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.

A Sri Lankan woman, Nilushika Jayaweera came to Singapore to work as a maid in 2001 and 15 years later, she left as an entrepreneur.

Three foreigners, who attempted to smuggle foreign currency worth Rs. 11.6 million to Qatar, have been arrested by the customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport last night.

Amidst talks about the local authorities’ elections early next year, the Elections Commission will start compilation and updating of details about staff members to be recruited to poll related duties in the future, it is learnt.

A police probe is on concerning a minister's son who had allegedly knocked down a motorcyclist with his Prado, causing the latter to break his leg and a rib at Park Street Junction on Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha early this morning (18).

Bodies of 11 victims of the accident  that occurred in Chavakachcheri Jaffna were airlifted to the Ratmalana Airport today.

Police today recorded a statement from Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galaboda Atthe Gnanasara Thera for allegedly insulting Islam.

Minister Arjuna Ranatunga on Saturday said that media organisations in the country should keep a proper tab on their reporters in order to prevent incidents similar to that in Hambantota.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will visit the Lord Balaji temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, on December 22, an Indian news agency PTI reported today.

The price of a lunch packet will be increased by Rs. 10 from tomorrow, Canteen Owners Association said today.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa claimed that Minister Duminda Dissanayake had earlier threatened him to hand over the Chairmanship of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to incumbent President Maitripala Sirisena.

Three young people had been killed in a head-on collision of two motorcycles at Arangala in Malabe on the Godagama- Colombo Road last night, Police said

Decrying Sri Lankan Government’s reported move to bring in a new law to impose fine ranging from Rs. 7 lakh to Rs. 7 crore on Indian fishermen poaching in their waters, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko has urged the Ce

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) had requested the government to reduce the power vested in the governors of the Provincial Councils.