Power and Energy Ministry yesterday sprinkled bless water (Pirith Pen) on the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura wishing for rainwater to fill the major reservoirs for hydro power generation.  

Parliament will meet on April 5 for the first time as the Constitutional Assembly to appoint committees to work on the Constitution-making process, House Leader Lakshman Kiriella said today.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has curtailed hydro power generation at some of the plants because of the the prevailing dry spell but will not lead to constant power cuts, Chairman Anura Wijepala said.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said sea water had seeped into the rivers in the Kalutara and Matara Districts due to the prevailing dry weather.

Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has intensified security checks at all arrival and departure points at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake in the aftermath of the bomb explosions that rocked Brussels recently.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today that when considering the slow pace of the investigation process it wondered whether the Government had entered into political deals with those alleged to have committed fraud and corruption during the t

A 30-year-old Russian was yesterday arrested by the Customs officials on charges of accepting a three-kilo parcel of heroin, which arrived by airmail to the Galle Post Office.    

The UN has advocated for genuine consultations with victims and affected groups, especially women and children, who are far too often excluded and marginalized in countries like Sri Lanka, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said.  

An Indian national who attempted to smuggle out Sri Lankan currency worth around Rs.7.4 million to Shajahan was arrested by the customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport this morning.

Discussing the circumstances that led to the violence that took place in the North as well as what took place during the war was essential if we are to move forward with the reconciliation process, Ex-President and National Unity and Reconciliation O

The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) will arrive in Colombo for a port call March 26, the first visit by a U.S. Navy ship since October 2011.

Ratugala Vedda Chief Suda Vannilyala Ettho, his wife, a child and a police constable were injured in a clash between a group of the Vedda community attending a function at the Vedda Chief’s house and the police on Wednesday night.

The former president of the Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA), Dr Nirmal Ranjith Devasiri said yesterday that the government had no mandate to sign any trade agreement such as the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement

Seventeen senior students of the Allied Health Faculty of the University of Peradeniya have been suspended from attending lectures because they had ragged freshers.

The statement purported to have been made by the Ven.Uduwe Dammaloka Thera, on the demise of the former convener of the People's Movement for a Just Society, the Ven Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera (the former Viharadhipathi of Kotte Sri Naga Viharaya)

A disturbance had occurred when a gem said to be worth Rs 500,000 worn by Minister S.B. Dissanayake was found to be missing during a function held at Lunugama.

Sandhya Eknaligoda, wife of missing Journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, yesterday charged Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, MP Wimal Weerawansa and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa of disrupting the investigati

One of the questions in the multiple choice question paper (MCP) for the Buddhism subject set by the North Western Province Education Department for the first term test in schools have been criticized by the public and education sector trade unions f

The Joint Opposition today handed over the second no-confidence motion signed by 37 Parliamentarians against Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake.

The Health Ministry was in the process of introducing legislation to regulate and monitor Massage Clinics and Health Clubs in order to prevent nefarious activities allegedly carried out at these locations, Director General, Health Services Dr. Palith

The Colombo District Court today restrained till April 7 the printing and selling of DVD copies of the popular comedy film 'Suhada Koka'.

Kiwis have voted to keep their existing flag after a national referendum. The existing New Zealand's national flag won 56.6 per cent of the vote, compared to 43.2 per cent for the silver fern flag.

Former defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and former Navy Commander Admiral Jayantha Perera arrived at the PRECIFAC a short while ago to give a statement over the Rakna Lanka controversy.  

The decision on bailing out the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) member Kumar Gunaratnam will be given on 31st of this month, Kegalle Magistrate Prasanna Alwis said.

Sicille Kotelawala, the sixth accused in connection with the alleged swindling of Rs.7.2 billion belonging to the Golden Key Company depositors, was granted Rs 100,000 cash bail with two sureties of Rs 1,000,000 each by the Court of Appeal today.

Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Chairman Dhammika Ranatunga was released on bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Court today over the alleged incident of threatening a journalist at the Colombo High Court premises.