The government will seek Interpol assistance in case former Central Bank Governor, Arjuna Mahendran, does not return to Sri Lanka to support the investigations into the Central Bank bond issue, UPFA General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday

A 54-year-old hotel owner was found strangled to death at his hotel in Urapola, Nittambuwa early this morning.

The death toll for the Mattakkuliya shooting has risen to five with an individual who was undergoing treatment at the Colombo National Hospital succumbing to his injuries today.

The Government was seeking to introduce fresh legislation to establish a separate Authority to streamline Public Service through measures, such as formulation of standards, introduction of code of best practices and procedures, it is learnt.

Laws should be introduced to confiscate the properties of persons who abandon their parents or put them into elders homes just so that they could claim ownership of their properties for themselves, Social Service and Welfare Minister S.B.Dissanayake

Two men , suspected to be members of a group that calls itself AAVA , in Jaffna, were arrested by the police today. The two men, who  were travelling  by bike , had two swords in their possession at the time of their arrest. They had told p

There might be fundamental changes to economy, when the South is industrialised, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday.

A six-inch piece of wood had been removed from a man’s belly by the doctors at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital recently, the relatives of the patient said.

If the policy reforms in the areas of fiscal operations, competitiveness and governance which the Government of Sri Lanka indicated as necessary, are successfully implemented it could help the country to reach Upper Middle Income status in the medium

President of the Switzerland National Council Christa Markwalder said Switzerland stands ready to assist in strengthening parliamentary democracy in Sri Lanka including providing technology, training and capacity building.

Despite all the COPE members agreed with MP Ajith P. Perera’s suggestions that Perpetual Treasuries should be held responsible in the controversial Central Bank bond issue and the Police should conduct an investigation, the suggestions were not

A strong earthquake has struck near Norcia in central Italy, following last week's damaging tremors, experts report.

SriLankan Airlines announced today that it will operate direct flights from Colombo to 11 new destinations such as Lahore, Jakarta, Dhaka, Muscat, Kolkata, Madurai, Varanasi and Bodh Gaya in India, Bahrain, Seychelles and Gan in Maldives.

English country side Derbyshire have signed Sri Lanka all-rounder Jeevan Mendis for the first half of next summer.

Australia on Sunday announced plans to ratchet up its tough policy against refugees by banning any asylum seeker who attempts to reach its shores by boat from ever visiting the country.

A fire had broken out in a textile shop in Havelock Road, Bambalapitya last night, police said.  

Two Police constables attached to the Negombo Police station were killed in a head-on collision of a motorcycle and a motor car at South Pitipana, Negombo on the Negombo-Pamunugama Road last night.

Sri Lanka ranked 31st in the Global Youth Development Index (YDI) 2016 which was compiled by the Commonwealth Secretariat based on a country’s condition for the youth in terms of employment, education, health, civic and political spheres.

Books written on war history such as ‘War Heroes Killed in Action’ by Retd. General Gerry De Silva and ‘Road to Nandikadal’ by Major General Kamal Gunaratne should be named as recommended books for the school syllabi, former president Mahinda

The Director of Police Traffic Division in Colombo, SP Sumith Nissanka said yesterday that no discussions were held so far with regard to a decision about a separate lane for buses during peak hours from Battaramulla to Colombo Fort from December 1,

The Meteorology Department said that there is a high possibility of evening thundershowers over the island today and tomorrow.

A concrete panel of an old building which houses the Panadura Police had collapsed today injuring a constable who was on duty.

Four people were injured when the van they were travelling in collided with a service train at a railway crossing in Nagawilluwa, Puttalam today.  

The body of a 43-year-old man was found under a mango tree at the Moratuwa University premises this morning, Police said.  

Six inmates detained in connection with burglary and drug abuse have escaped from the Dalupotha Prison in Negombo this morning, Police said.