The Meteorology Department said today strong winds exceeding 60 kmph was expected in the Southern sea areas while fairly strong winds up to 50-60kmph could be expected over the island.

The Government has decided to extend the northern expressway up to Trincomalee via Dambulla and Habarana, Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday.

The Indian police yesterday deported Sudhan Subbiah (37), a Sri Lankan national having LTTE links.

President Maithripala Sirisena will attend the 70th UNP convention which will begin at 9.30 am today (10) at Campbell Park Colombo, under the leadership of party leader Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe .

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) has begun an investigation against former IGP Mahinda Balasuriya for abuse of power

Australia overcame a late challenge by hosts Sri Lanka to win the second T20 by four wickets, at the R. Premadasa Stadium, and win the two-match series.

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said today certain officials in the Finance Ministry were sabotaging the government’s effort to control the use of tobacco and cigarettes by scuttling the cabinet proposal to increase tobacco tax to 90%.

The Attorney General today indicted former United National Party (UNP) general secretary Tissa Attanayake in the Colombo High Court on charges of publishing a letter with forged signatures of the then common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena

The Supreme Court today fixed to be mentioned on September 23 the fundamental rights petition filed by Colombo's former JMO Ananda Samarasekera requesting Court to prevent his arrest in connection with the loss of Wasim Thajudeen's body parts

A cache of ancient fire arms were unearthed today during excavation work for the construction of the Matale District Administrative Complex, police said.

The travel ban imposed on MP Rohitha Abeygunawardane was temporarily lifted today by Colombo High Court Judge Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne.

Three people including a father and son were today sentenced to death by Nuwara-Eliya High Court judge Lalith Ekanayake on charges of having murdered a man on August 06, 2003 in Dayagama.

Two men were charged in the Sessions Court in Sepang today with rioting and causing hurt on Sri Lanka High Commissioner in Malaysia Ibrahim Sahib Ansar last Sunday.

Another suspect, who was arrested by the CCD in connection with the alleged abduction and killing of a Bambalapitiya businessman, was today ordered to be remanded till September 15 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris.

A group of Sri Lankan and Filipino refugees in Hong Kong had sheltered US whistleblower Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, until he fled toRussia from Hong Kong, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

One of the five suspects who had been arrested over the assaulting of Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ibrahim Ansar, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, was reported to be a man who was arrested in Sri Lanka under the Preventi

A 31-year-old Indian man was arrested by the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) officers yesterday while attempting to smuggle in heroin worth Rs.10 million to the country.

Resettlement of over 3,000 people displaced in the northern Jaffna will be completed by mid next year, an official has said, days after UN chief Ban Ki-Moon called for expediting reconciliation efforts with the minority Tamils.

Though the pilots of SriLankan Airlines had decided to conduct a work-to-rule campaign with effect from Thursday midnight, sources at SriLankan Airlines said its management had not been informed of the trade union's decision.

Deputy Mass Media and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Karunaratne Paranawithana said yesterday that the government would set up a ‘Monitoring Mechanism’ for news broadcast and publications in the print and electronic media under the propos

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be relocated in a modern building in a plot of land about two acres in extent at Jawatta Road, Colombo.

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga and his wife have been given ordinary passports following the cancellation of their diplomatic passports, Parliament was informed yesterday.

The body of a 6-year-old Vedda girl who is believed to have been murdered was found buried in the jungle near Neelankeni in Sampur today.

The Bribery Commission today filed action against former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage for allegedly using state funds to import game boards worth over Rs.53.1 million to be distributed in the run up to the 2015 Presidential Election campa

The Joint Opposition today urged the Government to declare a definite date to hold the local government election despite making contradictory statements.