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.

AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday asserted her party would take “continuous steps” to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka and demand that the Centre grant dual citizenship for refugees fr

The joint opposition said it would commence its May Day procession from Shalika Grounds in Narahenpita as planned despite the cancellation of the reservation of the ground.

Sri Lankan politicians are not concerned about the Tamil Nadu election, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said. 

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain said that both Pakistan and Sri Lanka need to increase their cooperation in the security and economic fields to further cement the friendly relations.

Sweden's Foreign Minister, Margot Wallstrom, is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow to renew bilateral relations and strengthen trade cooperation, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement today.

While assuring that the government was planning to work towards regaining GSP Plus in the same manner as they did to lift the EU fish ban on Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today the government was in the final stage of formulatin

The joint opposition said today it would commence its May Day procession from Shalika Grounds in Narahenpita as planned despite the cancellation of the reservation of the Ground.

The Public Administration Ministry is to secure Cabinet approval soon for giving duty free vehicle permits to public servants entitled for the benefit, Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a four member high powered Committee of public officials headed by Presidential advisor W.J.S. Karunarathna to recommend criteria to be used as guidelines when appointments for the posts of Chairman,

A Bill aimed at establishing the Northern and Eastern provinces into one federal ruling system and some other proposals to be considered when devising the New Constitution were today passed by the Northern Provincial Council with a majority vote.

Two Maldivian nationals were arrested with more than one kilogram of heroin while they were staying at a hotel in Bambalapitiya last night, Police said.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Thailand today for what sources close to him called for a variety of cultural activities, it is learnt.

A high level committee has been appointed to work towards securing the main UN Vesak Day event to be conducted in Sri Lanka in 2017, a statement says.

The joint opposition is in a dilemma after the cancellation of the reservation of Shalika Ground in Narahenpita for the commencement of its May Day procession.

The Mass Media Ministry has transferred its Secretary with immediate effect, it was reported.

Disciplinary action would be taken against all MPs, provincial councilors and organisers of the SLFP if they attended the May Day rally organsied by the joint opposition in Kirulapone, SLFP General Secretary Minister Duminda Dissanayake today said.

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), backed by some other organisations, today handed over a letter to the newly appointed Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara to take legal action against Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran and Oppositi

Newly appointed Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara today said investigations into the alleged murder of Ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen would continue and more suspects would be arrested in the future.

There was no notable change in the water levels in the major reservoirs even though heavy showers were experienced in the catchment areas in the past couple of days, the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL) said today.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s security officers today apprehended a middle-aged man who was acting in a suspicious manner at Mr. Rajapaksa’s recently opened political office at Nelum Mawatha, Jayanthipura, Battaramulla.

A people-smuggling charge has been dropped against a Sri Lankan man accused of attempting to assist a fellow countryman to travel from Indonesia to Australia by boat, the Australian reported on Thursday.

Four children and another individual were hospitalized last night when a jeep belonging to the Additional Secretary of the Disaster Management Ministry K. Amalanadan crashed into a three- wheeler in Chilaw.

The Defence Ministry has decided to re-employ technically and professionally experienced retired officers of the armed forces to address the severe shortage of officials in those categories in the government and semi-government sector, a senior offic

As much as US $ 2.8 billion invested in Sri Lanka’s Treasury Bonds has been withdrawn by their investors in recent times, joint opposition MP Bandula Gunawardane alleged yesterday.