The Colombo High Court today abated the case in which former Supreme Court Justice, the late Sarath de Abrew, who was indicted for sexually abusing his female servant, since the accused is no longer alive.

Axiata Group Bhd., Malaysia’s biggest mobile-phone operator, is seeking to trim stakes in some of its overseas operations, including Sri Lanka, Bloomberg reported.

Chanuka Ratwatte and four others were arrested by the FCID this morning in connection with an alleged financial fraud of Rs. 4.6 billion at the Entrust Securities PLC.

The amended Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill which includes an increase of tax on retail and wholesale outlets to Rs.50 million a year will be gazetted tonight or tomorrow morning, Cabinet spokesman Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said a short while ago.

Several days after Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra’s daughter MP Hirunika Premachandra posted a photo of her father, showing his gunshot wound, sister of Duminda Silva, Dilini Silva, in a copy cat move also posted 17 pictures of her brother duri

Dinesh Priyantha Herath secured Sri Lanka’s first medal- a bronze in men’s javelin throw F46 final at the Rio Paralympics yesterday.

National Freedom Front Leader MP Wimal Weerawansa was grilled for over eight hours today by the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) for his alleged involvement in misusing a fleet of vehicles belonging to Presidential Secretariat du

Field Marshal and Minister Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that he too will write a book on the war, insisting that action should be taken against those who had leaked war secrets by writing books.

A well-planned programme for the promotion and propagation of Buddhism will be implemented next year as a priority, President Maitripala Sirisena said yesterday.

The Value Added Tax (VAT) threshold on retail and wholesale outlets have been increased to Rs.50 million a year from the earlier threshold of Rs.12 million in the VAT Amendment Bill which was approved by the Cabinet yesterday.

Despite President Maithripala Sirisena’s personal concern on eradication of tobacco from the country, the government is slow in reinforcing legal framework to minimize the consumption of cigarette among the citizens, Government Medical Officers

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said today the Value Added Tax (VAT) would be imposed only for nine months and that the government would take steps to provide relief to people by simplifying the VAT after nine months.

Causing unnecessary fear among the people on the Constitutional proposals and then saying tall tales is unacceptable and unhealthy, the Siyam Nikaye Malwatta Chapter Mahanayake Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera told MP Wimal Weerawansa toda

The joint opposition today asked President Maithripala Sirisena to impose a special tax of Rs.20 on a cigarette with immediate effect so that the government could earn a revenue of Rs.82 billion.

Ratnapura District MP Premalal Jayasekera and six others were indicted by the Attorney General in the Ratnapura Provincial High Court on charges of killing Shantha Dodangoda and injuring two others in a shooting incident while they were decorating th

A 54-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband at Kamburupitiya, Matara this afternoon, Police said.

The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy had decided not to go ahead with the construction of the Sampur Coal Power plant, Deputy Solicitor General Sanjaya Rajaratnam informed Court today.

The use of square pin plugs will in future be the standard for Sri Lanka and as such the import and manufacture of appliances other than G-plugs commonly known as square pin plugs will be banned in future, Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL) Chairman

Malaysian police have increased security measures for Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia after he was assaulted at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) earlier this month.

Two children aged 9 and 11, who went missing last evening in Trincomalee, had been found in a train bound to Batticaloa a short while ago, after the search operations conducted by five teams deployed by the Uppuveli Police, the Police said.

The Valued Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, which was approved by the Cabinet today will be presented in Parliament next week, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said.

Ninety individuals of 35 families, who had fled to Tamil Nadu, India during the conflict period, will return to Sri Lanka today through the voluntary repatriation programme facilitated by the UNHRC, the Ministry of Resettlement said.

Scores of suspected war criminals involved in bloody conflicts in Sri Lanka, Libya, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Serbia seeking to live in Britain escaped deportation thanks to a series of blunders, Daily Mail reported today.

An 83-year-old man fell to his death from the third floor of the Hambanthota Base Hospital early this morning after been admitted for treatment on September 8.

Two children aged 9 and 11 had gone missing since last evening, after they left to return home following a tuition class in Uppuweli, Trincomalee.

More than 50% of the persons who had died due to motor bicycle accidents in the first seven months of this year, had been victims of road mishaps during day time, National Council for Road Safety Chairman Dr. Sisira Kodagoda said.

Tuberculosis (TB) which is an airborne disease is spreading in some parts of the Colombo City, Colombo Municipality's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ruwan Wijemuni said yesterday.

National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, yesterday, charged that the government was in a hurry to draft a new Constitution, to satisfy the whims and fancies of UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein.