Proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India, the pact, which would be an improvement over the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), may soon be a reality.

The Government is reported to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China with the assurance to encourage Chinese investments and to implement key projects including the Colombo-Ratnapura expressway.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today said it would request the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) to investigate the abduction and killing of party's founder leader Rohana Wijeweera, senior member Upatissa Gamanayake and the mass grave in

Though the government had assured that the findings of the Office of the Missing Persons (OMP) would not give rise to civil or criminal liability, the joint opposition said today the findings could be used as evidence when the judicial mechanism is s

MP Namal Rajapaksa and Sudarshana Bandara who were arrested by the FCID over the inuiry conducted under the Money Laundering Act for purchasing Rs. 100million worth shares of a company called Hello Corp from ill-gotten funds by the Gowers Corporation

A 19-year-old French tourist was killed from a fall at the  Ravana water fall in Ella today. The Ella police are investigating.

Kandy Police is investigating the recovery of a T-shirt printed with the picture of late LTTE leader V.  Prabhakaran and an Eelam map recovered from a textile shop in Kandy on Saturday night.

Eighteen Sri Lankans who attempted to migrate to Australia illegally were taken in to custody by the Navy in the seas off west Batticaloa today.

Nava Sama Samaja Party General Secretary Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne should be arrested for making false allegations on Sri Lankan tri-forces that ex-LTTE cadres in detention had been allegedly injected with poisonous drugs, if he did not have evide

Four people arrested on charges of throwing stones at a passenger train in Kollupitiya were remanded today till August 25 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) a short while ago in connection with the purchase of Hello Corp shares for Rs.125 million, Police Media Division said.

Former Supreme Court Judge Sarath de Abrew was pronounced dead upon admission to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital, hospital sources said.

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) a short while ago.

The body of an individual who was killed by a land mine explosion was found in an uncleared area in Killali, Jaffna today, police said.

Armed Railway Security Officers were deployed to ensure the safety of train commuters as well as to protect the property of the Railways Department, a move that had commenced from Saturday (13), Railways Security Service Superintendent Anura Premarat

"Sri Lanka is to develop from the Chinese Chong Jing City in order to gain economic benefits," the Prime Minister's office said yesterday.

A youth has made a statement to the Pallama Police that State Minister for Skills Development Palitha Range Bandara had assaulted him while he was returning home after attending a funeral.

The United State hailed on Friday what it termed as the investment friendly environment has currently been created in Sri Lanka. The US Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, Charles H Rivkin said during his meeting with Minister of F

The increasing number of visits by Americans highlight the full spectrum of US support to bolster Sri Lanka 's international relations, economic growth, development assistance and military professionalism, US Ambassador Atul Keshap said today.

A gang of three wanted in connection with the theft of motorcycles had been taken into custody, the Kahatuduwa Police said.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) while hailing the passage of the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill in the Parliament on Friday said that the Act should be used to find out the fate of thousands of soldiers and police personnel who had been missing

Defiant centuries from Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva helped Sri Lanka post a challenging 355 all out against Australia on the second day of the third and final Test in Colombo on Sunday.

States in the Bay of Bengal and those in the Asian region in general will take control of the global economy soon, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Hunag Jifan, the Mayor of Chong-Jing said on Saturday.

Four people were arrested by the railway security officers today on charges of throwing stones at Mount Lavinia bound Colombo passenger train in Kollupitiya.

Strong wind condition preailing over the country and surrounding sea area was expected to continue until August 18, the Meteorology Department said today.