India's top court has ordered all liquor shops to shut down along state and national highways in an attempt to reduce drink driving and road accidents.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and leader of Opposition and the Tamil National Alliance R. Sampanthan have sought former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s support for the ongoing constitutional reform efforts in Sri Lanka.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said yesterday it was of the view that there was a need to discuss Sri Lanka's constitution-making process with the international community, especially with India.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday, asked whether the Sri Lanka Navy was asked to intervene in the recent protest at the Hambantota Harbour in order to tarnish the reputation of the Navy.

While condemning the conduct of the Navy Commander who attacked a journalist covering a protest at the Hambantota Port last Saturday, Deputy Mass Media Minister Karunarathna Paranavithana said yesterday that the navy commander should have kept in min

The saga on future Chinese ownership of the Hambantota Port and the surrounding area took another turn today, when Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said that no land would be given to China, and that the proceeds from the transfer of Hambantota Por

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today it was totally opposed to the sale of some 15,000 acres of land in Hambantota to a Chinese company and warned it would not allow the government to go ahead with this sale.

The National Freedom Front (NFF) today urged the government to immediately remove the Navy Commander from his post and launch an investigation to the incident where the Navy Commander had allegedly assaulted a journalist during the protest at the Ham

The second Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) built by India's Goa Shipyards Ltd for the Sri Lanka Navy was ceremoniously launched today at the shipyard in Goa.

Nearly 90 per cent of the drugs recovered are known to find their way back to the market, Deputy Minister Eran Wickramaratne told a news conference today.

The Centre for Sex Workers Rights (CSWR) renewed their call to the authorities urging that their profession be legally recognised as a means of controlling the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), especially HIV.

A Sub Inspector attached to the Homagama Police Station’s crime branch has been arrested by the Welikada Police on charges of allegedly assaulting a woman in Rajagiriya last night.

The China Merchant Company will absorb all workers of the Hambantota Port after the take over on January 7 next year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Nearly 7,592 crimes of a serious nature such as murder, sexual abuse and robberies have been reported this year between January and November, the Police Department said today.

Elections to the local authorities would be held before March 31, Subject Minister Faiszer Musthapha said today.

Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company's own record for the biggest security breach in history, the ABC News reported.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in a recent interview with The Hindu had said people would realise, as new policies succeed, that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was a failure and that he couldn’t see Rajapaksa making a comeback

Welikada Police carried out a special raid today at Obesekarapura, Arunodaya Mawatha, Welikada, Madinnagoda and Rajagiriya to nab suspects evading the police and the court.

The employees of the Hambantota Port called off their 9-day long protest and reported to work today.

The Colombo High Court today issued an International arrest warrant on Emil Kanthan in connection with the case in which he is one of the accused charged with misappropriating Rs.124 million from RADA in 2006.

The government’s move to create the post of ‘Super Minister’ with omnipotent-like powers could even undermine the authority of President Maithripala Sirisena, the joint opposition said.

The Indian Government has given its nod for participation of 100 fishermen pilgrims from Tamil Nadu in the December 23 consecration ceremony of St Antony's Church at Katchatheevu, Sri Lanka, the PTI reported today.

President Maithripala Sirisena left for Malaysia with 15 member delegation for a three-day official visit, President’s Media Division said today.

Minister Sarath Fonseka said yesterday the Navy Commander had not attacked a journalist but he had only pushed him away from the security circle and that everything had happened in an acceptable manner.

The Government yesterday hinted out a salary hike to attract skilled technologically competent people.

The Chief Incumbent of the Gangarama Vihara Hunupitiya Ven. Galboda Gnanissara Thera yesterday said the recent incidents regarding the Navy Commander and the IGP were ones that were carefully brewed to destabilize the administration of the country by