A Sri Lankan man dressed in a burka was arrested at the arrival lounge of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning.

The Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva had instructed the National Council for Road Safety (NCRS) to formulate a safety code for three-wheeler taxis and to make it mandatory to use safety belts for three-wheel taxis.

Opposition MP Douglas Devananda yesterday urged the Government to trace the real tombstone of King Elara and preserve it.

Parliament sessions came alive with amusement when UPFA MP Geetha Kumarasinghe spoke during an adjournment debate last evening with the MP making some sarcastic remarks on the government and the ruling party MPs heckling her.

The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) has informed the Megapolis and Western Development Ministry that the Ministry’s former consultant Vidya Amarapala had no involvement in any financial fraud though his name was mentioned in the

At least nine people were killed and 21 others hurt Friday in a shooting rampage at a busy shopping district in Munich, Germany, police said.

The Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry today said they had got approval from the family of Mohamed Siyan Shihabdeen (32), a Sri Lankan expatriate worker who was allegedly stabbed to death by his room-mate in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia a few d

The Colombo High Court today, concluding its deliberations on the revision application filed by the Attorney General against the Colombo Chief Magistrate's decision to release 15 elephants on a bond, directed the Chief Magistrate to conduct a spe

At least 73 Indian fishermen held by Sri Lanka for allegedly fishing in their waters will be released, Fisheries Ministry Officials said today.

Sri Lanka has invited the diaspora groups, including Tamils, to make submissions for advancing the task of reconciliation following the country's three-decade-long civil war that ended in 2009, PTI reported today.  

The US ship USS New Orleans will arrive in Sri Lanka on Sunday to increase bilateral ties with the Sri Lankan Navy and provide US support and training for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.  

The National Policies and Economic Affairs Ministry has prepared an Integrated Social Welfare Register based on the recipient’s NIC for all handouts from Ministries, Provincial Councils and Local Authorities.  

Transport Ministry along with the National Transport Commission (NTC) has announced the revised bus fare which would be effective from August 1 for Normal, semi Luxury, luxury and Super Luxury services.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 plane with 29 on board is missing after it took off from Chennai this morning.

Former Chief Controlling Officer of Immigration and Emigration Department, Jayasinghe Aarachchige Jayasena who was indicted by the Bribery Commission in 1996 over charges of illegally acquiring funds, was convicted by the Colombo High Court today.

Heavy traffic was reported in Kollupitiya due to a protest launched by a group of teachers and principals at Flower Road in Kollupitiya over several of demands.

The weight of the cocaine haul which was discovered yesterday is now 300 Kgs with the additional cocaine quantity found at the site afterwards, the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) said.

The trial against Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Kithsiri Ranawaka, former Divineguma Department Director General over the misappropriation of Rs. 29 million Divineguma funds by printing five million almanacs during the last presidential electio

Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa today filed a revision application in Colombo High Court seeking bail over the inquiry conducted on the allegation of misappropriating Divineguma funds for the supply of GI pipes to local government authorities at Kadu

A 39-year-old man was shot dead by two unidentified men in Mount Lavinia last night, Police said.

While denying media reports that a Buddhist monk named Ven. Wattappola Rahula Thera was appointed as a consultant to the road development project, Highways and Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday he was even ready to

Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday night, giving the biggest speech of his short political career — seeking to end a troubled, fractious GOP convention on a high note.

The Malaysian Government will study Sime Darby Group Bhd’s request to bring in workers from Sri Lanka to work in the plantation sector, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Sri Lanka government is contemplating closing down all 31 camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Jaffna district of the Northern Province and completing resettlement of 971 IDP families by August 15.

Helen Clark, one of the frontrunners to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN secretary general, has said there were legitimate criticisms of the way the UN dealt with Sri Lankan abuses during the civil war with the LTTE.

Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday that MPs had expressed disappointment over the country’s cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan joining the Australian team as a spin bowling Consultant.