Two 19-year-old girls from Holy Family Convent in Bambalapitiya were killed after they were knocked down by a train travelling from Maradana to Kalutara in Dehiwala on Monday evening, police said.

Sri Lanka is to go in for a common trading bloc together with Europe, India, China and Singapore, sources close to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) today requested the President to dissolve the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) and take the administration under his purview because it had passed a Bill calling for the merger of the Northern and Eastern Provinces a

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he would take several new political decisions after May 1 for the betterment of the country and its people.

A Pakistani who tried to smuggle in a large stock of heroin concealed in his baggage was nabbed by Customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport this afternoon.

Train service between Galle and Matara would be cancelled from May 6 to May 9 due to maintenance work of a bridge, the Railway Department said today.

The Finance Ministry did not have the authority to introduce the new Annual Company Registration (ACR) Fee under the Companies Act, the Joint Opposition said yesterday.

The Swedish Government had welcomed Sri Lanka’s policy of active engagement and involvement with the international community, visiting Swedish Foreign Minister Ms. Margot Wallström said today.  

A Sri Lankan housemaid, who has been held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since 1999, without being paid for more than fifteen years amidst physical harassment by her employer, has been given her salary in arrears and brought back to the country, Sri Lanka B

The Northern Provincial Council (NPC), which has reiterated the position of Tamil parties for a merger of the North and the East, is not for special powers to be provided to the proposed State, according to its chairperson C.V.K. Sivagnanam.

Rehabilitated former LTTE member known ‘Ram’ was arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) yesterday, Police said.

Cricketer Kaushal Silva, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Colombo after being hit by a ball on the head, would be discharged today or tomorrow, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sources said today.

The Higher Education Ministry has instructed university authorities to explore the possibility of setting up a system outside their purview, as in India, to entertain complaints by freshers subjected to ragging, Minister Lakshman Kiriella said yester

President Maitripala Sirisena said he would not have accepted the chairmanship of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) had he had any foreknowledge of the harassment he would be subjected to when running the party's affairs.

Foreign Minister of Sweden Margot Wallstrom, who arrived in Sri Lanka today appreciated the work of the new government of re-establishing democracy and said the country has marked a significant progress.

Sri Lanka will be turned into an economic and a monetary centre in the Indian Ocean where the ordinary citizens in the island will be able to engage in transaction in the monetary markets, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday.

Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has on Saturday (23) ordered the Central Cultural Fund and the Department of Archaeology to investigate the incident of damage caused to the Sigiriya paintings when cello tape pasted on the plaster for so

Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by the Airport Police officers today on charges of stealing a laptop belonged to a pilot attached to the SriLankan Airlines at Paris Airport.

Test batsman Kaushal Silva has been airlifted to Colombo this evening after being hit by a ball on the head during a training session in Pallekele, Sri Lanka Cricket said.

Tamil Nadu’s DMK MP Kanimozhi, the daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi, on Sunday slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, saying the latter has no right to talk on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue as she highlights th

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna today said it will lodged a complaint with the Secretariat for Committee on Eradication of Corruption and the Bribery Commission with regard to the new Rs 80 billion treasury bond scam on Wednesday.

Eighteen motorcycle riders were arrested today by the police for dangerous riding in Piliyandala-Kesbewa new road which was used by this gang for speeding their motorcycles.

The body of the youth who was missing since Wednesday (20) was discovered in a river in Maskeliya last evening.

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) should be restructured as a clean political party and that there would be many obstacles during the said restructuring process.

A hand grenade and the NIC of a powerful Tamil politician were recovered from a drain in Goods Shed, Vavuniya.

A replica of the Aukana Buddha, considered the tallest standing Buddha statue in Asia, was declared open in Mathugama yesterday by President Maithripala Sirisena.