President Maithripala Sirisena left for London last evening with a delegation of six persons, President's Media Division said.

A mother and her daughter were stabbed to death in a house at Gurubewila in Ratnapura, last night due a family dispute, police said.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader and Chief Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday challenged Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake to sue him for the revelations Dissanayake made with regard to the Rs.1.2 million worth of controversial

The army contingent provided for former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa numbering 50 had been reduced to 25 as from yesterday and they had been replaced by the Police STF.

World renowned author, winner of the Booker Prize and the 13th greatest English novelist according to the TIME Magazine, Salman Rushdie sits down with The Daily Mirror  for his first interview with the Sri Lankan media.  Rushdie, currently

The Joint Opposition said yesterday that it would complain to the General Secretary of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland over the arrest of its MP Namal Rajapaksa.

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal said yesterday United States would continue to support Sri Lanka as it takes meaningful and concrete steps in response to concerns of its people related to democratic go

President Maithripala Sirisena has assured that no international trade agreements with any country would be finalised without upholding a national framework, even if the country was facing severe difficulties economically or politically.

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today warned the Govt not to get entangled in a bush of thorns by trying to introduce Constitutional reforms which had no consensus except for electoral reforms, the only possible reform at present.

While remanding Namal Rajapaksa on allegations of misappropriating Rs. 70 million worth of funds belonging to a property developer, the Government on the other hand was providing necessary environment for the construction work to proceed, the Anti-Co

Sri Lanka can count on China as its most sincere and reliable partner for cooperation in Sri Lanka’s pursuit of development, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said.

While claiming that the arrest of Namal Rajapaksa was part of the political witch-hunt, UPFA MP Dullas Alahapperuma today asked whether there were two Penal Codes, Judicial systems and Police Departments in this country.  

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal, accompanied by Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Manpreet Singh Anand, arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago.

The Government should return the additional monies collected from the people following the VAT increase came into effect on May 2, the Joint Opposition today said.

The Cabinet of Ministers this morning gave approval to increase bus fares by 6 percent, with effect from August 01.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Rohitha said the arrest of his brother Namal was a part of the government’s witch-hunt of its opponents and that it was the ministers who decide when to arrest and when to release opposition politi

Two students aged 11 and 12 were killed when a speeding double-cab crashed into a group of students at a road crossing in Dambulla on the Trincomalee-Dambulla main road this morning. They were on their way to school when struck by the road tragedy.

A 44-year-old father of two was reported to have been beaten to death with a sharp object.Police said the man was a resident of Sinhagama in Kahathuduwa.

Heavy traffic congestion was reported in Colombo Fort due to a protest carried out by the Railway Gate Keepers Union demanding a pay hike, police said.

The body of 22 year-old student, from the Moratuwa University, was found inside his boarding house in Katubedda yesterday.

Sri Lanka has emerged as the favourite destination of a section of Malayalee Salafis who are on the pursuit of 'real Islam' and believe that scholars in Kerala lack correct understanding of the religion.

US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski arrived here this morning for an official visit.

Dual citizenship certificates have been given to 14,000 people who left the country due to various reasons, North Western Development and Cultural Affairs Minister S.B. Navinna said.

While respecting yesterday’s Supreme Court order given preventing the implementation of the recent revisions made to the Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Nation Building Tax (NBT), Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said no tax increase could be charg

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said he had to ask the government whether it was now happy after arresting his son Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa,

British Prime Minister David Cameron says he will step down on Wednesday, clearing the way for Theresa May to succeed him as prime minister this week, after Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom unexpectedly withdrew from the race to lead the Conservative P

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila  today challenged the Government to call for a referendum in order to seek public approval for the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ECTA).