The FCID for the second time requested Court to issue a warrant through Interpol for the arrest of former Sri Lankan ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga in connection with the inquiry being conducted into the huge financial loss caused to the G

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) appears to be hounding Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake in the wake of multiple blunders in attempting to pass the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill, increasing the taxation rates in recent months.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had asked the government to expedite the legislative process pertaining to Value Added Tax (VAT) amendments, and stressed that any delay in doing so could lead to the postponement of the disbursement of the secon

The Colombo High Court today noticed former Secretary of the United National Party Tissa Attanayake to appear in court over allegedly publishing a letter with forged signatures of the Common Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena and the then Oppo

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed former national fast bowling coach Chaminda Vaas as bowling coach of the Sri Lanka 'A' team for the forthcoming West Indies A tour of Sri Lanka.

National Freedom Front Leader MP Wimal Weerawansa arrived at the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) a short while ago.

The Central Provincial Council had allocated Rs. 15 million for a seven-day tour in Russia by all 58 members of the council and seven officials, including the Chief Secretary of the Council T.M.K. Bandara Tennakoon , Council sources said.

The Colombo South Law Enforcement Unit yesterday arrested Bimsara Amal Gunasekera alias Bimsara, a close associate of underworld gangster ‘Army Sampath’.  

Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday ruled out the possibility of conducting Local Government elections before the end of this year.

Despite obstacles, the real SLFP members would go ahead with the plans to form a government under the leadership of President Maithripala Sirsena, UPFA Secretary and Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today.

While ruling out plans of the Joint Opposition to form a new political party, former President and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that it is the people who should decide on the establishment of a new party.

A  labourer aged 71 was killed in a 14-storey construction site in Kollupitiya when an iron component fell on his head.

A 15-year-old died today after being beaten by a 14-year-old during a cricket match they were playing in a field in Utumgama, Mathugama, the Police said.

Launching the much-hyped political campaign Eluga Thamil (Tamil Spring) by his Tamil People’s Council (TPC) on Saturday, Chief Minister of the Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran said that the campaign was neither against Sinhalese nor Buddhism

State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene today said that the government will not agree to remove Army camps in the Northern Province even though some people were holding demonstrations demanding to do so.

Government is to issue more than a million licenses for three wheelers across the country in order to regulate the service, Transport and Civil Aviation Deputy Minister Ashok Abesingha said.

An unexploded bomb weighing around 300 kilos, which is believed to be fired from a Kfir jet during the war, was recovered at Chundikulam reserve in Killinochchi yesterday.

MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage’s son has been arrested by the Kirulapone Police last night on charges of driving under influence of liquor.

The body of a sailor was found hanging in his room at a lodge in Kollupitiya last night.

At least nine passengers, including seven women, were hospitalised when a bus they travelling in skidded off the road and toppled in Horowpathana on the Vavuniya-Horowpathana Road last night.

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, Archbishop of Ranchi, India, as his Special Envoy to the XI Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, taking place from 28 November – 4 December in Colombo

Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera today announced that he would step down as the Leader of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU). The announcement was made during the 13th convention of the Party which was held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo.&nbs

The Departments of Customs and Motor Traffic have found to be the weakest among the 842 State institutions, according to the investigations carried out by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, its Chairman and Deputy Minister Lasantha Alagiy

Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera said it was disheartening that the UN Peacebuilding Fund which provided the capacity for prevention and sustaining peace was hampered by decreasing contributions and urged Member States to increase their c

A seaman attached to the Trincomalee navy camp died yesterday after he shot himself inside the camp, Police said.

Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has decided to bring down the curtains on his One Day Internationals (ODI) and Test career, citing that he looks to resume his cricketing career in Australia. The decision was made public at a press conferen