Sri Lanka and the Principality of Andorra, a European microstate co-administered by Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Spain and the President of France, have formally established diplomatic relations by signing the Joint Communiqué on Novembe

Strongly denying the allegation that the Central Bank is politicized, Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy last week told reporters in Colombo that it is not his institution but what is politicized is the country’s whole economic decision-making

A 38-year-old person had been killed and another was injured due to a fire that broke out at a cafeteria in the premises of Colombo Harbour early today.

The resolution approved by the Northern Provincial Council prohibiting the construction of Buddhist temples in the North will have no legal value, Buddha Sasana and Justice Minister Wijedasa Rajapakshe told Parliament today while taking part in the c

A 26-year-old man was today remanded till December 15 on charges of having posted on Facebook an audio recording containing death threats to the President, Prime Minister and Opposition Leader.

The FCID today informed court that it had sent extracts of the two cases filed against MP Namal Rajapaksa and five others, on charges of money laundering, to the Attorney General seeking his opinion on filing indictments against the suspects at the H

Cricketers could be 'red-carded' by umpires and ejected from the ground for the duration of a match from next October after the sport's lawmakers on Wednesday recommended on-field sanctions to address declining standards of player behavio

Sri Lanka is looking at the possibility of building naval craft in collaboration with Japan, said State Minister for Defence Ruwan Wijewardene yesterday.

A U.N. rights watchdog called on Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate documented allegations of torture and rape of detainees by security forces and to rein in broad police powers.

Cabinet spokesman, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne today said who ever spoke to IGP Pujitha Jayasunadara during the press conference in Ratnapura on November 30 was not to influence him to arrest or not to arrest any individual but only to know

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) carrying 47 people crashed today on a domestic flight from the mountainous northern city of Chitral to Islamabad, aviation authorities confirmed.

Unnecessary fear is being created by interested persons on the trade agreements which Sri Lanka is planning to sign in the future, President Maithripala Sirisena told Parliament today.

The Cabinet spokesman and Minister Rajitha Senaratne today reiterated that there would be no changes on the proposed fine of Rs.25,000 for seven traffic offenses.

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane flying from Chitral has gone missing on its flight to Islamabad, sources said.

Member of Parliament Jayampathi Wickramarathne today charged that he has been threatened with death by an anonymous caller if he fails to resign from the steering committee on Constitutional reforms.

The CID today informed court that it would conclude the magisterial inquiry on the death of Ven. Sobitha Thera based on the report earlier submitted by the special panel of Colombo National Hospital doctors.

The ongoing construction of the world’s tallest artificial Christmas Tree at the Galle Face Green had been halted today, the convener of the Prime Mover Driver's Union attached to the Ports Authority and Social Welfare Committee Mangala. P.

The joint opposition today lodged a complaint against Foreign Employment Minister Thalatha Atukorale at the Bribery Commission over a case of financial misappropriation causing the State loss of Rs. 1,500 million.

The Attorney General, in the Colombo High Court, today re-indicted former minister Basil Rajapaksa and Divineguma Department’s former director general Kithsiri Ranawaka on charges of misappropriating Rs.29 million belonging to the Divineguma.

Cabinet today approved the proposal made by President Maitripala Sirisena to liquidate Rakna Araksha Lanka LTD, following instructions by the Attorney General.

Former Deputy Minister Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman, who was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID), was released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today.

Two persons were arrested with 1.1 kilos of cocaine worth Rs. 20 million by the Excise Department officials in Avissawella this morning.

An undersea earthquake off Indonesia's Aceh province has killed at least 24 people, authorities said.

Illegal trading of liquor in Sri Lanka has increased in 2015 compared to 2014, Parliament was informed yesterday.

The construction of a Christmas tree on Galle face is a sheer waste of money, and those responsible for this work should be asked to use the funds to construct houses for poor people or provide scholarships to poor children, said the president of the

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M. A. Sumanthiran, yesterday, told Prisons Reforms, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D. M. Swaminathan to resign his portfolio and hand over his ministry to someone else if he could no

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said today the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) had not been divided but asked how party policies could be protected when they were betrayed by obtaining ministerial portfolios under the UNP Government.

The Joint Opposition is to challenge the Constitutionality of the Development (Special Provisions) Bill which, if enacted, would provide for the creation of what it calls a ‘Super Ministry’ with far-reaching powers.