The Madras High Court has upheld the decision of the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) to deny certification to Bengaluru-based filmmaker K. Ganeshan’s Tamil film Porkalathil Oru Poo (A flower in a battlefield). The film’s script

A group of men reportedly led by a son of VVIP had allegedly assaulted security personnel at a leading night club in Colombo when they were denied entry to the club in the early hours on Saturday, informed sources said.

“Some groups say that the government is trying to divide the country by betraying it. They say that Buddhism is going to lose its pole position due to the new constitution. They say the government is removing the military camps in the North. I

Two youth drowned while they were bathing in the Weheragoda tank in Padiyathalawa yesterday evening, Police said.

A Sri Lankan asylum seeker who said he wanted to ' suicide bomb ' a train was calmly told by a worker that he couldn't get on without a ticket.

A 27-year-old mother was killed and her two children injured when they were attacked by a wild elephant at Dangaswewa in Thanthirimalaya earlier this morning, Police said.

Trincomalee District UNP parliamentarian M. A. M. Maharoof and three others were injured following an accident at Pelwehera in Dambulla early this morning, Police said.

A 23-year-old woman was killed when she was knocked down by a private bus at Waturegama on the Galle-Colombo Road early this morning while she was waiting at a bus halt to take a bus to Colombo, Police said.

An Indian woman, who had come to the Kingdom with a Sri Lanka passport as a housemaid, received SR45, 000 in back wages for 14 years of employment on the intervention of the Sri Lankan Consulate in Jeddah.

The selection of a name for the new party to be formed under the leadership of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa is to be completed by next week sources close to the joint opposition said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who responded to recent statements made by Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran, yesterday suggested that Parliament should get on with the task of preparing a new Constitution no matter what the Chief

A resident of Pelawatte in Battaramulla had made a complaint with the Talangama Police against singer Chillie Thilanka alleging that the singer had assaulted him under the influence of liquor on Thursday night.

UPFA MP Pavithra Wanniarachchi today rejected claims made by SLFP Senior Minister John Seneviratne with regard to the refusal to release the Seevali Grounds in Ratnapura for the joint opposition rally on Saturday.

A programme to recruit retired military personnel in national development endeavours would be launched under the aegis of President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat on October 11, State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene said t

In an interview with CNBC in India, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka would not permit China to set up a naval base or a monitoring facility in Hambantota.

Solicitor General Thusith Mudalige requested the Pugoda Magistrate’s Court to issue an order to forfeit the property in Malwana which former minister Basil Rajapaksa rejected ownership.

The Madras high court on Thursday had dismissed a public interest litigation filed two years ago by an advocate seeking deployment of armed forces to protect Tamil Nadu fishermen from the Sri Lankan navy.

State Minister of Defense, Ruwan Wijewardene today confirmed that there were no payments due from any minister or professional for hiring helicopters from the Sri Lanka Air force.

The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to end Colombia's long-running civil war with the FARC guerrilla group, CNN reported today.  

Sri Lanka has no intention of pulling out of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nor did it boycott the Summit, Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera told Parliament today.

The elephant 'Bhanu' at the Kataragama Devalaya was taken into the custody by the Wildlife Department this morning on charges that it was being kept there without a valid license, sources said.

Minister A.H.M. Fowzie was today noticed to appear in court on October 28 by Colombo Chief Magistrate over misusing a vehicle belonged to Disaster Management Ministry between 2011 and 2014 incurring a loss Rs. 1.7 million to the government.

Chanuka Ratwatte and four others, who were arrested by the FCID in connection with an alleged misappropriation of Rs. 4.2 billion government funds, were ordered to be re-remanded till October 21 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.