A 41-year-old Grama Niladhari was arrested by the Wanathavilluwa Police for allegedly seeking sexual favours from a woman in exchange for flood relief allocated by the government.

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa's brother Sarath Weerawansa, who was arrested by the FCID for allegedly misusing a Government vehicle causing Rs.10.5 million financial loss to the Government, had been ordered to be further remanded till October

Colombo High Court today served indictments on Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra and eight others over the alleged abduction of a youth in Dematagoda area late last year.

Sri Lanka and India are working towards signing an Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), and discussions are on for the purpose, a top Sri Lankan official said.

The post-war healing efforts in Sri Lanka had improved, Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon said yesterday in his final address as the UN Chief.

Giving evidence at the inquest held into the death of a motorcyclist at Kirillawala, who was struck by a car driven by the Sri Lankan cricket team's fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara, Mr. Kulasekara said that he was driving home from Gampaha in his ca

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) alleged yesterday that the government was planning to sell key government institutions such as SriLankan Airlines, Hambantota Port, the Eastern Terminal of the Colombo Harbour, Mattala Airport, and Lanka Hospitals

The Joint Opposition (JO) today said that it would submit an amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill, when it was tabled in Parliament, to return the monies collected from the people following the VAT increase, that came into effect on May 2.

President Maithripala Sirisena had called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and had strongly condemned the terror attack in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. The President Media Unit said President Sirisena called the Indian Premier to condole the terr

Four military intelligence officers arrested in connection with the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda and granted bail on Monday by Avissawella Magistrate Amal Tillekaratne were today ordered by Homagama Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake to be held in

The National Freedom Front (NFF) said today the Government was on a mission to handover the administrative power of Sri Lanka to a corrupt American company identified as Mckenzie under the guise of handling the country’s special projects manage

The joint opposition told Parliament today the death of a Tamil youth while in police custody was a matter of grave concern.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera, who is New York, US to attend the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, called on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday.

With regard to the death of a man while in the custody of the Pussellewa Police, Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake told Parliament yesterday that there had been a lapse on the part of the police when it came to the checking of inmates at regula

A man is reported to have been hacked outside the Moratuwa Magistrate’s Court by an unidentified gang who had arrived in a three-wheeler.

In a motion filed in the Colombo High Court today, Yoshitha Rajapaksa sought Court permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Former Chief of Defence Staff and Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal Roshan Gunathilaka arrived at the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) to make a statement in connection with the 2006 MiG aircraft deal.

After considering the bail revision application filed by the Bribery Commission against Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya’s order granting bail to Nissanka Senadipathi and Palitha Fernando in the Rs.3.5 million bribery allegation, the Colombo H

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today released the cut off marks of the G.C. E. Advanced Level Examination in the year 2015.

Former Parliamentarian and ex- CEO of budget airline Mihin Lanka Sajin Vass Gunawardena had been released on bail today by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court in connection with charges of entering into an illegal contract worth Rs.883 million with

Official vehicles of Presidential Security Division Chief Senior DIG S.M.Wickremesinghe and DIG Ajith Rohana were damaged following a head on- collision near the Police Officers mess at Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo on Sunday, sources said.

Asian nations will account for 50 per cent of global GDP by the year 2050, as a result of first steps taken by countries such as Sri Lanka during the time of late President J R Jayewardene, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara who was arrested following a fatal accident involving his vehicle at Ranmuthugala, Kadawatha was released on bail this evening, Police said.

US officials are looking for Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalised US citizen who was born in Afghanistan, for questioning over explosions in New York and New Jersey on Saturday.

Top government leaders had different opinions on the unitary character of the country and the prominence given to Buddhism which had resulted in utter confusion, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila said today.

Fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara had been arrested this evening following a fatal accident at Kadawatha, Police said.