A 10-year-old girl and her 47-year-old mother were killed on the pavement in Dematagoda along Baseline Road, when a car driven by a 15 year old boy crashed into them last night.

Sri Lanka’s domestic mechanism would be a Sri Lankan process with an international element, visiting British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire said today.  

With one more batch of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees returning from Tamil Nadu to their motherland in a few days, the Sri Lankan government is keen on getting assistance of the Indian government to enable quicker voluntary repatriation of the remaining r

A broader international commitment would have ensured the success of an effort to end an over two-decade-long war between the Sri Lankan military and Tamil separatists, Erik Solheim, a former peace negotiator, said at the Atlantic Council on January

The Meteorology Department said today showers could be expected over the country during next few days.

The green light has been given to the delayed Colombo Port City project, the Sri Lankan ambassador to China confirmed on Friday.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka are striving to boost the bilateral trade to $1 billion from the current $325 million, Pakistan Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir said yesterday while inaugurating the three-day single-country exhibition in Colombo, along with

A team of researchers from the Archaeological Faculty of the Kelaniya University lead by Prof. Raj Somadewa has discovered a kind of grains of more than 6000 years during excavations on the Ilukkumbura area in Balangoda which was the seat of an ancie

Some former heads of local authorities which were administered by the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) are in the process of forming a new political party to contest the Local Government elections with the backing of former President Mah

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today asked the media which “went shopping” for the “18th Amendment, the Junta and G.L. Peiris” not to spoil the constitutional process.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) warned today it would take legal action against Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne and the Health Ministry Secretary Anura Jayawickrama next week for permitting the Malabe Private Medical University t

Sri Lanka and Japan had agreed to take measures to strengthen the cooperation on maritime security and also to develop mutual understanding between the two countries, the Defence Ministry said in a statement today.

The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) has recorded statements from cricketers Rangana Herath and Kusal Janith Perera in connection with a match fixing complaint, Police said today.

Sri Lanka has been named as a top under-the radar destination for 2016 by the Fox News, a post on the FoxNews website said.“This tropical Island in the Indian Ocean offers sweeping landscapes of lush green countryside, towering waterfalls and g

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Visiting State Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire discussed the setting up of the new office for National Unity and Reconciliation.

In the wake of the government’s decision not to implement the amendments proposed to the Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Nation Building Tax (NBT) in the 2016 Budget, All Island Bakery Owners Association has decided to reduce the price of bread, whic

Veteran actor Chandrasiri Kodithuwakku popular for playing the character ‘Abilin’ in ‘Kopi Kade’ television series has passed away today at the age of 67.Mr. Kodithuwakku was undergoing treatment in the ICU after he was admitt

Five women were arrested last night during a raid carried out in a brothel at Galle Road, Wellawatta, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said today.He said a 38-year-old woman was arrested for operating the brothel under the guise of an Ayurvedic Spa.

Sri Lanka strongly condemned the terrorist attack which took place in Jakarta last morning, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday.“We extend our condolences to the families of the victims who died in the incident and reiterate our

A total of 55 Indian fishermen, imprisoned in Sri Lankan jails have been released, while the remaining are expected to be released over the next couple of days, The Hindu reported today.

Approval of the pricing formula for fuel (which was submitted to Cabinet) has been postponed, according to government sources.

The proposed ‘Theravada Bhikkhu Dialogue’ Bill does not aim at weakening the authority of the Buddha Sangha but to give legal authority to Mahanayakas of all chapters including the four main Nikayas to carry out punishments decreed after

Allegations had been made against the principals of ten popular schools in Colombo and the outstations, and they are to be investigated by the Ministry of Education, said a senior official of the ministry.

President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to be perturbed over the Finance Ministry allegedly placing conditions for the allocation he sought for development work in the Polonnaruwa district.

The US Federal Reserve in Washington DC, has given an undertaking to Sri Lanka that it would conduct a thorough inquiry on the illegal dollar deposits of Sri Lankans and provide all information with the amount hoarded and the names of account holders

The activities of certain monks who support political leaders seeking benefits have a negative impact on the entire Buddhist mission, BBS General Secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera said today.

Visiting Britain’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hugo Swire has said reconciliation would be key to Sri Lanka future economic growth.

Several shops at Kotuwegoda in Matara were gutted due to a fire that broke out this afternoon, Police said.