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.

Four Chief Inspectors of Police including the HQI of the Mount Lavinia Police CI C.W. Iddamalgoda have been transferred due to service requirements with effect from yesterday, Police said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday warned that action would be taken against the electronic media, who used government's telecasting licence to insult religions and some sections of the society.

The Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director Akbar Hoti on Saturday allowed the investigation team to visit the United Kingdom (UK) and Sri Lanka to collect evidence for the murder of British-Pakistani politician Imran Farooq.

At least 27 people, including 25 female students, were hospitalized after a bus and a container collided head on and toppled at Otthekade in Bandarawela this morning.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he is the one who saved former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from being sent to the electric chair.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has decided to work with the Sri Lankan government in assisting the families of those reported missing during the nearly three-decade long separatist conflict in the country, foreign ministry said.

Asserting that her government was committed to ensuring the rights of fishermen in traditional waters of Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalaithaa on Friday said the Centre should take concerted efforts to halt their repeated arrests by Sri L

Ambassador for Sri Lanka to United States Prasad Kariyawasam said the Government was working with all stakeholders in the country and the international community to establish mechanisms for truth-seeking, justice, and reparations to give solace to al

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday made it clear that his government was not averse to international participation in investigating the alleged war crimes in his country, but said "final judgment will be made by the internal judicia

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Sri Lanka next week for a joint ‘Forensic Audit’ with the Central Bank to check on the rationale behind the development projects worth US$250 billion launched by the Mahinda Rajapaksa regim

State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene refuted claims made by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that the UNHRC resolution would make provision to arrest Sri Lankan military forces personnel and that the government was also assisting the UNHRC t

Thisara Perera became only the fourth bowler to have taken a hat-trick in T20 internationals when he picked the wickets of Hardik Pandya, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh of successive deliveries  during the second T20 match between Sri Lanka and I

Major General Milinda Peiris has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army while Major General Sumedha Perera was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff with effect from today (12) and February 15 respectively the Army said.

Eight people were arrested by the Bambalapitiya Police today on charges of stealing four three-wheelers and selling after cannibalizing them.

Ex-president and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa said today he hoped the SLFP MPs and ministers, who had joined the government, would soon make up their mind as to which side they belonged.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Central Committee today declined to endorse a request by some SLFP members in the joint apposition to be recognizes as a separate entity in Parliament.  

In a facts report on the money laundering inquiry against Samantha Kumara alias ‘Wele Suda’ and seven others, the CID informed Court that Wele Suda had continued to speak to drug dealers through a mobile phone and was involved in drug tra

All unauthorised structures along the coastal belt from Dehiwala to Mount Lavinia were demolished today by the Coast Conservation Department (CCD) with the help of the Police and the Army.

The Sri Lankan girl who made headlines after being refused a temporary visa because she has Down syndrome would be allowed to live in Australia, after Immigration Minister Peter Dutton intervened in her case.

The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) has requested the Education Ministry to inquire as to why the Navagaththegama Navodya School Principal had invited former UPFA North-Western provincial councillor Ananda Sarath Kumara -- who was remanded for forcing a

TNA Northern Provincial Councillor M.K. Sivajilingam said today they were not opposed to the appointment of Reginald Coorey as the Northern Province Governor because he was an experienced politician but they would have preferred a Tamil or a Muslim a