Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today hit out at the government saying that the demolishing of the war heroes memorial in Kurunegala indicated that this government was bent on blotting out the war in Sri Lanka and that war heroes ever existed .

The joint opposition today requested President Maithripala Sirisena to make the 17-year-old student, who was arrested in Kadugannawa on chargers of hacking into the President’s official website, his Information Technology Director.  

John Hastings claimed six wickets before Aaron Finch and George Bailey's attacking half-centuries powered Australia to a series clinching six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international in Dambulla today.

Five university students were admitted to General Hospital, Colombo during a protest at Kollupitiya Junction staged by the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) against the controversial private medical campus South Asian Institute of Te

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago.

SLFP Spokesman Minister Dilan Perera today rejected the statements made by Kurunegala District MP and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that President Maithripala Sirisena had snatched the party away from Mr. Rajapaksa.

Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse protesters of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) who were marching towards the Temple Trees a short while ago.

Teargas was fired to disperse a group of cricket fans who were behaving in an unruly manner outside the Rangiri- Dambulla International Cricket Stadium today while attempting to purchase tickets for the fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia.

Heavy traffic is reported in Kollupitiya due to the protest march carried out by the members of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).

The Bribery Commission today filed a case in the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Avante Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadipathi and six others on charges of corruption under the Bribery Act

Erik Solheim, the new Head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), yesterday said he learnt valuable lessons, including the importance of dialogue and compromise when serving as a peace negotiator in Sri Lanka.  

The Cabinet has approved the proposal made by Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake to change the name of the Police of Sri Lanka from 'Sri Lanka Police Department' to ‘Sri Lanka Police’.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the fourth One Day International at Dambulla Stadium, a short while ago.

Heavy traffic is reported along the High Level Road in Colombo due to a protest march carried out by the members of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).

Lieutenant Colonel Pradeep Kumara Nettasinghe, who was arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting incident in which his wife was injured, was remanded till September 9 by Kaduwela Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala today.

At least 20 houses in Wadinagala, Ampara were damaged by strong winds, which lasted just two minutes, last night.

Minister of Industries and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) a short while ago.

More than a thousand citizens lived with shrapnel embedded in their body due to the bomb blasts which took place in Vavuniya and Jaffna during the war, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said.

At the invitation of the Government, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Mrs Ban Soon-taek, is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka today for a three-day visit, where he will meet with President Maithripala Sirisena, Pr

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will leave for Singapore today to participate in the Indian Ocean Conference organised by the Indian Foundation which will get under way on September 1, 2016.

President Maithripala Sirisena and Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga are slated to grace the United National Party’s (UNP) 70th anniversary celebrations from September 4 to 10, a UNP MP said yesterday.

England smashed a world record-breaking 444-3 against Pakistan in their third one-day international on Tuesday, after opening batsman Alex Hales hit England’s highest individual ODI score with 171.

A Buddhist shrine room erected within the premises of Special Task Force camp in Kanagarayankulam, Mankulam in the North had been vandalised on Monday 29, the Police said.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) today moved the Colombo Commercial High Court to release the two respondents Susil Premajayantha and Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, (members of the 2015 - UPFA presidential election committee) from the case filed again