Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told the United National Party (UNP) that someone from the second level leadership should take over the party before long, party sources said.

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who condemned the assault on Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Malaysia, said in Parliament that there was no nexus between offenders and the Sri Lankan Tamils in the north, and it should be understood.

The main Opposition Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today in Parliament 'unreservedly’ condemned the assault of Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia Ansar and stressed that perpetrators should be brought to justice.

Australia hit a world record 263 against Sri Lanka in today's Twenty20 international in Pallekele, with Glenn Maxwell hitting an unbeaten 145.

Two youth were killed when the car they were travelling in collided head on with a lorry at Sirambiady on the Puttalam-Anuradhapura Road this evening.

Avant Garde Maritime Security Limited chairman, Nissanka Senadhipathi, and its director general, Major General Palitha Fernando, who were arrested by the Bribery Commission today were released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya.

Avant-Garde Maritime Security Limited Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi and former Major general Palitha Fernando were arrested by the Bribery Commission a short while ago.

The decision of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to contest the local government elections by on its own might backfire, the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) said today.

A video showing a group of people assaulting a young girl and a boy who had come to Kurunegala to attend the SLFP anniversary celebrations on Sunday has gone viral on social media websites.

The ISIS has outlawed the burka at their security centres in a northern Iraqi city, despite previously brutally enforcing a law requiring them to be worn, Daily Mail reported today.

Condemning the assault on Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Parliament today it was Malaysian Tamils of Indian origin responsible for the incident.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called Barack Obama a “son of a whore” yesterday as he vowed not to be lectured by the US leader on human rights when they meet in Laos, AFP reported.

Condemning the assault on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Monday, the SLFP acting General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake also condemned the protests that were held again

Five people, who were arrested for allegedly assaulting Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar, have been remanded, Star Online said.  

In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka was today certified by World Health Organization (WHO) on having eliminated malaria, a life-threatening disease which long affected the island country, WHO announced today.

The Ford Mustang found by the FCID yesterday was brought with parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa’s vehicle permit and a bank loan, Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

The National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) would relocate the three hundred families living in the Bambalapitiya flats in a sixty storey building, after the flats were demolished for the proposed mixed development project, NHDA Deputy General

The government of Malaysia has expressed regret over the incident involving the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Malaysia, Ibrahim Ansar, and a group of protesters on at the KL International Airport on Sunday.

In the foremost interest of the Buddha Sasanaya and its affairs a lawyer activist yesterday filed a fundamental rights petition seeking to safeguard and foster the Buddha Sasana against any attack or threats.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday proposed that a common health programme be introduced for countries in the South Asian (SAARC) and ASEAN regions.

A mobile phone worth over Rs. 45,000 belonging to the husband of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova had been stolen from at a five-star hotel in Colombo during her recent visit to Sri Lanka, police said.

The Forensic Video and Surveillance Technology Laboratory - British Columbia Laboratory in Canada has informed the Colombo Magistrate Court that the CCTV footage in connection with the murder of rugger player Mohammed Thajudeen were not clear and as

A Ford Mustang type car suspected to be owned by Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was found from the Kaduwela area this afternoon by Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) officials, sources said.

The Foreign Ministry today summoned the Malaysian envoy and registered its protest on Sunday's assault of Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Malaysia, I. S. Ansar at the Kuala Lumpur Airport when he had come to send off a visiting Sri Lankan