Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa with a few other members of the joint opposition will undertake a week's official tour of China tomorrow.

Residents of coastal areas in northeastern Japan are evacuating to higher ground following a powerful earthquake that hit Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday morning.

Four unidentified men had thrown red chilli powder in the eyes of the policemen and fled when they tried to check them near a checkpoint at Kate junction in Point Pedro yesterday, police said.

The cabinet subcommittee appointed to advise the FCID will be disbanded as it has not met for a year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Parliament yesterday.

Government Spokesman and Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday debunked the claims made by MP Dinesh Gunawardana that there was a possibility of the military launching a coup.

The Joint Opposition yesterday said the government had concealed the actual amount of budget allocation for the education sector in the Budget 2017 and that they had misled the whole nation by doing so.

About 1050 national and company Identity cards were recovered from Beminiyanwala in Ambalantota this evening while digging the ground in an irrigation reserve with a backhoe, police said.

While decrying the claims made by MP Dinesh Gunewardane of an Army Coup in Sri Lanka, Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera yesterday claimed the whole nation would take to the streets if despotism would be prevailing in the country without considering pol

The Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry has decided to increase the fines to Rs.25,000 for seven traffic offences such as drunk driving and driving without a valid license, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said today.

An explosion has reported taken place in shop in Gampaha this morning, Police said.

The Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) today questioned former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the CWG Hambantota (Pvt) Ltd.

Police today announced a cash reward for information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting incident in which a Sub Inspector was killed and two Constables were injured at Maspotha, Kurunegala on November 15

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) today urged the government to follow the example set by the Indian government to destroy the black market by demonetizing the Rs. 5,000 note.

A special TV channel, which will only telecast parliamentary proceedings live, will be launched in three months time, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya informed Parliament today.

The lawsuit filed against MP Wimal Weerawansa by JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva for the publication and distribution of a book titled "Neththa Venuwata Etta" was re-fixed for trial on March 10 and 15 by the Commercial High Court today.

All zebra crossings in the country which have been painted in yellow will be painted white from December 3, the Road Development Authority (RDA) said today.

The Ministry of Agriculture would spend an additional Rs.250 million to improve facilities in the building at Rajagiriya, which is rented at Rs.23.5 million a month for Ministry office, it is learnt.

A man who volunteered to help the police to conduct investigations of a burglary in Kotiyakumbura was taken into custody on suspicion and questioned to find that he was responsible for the incident.

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has launched an investigation into the fire erupted at the Pepiliyana, Boralesgamuwa ‘Fashion Bug’ store on Saturday night.

Arrest all those who incited racism, President Maithripala Sirisena had instructed the IGP and Chiefs of Security Forces at the Security Council meeting held this week at the President’s Official Residence in Colombo.

Twenty four (24) vocational subjects such as robotics that has demand in the job market would be introduced for students who fail at the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examinations, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday.

Veteran character actor Wimal Kumara de Costa who proved his exceptional skills on stage, films and television passed away this evening at the age of 69.

The incumbent government was ‘repressing’ the media, Former President and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a media statement toda

The Constitutional Assembly was looking at the possibility of increasing the number of MPs in the legislature to 240, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

One person was killed and another injured when unidentified gunmen in a car opened fired near the Babaliyagolla mosque in Ankumbura, Kandy this morning.

Three Maldivian nationals and a Pakistani national were arrested with two kilos of heroin worth Rs. 20 million in Mount Lavinia last night by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB).

At least 45 people have been killed after 14 carriages of an Indian express train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh state, reports say.

Sri Lanka Navy yesterday assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest 11 Indian fishermen who were fishing illegally in Sri Lankan waters off the seas of Delft Island.