From Palugaswewa, Elapathwewa in Horowpothana comes a report of an elephant calf who had stayed with its mother for a number of days until Wildlife officers arrived to attend to her after it was injured as a result of coming into contact with an Impr

Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa yesterday criticised the Government for not taking any action against a Minister, who was involved in a road accident, where two youths had been injured at Rajagiriya last Monday.

A child who had been admitted to Peradeniya Teaching Hospital for treatment of a swelling on her right knee, had had her left knee operated on instead, it was reported yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena had led by example how the Ministers should use Government funds with diligence, Finance State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today pointing out the Presidents’ recent visit to Singapore.

Condemning the manner in which the Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella addressed a journalist of Ada Newspaper during a telephone conversation, the Joint Opposition today called all media rights organisations to come forward and raise their v

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that Sri Lanka will not be affected by the earthquake which struck Indonesia this evening.

China is a big economic power in the region and countries should look at China as an opportunity rather than a threat, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who is in India to take part in the Raisina Dialogue, said on Tuesday.

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of western Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

The Cabinet today approved a proposal to construct two elevated highways within two years, it is learnt.

A prominent underworld figure Chaminda Jayanath alias Dematagoda Chaminda, one of the suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, had been shot at today at Maligawatte by two unidentified men, when he was broug

Former DIG Vass Gunawardena’s wife Shamali Priyadarshani Perera, was today remanded till March 16 by Colombo additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris over the case filed against her and six others for allegedly possessing and transporting illegal

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka has requested subscribers to check with their service providers and disconnect if there were any connections operating under their name without stipulated documents or explicit consent.

Several Joint Opposition MPs and Provincial Councillors of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held a special meeting with ex-president and Kurunegala MP Mahinda Rajapaksa at his public coordinating office in Battaramulla last night.

The Colombo District Court today issued notice on the Live Events Ltd., the organisers of Enrique Iglesias Concert in Colombo, to respond on April 26 over a petition filed by two fans of the concert.  

Minister John Amarathunga was sworn in as the Minister of Lands a short while ago before President Maithripala Sirisena.

Embilipitiya Magistrate Prasanna Fernando said today he would give a ruling tomorrow whether to exhume the body of the man who died during a clash with the police in Embilipitiya to carry out a new postmortem examination.

The Mass Media Ministry today requested all news websites to be registered with the Ministry before March 31, so that these websites could be operated under recognised ethics and standards without interruption.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said that Buddhist Monks disrobing had become a challenge and that eight monks disrobe each day, thereby affecting the functioning of many temples throughout the country including those in Colombo and the suburbs.

Amid the controversy over Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella recommending the appointment of a lecturer, Kelaniya University Vice Chancellor Prof. Sunanda Madduma Bandara said the university authorities had often received similar letters and

“There is no camp of Sarana Gunawardene in Attanagalle now. Murderers, ransom seekers and rogues and those who were engaged in illegal activities have no place now in the SLFP,” said former president, the chief SLFP organiser for Attanaga

Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella, who is now embroiled in a controversy over the appointment of a lecturer to Kelaniya University on temporary basis, had been very abusive to a journalist of the Ada newspaper when he asked him

The CID informed Court that there was a possibility of receiving direct assistance from the British Columbia Institute of Technology of Canada for clarification of the CCTV footage concerning the murder of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen.

From any point of view Buddhist monks in recent history have lacked a strong leader, compared to other religions, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera said.

Blood samples from the animal found in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve by Wildlife officials on Monday were sent to the Genetec Institute in Colombo for identification, Wildlife Department (WLD) Director General Chandrasiri Bandara said.

Financial fraud amounting to Rs.16 million had been committed by making illegal appointments to the government sector, including to the state school sector, said the secretary of the Ceylon Teachers' Services Union, Mahinda Jayasinghe today.

We are contemplating whether to disconnect traffic lights from the national grid and connect them to an independent source to prevent traffic congestion that occur during a power failures similar to what happened last Thursday, Power and Renewable En

The Government move to halt the Port City Project funded by the Chinese Government which is considered the fastest growing economy in Asia has resulted in downgrading Sri Lanka's sovereign credit rating to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-’