An alleged drug kingpin and one of his accomplices were arrested with 1.5 kilogrammes of heroin at Wellawatte this evening by Police Narcotics Bureau officers, Police said.

A clash between supporters of two politicians in the Negombo area today has left three people injured of whom one had been hospitalized.

President Maithripala Sirisena should reveal what he knows about his rivals now instead of threatening to do so when a new political party is formed by them, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary and MP Udaya Gammanpila today challenged President Maithripala Sirisena to divulge the secrets he knew about opposition politicians.  

SLFP bigwig and State Minister of Finance Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene was appointed as the party leader for Matara District by President Maithripala Sirisena today.  

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today asked why the proposed Financial City could not be constructed inland instead of building it on land reclaimed from the sea.  

National Freedom Front (NFF) spokesman Mohammed Muzammil was summoned by the FCID to record a statement in connection with the investigations into several questionable appointments made when he was the Working Director of the State Engineering Corpor

Western Province Minister Gamini Thilakasiri has been appointed as the new SLFP organiser to the Homagama electorate by President Maithripala Sirisena this morning.

Rs. 1.8 million in cash belonging to a woman had been robbed by two motorcyclists in Ambalangoda today, the Police said.

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa, Sudarshana Bandara and Nithya Senani Samaranayake, who were arrested by the FCID over the inquiry conducted under the Money Laundering Act, were today released on bail by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris.

The Bambalapitiya Police today said they had launched investigations into Sunday night's disappearance of the 29-year-old businessman.

One person was hacked to death and another three were severely injured when they were assaulted by a group of people at a party held on the banks of the Chandrika Wewa in Embilipitiya last night.

A major security lapse came to the fore during the visit of President Maithripala Sirisena to Tirumala yesterday, the Hindustan Times reported.

The body of a 26-year-old was found in a swimming pool in Asgiriya, Gampaha last night.

The Rio Olympics ended with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo.

Former Mayor of Colombo, A J M Muzammil has been nominated for the post of Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia, informed sources said yesterday.

The Consultation Task Force (CTF), a body set up to deliberate with the public and make recommendations on reconciliation, says the lack of information and awareness about the process by which the Office of Missing Persons was established and its rol

The government will present the 2017 annual budget to Parliament on November 10, and allot one whole month till December 10 for the debate, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said yesterday.

Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) leader Arumugam Thondaman MP had gone to the Dimbula Police Station gate on Saturday and reproached an officer on duty.

Australia beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the first One Day International played at the R. Premadasa Stadium today, chasing a target of 228.

In the backdrop of American military doctors giving medical care in the North, the National University Teachers’ Association (NUTA) queried today whether these foreign medical practitioners obtained ‘ethical clearance permission’ fr

A couple from Netharland was arrested today at Fort Railway Station by the police for travelling in a first class compartment with a sleeping berth with second class train tickets in the Chilaw-Fort night train.

The people in the North want the Navy to remain there in order to prevent the South Indian fishermen from encroaching into Sri Lankan waters, a Tamil politician said today.

Marks of the competitive Grade Five Scholarship Examination which was held yesterday with 350,701 students at 2,959 centres island-wide will be issued before October 15, the Commissioner General of Examinations said.