The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said today that Sri Lankan Embassy in Ankara had confirmed that no Sri Lankans were affected by the incident in Turkey.

Military factions in Turkey tried to seize control of the country Friday night, setting off a furious scramble for power and plunging a crucial NATO member and American ally into chaos in what was already one of the world’s most unstable region

A wrong assessment by the Auditor General’s Department had led to the notion that a fraudulent deal had taken place when purchasing coal for the Lakwijaya power station, a government MP said today

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said today the ministers who are deciding on the arrest of political opponents are the ones who should be arrested with their family members.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Augusta Atapattu today ordered the Nugegoda Land Registrar to stop the sale or the transfer of ownership of a property in Ratmalana purchased in the name of Yoshitha Rajapaksa's grandmother Daysi Forest.

A 12-hour water cut would be imposed in several areas of Colombo from 12 noon to 12 midnight tomorrow (16) due to maintenance work at the Kalatuwawa Water Treatment Plant, the Water Supply and Drainage Board said.

A 44-year-old Pune man who shot to fame four years ago for making a Rs 1.27 crore shirt entirely of gold was attacked with stones and killed, allegedly in front of his son, early morning today.

The FCID today requested Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne to issue an arrest warrant, through Interpol, for the arrest of one-time Sri Lankan ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga and produce him in court on charges of causing a huge finan

The Attorney General today objected to the Colombo High Court releasing financial fraudster Sakvithi Ranasinghe on bail.

Implementing a UN resolution calling for the investigation of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka during a war with separatist rebels is complicated and needs more consultations to build confidence, a senior US official said.

The Attorney General today served indictments on former minister Basil Rajapaksa and three others on charges of misappropriating Rs.33 million worth of funds belonging to the Divi Neguma Development Department during last year’spresidential ele

President Maithripala Sirisena in a twitter posted in his twitter handle expressed his condolences to the French nation following the attack in the city of Nice.

Intelligence agencies have reportedly spotted the religious centre in Sri Lanka, where the missing youths of Kerala are suspected to have stayed before they disappeared, the News Minute reported on Thursday.      

A part of the Meethotamulla garbage mountain had collapsed this morning. Residents at 101 Watta said the garbage mountain had collapsed on a part of a drain dug around the mountain by authorities.

The Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) Convener Lahiru Weerasekara who was arrested and remanded on charges of violating a court order was released on bail by Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.

Provincial Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said the entire family of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should be imprisoned because they have committed many crimes and frauds.

Shops in Pettah have been closed and the traders are staging a hartal against the recent increase in VAT.

In a move to develop infrastructure at the sites that form a part of the Ramayana circuit, the Indian Central government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sri Lankan government, which says both the neighbouring nations will work joi

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there have been no reports of Sri Lankans affected in the incident in France, where over 80 persons were killed.

Sri Lanka’s first air rifle manufacturing plant was declared open in Ihala Biyanwila in Kadawatha by State Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene yesterday.

An attacker killed at least 73 people and injured scores when he drove a truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, local media quoted officials as saying.

The Voice Against Corruption (VAC) yesterday complained to the Anti-Corruption Committee Secretariat (ACCS) against the current and former ministers of Power and Renewable Energy in connection with a financial fraud of Rs1,803 million when purchasing

The 15% VAT imposed on private medical services had been completely removed.

The SLFP has identified those who have betrayed the party, criticized and insulted President Maithripala Sirisena and sabotaged the government and they will not be givean nominations to contest the local government polls, UPFA General Secretary and M

A public interest litigant lawyer yesterday filed a petition for the Special Determination of the Supreme Court on the Bill titled “Value Added Tax (Amendment) 2016.