The government which came to power with the help of the media has set taboos to media institutions which also attacked me, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

India, after signing a road transport agreement with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, is said to be considering an ambitious bridge or undersea tunnel linking the Indian mainland with Sri Lanka.

Although one month has elapsed since Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris ordered the CID to send the DVDs and a CD of the CCTV footage of the vehicle in which rugby player Wasim Thajudeen travelled, to a forensic laboratory abroad for exam

Stella Young, the Australian comedian, journalist and disability advocate once said, “The thing about disability is that you adapt, you do what works for you."

Google's balloon-powered high-speed Internet service known as "Project Loon" began its first tests in Sri Lanka Monday ahead of a planned joint venture with Colombo, the country's top IT official said.

Bail applications were filed at the Colombo High Court on behalf of Navy Lt.Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Carlton Sports Network (CSN) Director Rohan Weliwita, who are now in remand in connection with alleged money laundering at CSN.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate today invited the two parties to arrive at a settlement over the inquiry against Bindu Bothalegama, who is alleged to have violated the performing rights of the complainant, veteran actor Bandu Samarasinghe.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today claimed that the CID had received several telephone calls from the Prime Minister’s Office pressuring the CID to speed up investigations against the GMOA.

Chief Executive Officer of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Dilantha Withanage today urged the Government that it had come to know about the warning of the danger of the Islamic State terror group spreading its tentacles to South Asia, from a recent report b

Two teenage girls were reported missing and another was rescued while bathing at the pier in the Kelani River near Wellampitiya this evening, police said.

A woman in her late seventies was found abandoned outside the Colombo South Teaching Hospital OPD, Hospital Director Dr.Asela Gunawardhane said.

Ravana Balaya Convener Ven. Iththe Kande Saddhatissa Thera, Sinhala Ravaya Organisation Chairman Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathana Thera and two other Buddhist monks surrendered to the Homagama Police this evening,

The National Freedom Front (NFF) said today media freedom was under siege brought about by the several threats being made by the current government.

Parliamentary Oversight Committees, which are to be established shortly, will have the power to summon chief ministers and the provincial ministers whenever necessary, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Two vendors were injured when a part of a building at the Kirindiwela bus stand collapsed last morning after a private bus crashed into it.

Sri Lanka Navy suspended four Navy Sports Club players for wearing wrist bands that said "YOO7" to show solidarity with former Navy SC captain Yoshitha Rajapaksa, who has been remanded over allegations of fraud.

President Maithripala Sirisena today left for Germany for a two-day state visit.

The area around the cellblock in the Colombo Remand Prison where Yoshitha Rajapaksa and three others are detained on charges of money laundering has been declared a restricted area.

The Attorney General has directed to arrest Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera and produced before the Court for illegally keeping a baby elephant at the Alan Mathiniyaramaya Temple, Polhengoda, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID has informed Colomb

A bulk of former United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) local government members, at a special summit, called for the formation of a new political party as an alternative to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), informed sources said today.

Weeks after the Indian media claimed that of an alleged kidney racket where Sri Lankan doctors were involved in, the doctors of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) are now under a cloud because of an investigation launched by the Crime

The main suspect allegedly associated with the 20 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 120 million earlier detected in Madampagama was taken into custody by the Ambalangoda Police.

A female Venezuelan tourist who attempted to smuggle in a stock of Cocaine worth over Rs.10 million, by swallowing in small sachets, was nabbed by the Customs Narcotics officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Saturday morning.

The eight former local authorities’ heads, facing disciplinary inquiries by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLF), said they would defy the party’s instructions.

West Indies became the champion of U-19 Cricket World Cup, 2016 after winning the final by five wickets  at Shere Bangla Stadium, Dhaka today.

Former Minister Reginald Cooray was sworn in as the Governor of the Northern Province before President Maithripala Sirisena, a short while ago, the presidential office said.  

Coordinating secretary to MP Weerakumara Dissanayeke has been hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself in Anuradhapura last night.