Traffic will be restricted on roads along Galle Road near Galle Face in Colombo on January 30, 31 and February 2 due to the Independence Day ceremony rehearsals, Police said.

The Joint Opposition today condemned the speech made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament targeting the media and said both the Prime Minister and the Media Minister should humbly apologise to the media.

A group of Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) members including its National Organiser Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe, several monks and lawyers on Thursday visited Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera who is detained at the We

The Department of Examinations has requested sitting the 2016 GCE A/L Examination to send in their applications between February 1 and February 29.

The Maldivian Police have enough evidence to detain the 27-year-old Sri Lankan arrested on charges of conspiring to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, the Maldives Legal Affairs Minister Azima Shakoor told a media conference in Colomb

The sand placed in the swimming pool at Sri Lanka Labour Party Leader and Businessman A.S.P. Liyanage’s residence in Rajagiriya was removed this morning under the supervision of Colombo Crime Division (CCD) Chief Vijith Gunaratne and the Raja

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at the PRECIFAC this morning to give a statement over the non-payment of bills owed to the ITN. Mr. Rajapaksa was questioned regarding this matter on several previous occasions and he had averred that the Sr

Australian counter-terrorism police have raided two homes in Melbourne reportedly linked to a Sri Lankan-born Australian national who appeared in a propaganda video for the Islamic State (IS) last year, the International Business Times reported on Fr

A 11-year-old boy was injured in a minor blast at Rajanganaya-Yaya yesterday, Police said. The blast had occurred when the boy was playing with an object, suspected to be an improvised explosive device (IED), on his way home from school.

Opposing the release of a Tamil film based on the life of slain former LTTE television broadcaster Isaipriya, titled ‘ Porkalathil Oru Poo ’, her mother and sister have approached the Madras High Court seeking to restrain the director fro

Graham Ford has agreed to return to Sri Lanka for a second spell as coach, his English county championship employer Surrey announced on Thursday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons on Wednesday that Britain and its allies including Sri Lanka are watching the Maldivian situation very closely.

The body of a 13-year-old girl was found from a home in Mawathagama this evening, Police said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday denied reports that -- at an interview with Channel Four -- he had said the Sri Lankan Government had not ruled out a foreign judicial inquiry on alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka.

One more week would be given to bus operators residing outside the Colombo District to remove any form of stickers or banners, which could be interpreted as racist, the Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne sai

Senior Superintendent of Prisons Anura Ekanayake, who was in charge of the Welikada Prison, had been transferred to the Prisons Headquarters with immediate effect, Prison officials said today.

The 15-year-old boy and his mother, who were arrested over a fatal accident in Dematagoda were released on bail today.

The Bodu Jana Peramuna (BJP), the political wing of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), has requested the Elections Commissioner to rename their party as the United Sinhale People’s Front (USPF), its Secretary Nath Amarakoon said today.

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne today said the Government had put up screening facilities for the Zika virus at the Bandaranaike International Airport and instructed the airport officials to be alert on the virus.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said today that it would send a letter of demand seeking Rs. 500 million from Malabe Medical Institute’s Parents Association member Gemunu Wijeratne for allegedly making defamatory state

The Homagama Magistrate today rejected the bail application submitted on behalf of the Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary the Ven. Galagodatte Gnanasara Thera, who was remanded till February 9 on the charge of contempt of court.

Cabinet approval has been obtained to increase the trade levy on a kilo of Mackerel --being imported for the production of canned fish -- from Rs.50 a kilo to Rs.100 a kilo, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne said today.

Sri Lanka and China were ranked at 83 simultaneously out of 168 countries in the World Corruption Perception Index compiled by the Germany based Transparency International (TI) released yesterday, January 27.

A bail application of General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Ven. Galagodatte Gnanasara Thera, who is on remand on the charge of contempt of court, was filed this morning in the Homagama magistrate’s court.  Attorney at Law Sumudu Kantha

SriLankan airlines’ former chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) this

The Cabinet is reportedly divided over the opinion on the proposal to sing the National Anthem both in Sinhala and Tamil languages at the National Independence Day event this time, it is learnt.

Police are seeking to arrest a gang of hooligans that caused mayhem by pelting stones at moving vehicles on the E1 Southern Expressway near Gelanigama on Tuesday night, causing serious damage to eight cars.