Parliament Member Ven. Athureliye Rathana Thera called on all the break-away groups of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) to get together again to build the country and said that he too was willing to join such an effort.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had agreed not to re-appoint Arjuna Mahendran as the Governor of the Central Bank until the investigation launched by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) against him concluded.

The International Cricket Council today announced that an independent assessment has found the bowling action of Sri Lanka’s Shaminda Eranga to be illegal and, as such, the fast bowler has been suspended from bowling in international cricket wi

The National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader and Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa today interpreted MP Udaya Gammanpila, who was on Saturday arrested and remanded, as the first victim of the government’s political mission to hunt leaders of the Joint

President Maithripala Sirisena said he was not aware about new tax reforms or a new taxation method applied for lands belonging to the Mahaweli Authority.

Fast bowler Shaminda Eranga has been hospitalised in England with a heart ailment, Sri Lanka Cricket sources said in Colombo today.

While expressing regrets to the media over the threats made by the Special Task Force (STF) Commandant, DIG Ranjith Perera, SSP Ajith Rohana yesterday said disciplinary action would be taken against DIG Perera.

Sixteen Bangladesh nationals who had been arrested for overstaying their visas were remanded till June 30 by the Panadura Acting Magistrate.

A Sri Lankan lodged in the special refugee camp in Tiruchi threatened to commit suicide along with his family on Friday, giving tense moments to State authorities.

A man who was believed to be under the influence of alcohol was arrested by the Police at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) last night for assaulting an officer and forcibly entering and damaging the Foreign Employment Bureau (FEB) Unit at

STF Commandant and DIG Ranjith Perera yesterday alleged that certain journalists, whom he claims  had fallen into the hands of underworld gangsters and mafia members, were slinging mud at the Special task Force (STF).

UPFA MP Udaya Gammanpila was remanded till July 01 by the Fort magistrate a short while ago.

Dozens of Sri Lankan migrants stranded on a boat off Indonesia were allowed to come ashore Saturday, easing a tense stand-off with local authorities that drew international condemnation.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Sri Lanka that India would “walk side by side” with Sri Lanka as it charted its own path to progress and prosperity for all its citizens.

UPFA MP Udaya Gammanpila says he has been arrested by the Police Special Investigation Unit (SIU) a short while ago.  

Olympic silver medalist Susanthika Jayasinghe was admitted to the Gampha hospital in the early hours today following an assault at her Gampha residence, police said.

Sri Lanka Air Force personnel of the intelligence service recovered a stock of explosives buried in a forest in the Palampiddi area in Vavuniya today.

The Colombo High Court today directed the Gangodawila Magistrate's Court Registrar to immediately forward the case file -- on the inquiry in which former magistrate Thilina Gamage is charged with the rearing of an elephant in contravention of the

Rs.20 million worth of heroin in packets of varying weights was seized by the Panadura Divisional Law Enforcement Unit and the Kalutara Divisional Crime Investigation Unit at Wellawatta, Panadura and Wadduwa last night.

Several civil society organizations including the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) met the President and the Prime Minister today and requested them not to reappoint Central Bank (CB) Governor Arjuna Mahendran until an inquiry was carried

Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) told Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne today that it would take legal action if the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) students said to have passed the MBBS degree are grante

State Enterprise Development Deputy Minister Eran Wickramaratne said today the Government was gradually removing the various taxes imposed on goods and services so that in future the taxation would be restricted to the Value Added Tax (VAT).