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.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will make a statement in Parliament with regard to the revelations made by Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Rajitha Senaratne on bank accounts in Dubai belonging to a former VVIP family, an MP and a head of a government insti

'Live Events', (the company that organised last December's controversial Enrique Iglesias concert at the CR&FC Grounds) had agreed to settle the tax payment to the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) after it was accused of not paying the

A system of appointing non-resident ambassadors would be introduced as means of modernising the country's Foreign Service, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera informed Parliament today.

Different standards were applied by the law enforcers to MP Hirunika Premachandra (when she was arrested for allegedly kidnapping someone) and the Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera when he was charged with contempt of court and the disruption of c

The investigations on the incident in Embilipitiya, where a young man was killed, took a dramatic turn as it had been revealed now that no one had informed the Police about a clash to Police on the Police Emergency hotline 119, Minister of Law and Or

Homagama Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today ordered the Homagama Police to arrest all the people who behaved in a violent manner on charges of contempt of court and produce before the court before February 9.

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Secretary General Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara was admitted to the Welikada Prison Hospital due to sudden illness this evening.

Sri Lanka’s government has ended the pervasive culture of surveillance and censorship and embarked on reforms aimed to undo years of increasingly authoritarian rule, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today in its World Report 2016.

Lawyers for former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake appeared before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption in connection with the ongoing case against Ms. Bandaranayake.

The Embilipitiya Magistrate today issued arrest warrants on the suspects over the clash and the death of a man in Embilipitiya. The victim’s wife today gave evidence in Court and said the Embilipitiya HQI and the ASP were to be accused for her

Kotadeniyawa Police OIC H.W.S. Udayakumara has been transferred to the Kegalle Division on a service requirement, Police said.They said Welioya Division OIC D.D. Wickramasinghe was transferred to Kotadeniyawa while Inspector D.M.P. Dissanayake has be

In an interview with the Channel 4 news, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the government had not ruled out international involvement in the probe into alleged war crimes.

A Sri Lankan housemaid is on trial in Fujairah on charges of beating to death a Filipino maid working at the same house, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The Meteorology Department said today the existing warm weather conditions will prevail over most parts of the country and that there would be no rains for the next few weeks.

Former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan who was arrested in connection with the murder of former parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingham, was further remanded till February 10 by Batticaloa Magistrate Ganesh