Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) this morning to give a statement regarding an alleged financial misappropriation.

Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today permitted former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa to travel to China.

Four suspects including the bank manager of a state bank at Vaikkala, Wennappuwa were arrested on charges of attempted robbery.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today arrived at the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

A conspiracy is being hatched up to assassinate me and put the blame on the LTTE, Northern Provincial Chief Minister C.V. Wigneshwaran said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to make a statement on political reforms once he returns to the island after his official tour of New Zealand, informed sources said yesterday.

India has agreed to convert the proposed 500 MW Sampur Coal Power Plant (SCPP) to Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) plant with the first joint meeting on the contract will be held on October 18 in Colombo, Power and Renewable Energy Ministry Secretary Suren B

Supreme Court ordered a former Principal of Mahanama College, Colombo and a male teacher accused of continuous sexual abuse of a graduate music teacher, who complained against them for harassment, to personally pay her Rs 100,000 each.

A Sri Lankan woman arrived from Dubai, UAE was arrested today while attempting to smuggle in gold worth Rs.3 million  at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Customs media spokesman Dharmasena Kahandawa said.

The much awaited report of Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) which contain its observation on the controversial bond issue by the Central Bank is to be presented to Parliament on October 20, informed sources said today.

The Existing laws and regulations in Sri Lanka are inadequate for the protection of children’s rights and to ensure their safety in the society, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said .

While criticizing the decision made by the government to boycott the 19th SAARC Summit, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs G. L. Peiris said that Sri Lanka should certainly attend the SAARC summit in Islamabad, Pakistan when the new dates were announ

Well known underworld leader in Athurugiriya ‘Arjun’ today escaped the clutches of the police who were on the verge of arresting him.  

More than 44,000 kg of waste tea was taken in to custody by the Special Task Force (STF) from a warehouse in Kohilawatta, Wellampitiya yesterday.

A 29-year-old man was stabbed to death last night in Neluwa allegedly by his brother-in-law, police said.

An ex-LTTE cadre who had allegedly attacked residents of a war heroes housing scheme in Kokeliya, Vavuniya was arrested by the police today.

Days after Sri Lanka became the fifth country in the eight-member grouping to pull out of the SAARC Summit, in a press release, the Pakistan foreign office said, “a new set of dates for holding of the 19th Saarc Summit at Islamabad will be anno

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) yesterday sounded a warning that unless the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) implemented the approved generation expansion plan on time Sri Lanka would face a power crisis by 2018.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the first draft of the counter-terrorism law which would be placed in the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), would be available for discussion by next week, New Zealand media reported.

Deputy Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council Antony Jeganathan died of a heart attack this morning, Hospital sources said.

New Zealand and Sri Lanka will establish high commissions in each other's countries, the Prime Minister John Key says.

Chief Justice K. Sripavan yesterday declined to be a member of the Bench hearing the fundamental rights petition on the vandalisation of a Buddhist Shrine at Kanagarayankulam in Mankulam.

The Parliament High Posts Committee (HPC) will scrutinise the eligibility of 54 officials appointed as Heads of Government Institutions, sources said yesterday.

The SAARC Summit set to be held in Islamabad in November has been postponed indefinitely, the government announced on Friday, after India along with four other member states of the regional grouping decided against attending the meet.

Former President and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that his phone was tapped and that was not a problem for him as his approach was straightforward even during telephone conservations.