and tourists had yesterday swallowed a bag with cash, travel documents and photographic equipment belonging to group of German tourist.

In fresh disclosures on the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), the JVP today alleged that the private medical college had bribed some of the members of the sub-committee appointed by the oversight committee which recommended th

Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary said today he had instructed Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd Chairman to act in line with the court ruling and provide contracts to companies which have successfully tendered to operate tr

An audio said to be of a conversation between former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickramatunga is circulating in websites and the social media.

Former SLTB Chairman Shashi Welgama was arrested by the CID over a financial fraud at the Sri Lanka Transport Board.

Namal Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan parliamentarian and son of the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has asked why MarumalarchiDravidaMunnetraKazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko opposed laws that seek to protect Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen, The Hindu reported.

The Joint Postal Trade Union (JPTU) Convener Chinthaka Bandara said today their token strike was a success.

The joint opposition today denied rumours that it had held talks with China on a regime change in Sri Lanka, but reiterated that it was opposed to the sale of the country’s national resources.

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to ban all unauthorised 'Sharia' courts functioning on premises of mosques in the state while hearing a petition of a man who was allegedly forced to give talaq by one such co

The Matara Police today stopped an American-made Hummer Jeep said to have been driven by the son of a billionaire businessman because it had no registration number and when questioned the driver, he is reported to have produced the insurance certific

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera today condemned the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, and said he considered it a violation of a diplomat’s right to represent his or her country.

Sri Lanka Navy today assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest 7 Indian fishermen along with 2 Indian fishing trawlers, poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the seas off Delft Island.

President Maithripala Sirisena informed the leaders of his United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) yesterday that the local government elections would be conducted early next year.

Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said yesterday that the ministry had decided to limit the importation of three-wheelers in future and to issue licences to drive three-wheelers only to persons above the age of 35 years.

A high-end, high powered motorcycle worth over Rs.4 million, which had been smuggled into the country under the patronage of the son of a former VVIP during the previous regime, was seized by the police from a place where it was hidden in Keselwatta,

A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others in what Germany's interior minister said looked like an attack.

Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga is to be retained by the Mumbai Indians ahead of 2017 Indian Premier League season.

The Russian ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot by a gunman in Ankara, where he was attending a photo exhibition, the Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed.

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was found guilty on Monday of criminal charges linked to the misuse of public funds during her time as France’s finance minister, a verdict that could force her out of

The Postal Department today announced the cancellation of leave of all employees attached to postal service as of midnight (December 19).

The Joint Postal Trade Unions Front (JPTUF) announced today  that the officers attached to postal service had decided to launch an island wide two-day token strike starting from tomorrow midnight over several demands, including an immediate solu

A 36-year-old man who had allegedly jumped off the second floor of the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital had succumbed to his injuries today, hospital sources said.

A day after moving the Supreme Court seeking a CBI inquiry into the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram, expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa today claimed that Sasikala Natarajan and her family might have had something to do

Renowned poet Anne Ranasinghe, who escaped from Nazi Germany to England and became a Sri Lankan citizen in 1956 after marrying a Sri Lankan professor, passed away last Saturday at her residence in Rosemead place.

The Avant-Garde vessel left for India on Saturday (17), after the Galle Chief Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura ordered its release to the Sri Lanka Shipping Company on a bond of Rs. 35 million last month.

The Sri Lankan fishing industry incurred a loss of Rs. 9,000 million each year due to illegal fishing by Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters, the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry recently said.

An IL-18 aeroplane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with 39 people on board.