A 46-year-old man was stabbed to death during a clash among several beggars in Nawagamuwa last night, Police said.

The Police today arrested 37-year-old Ajith Priyantha allias 'Chandi' in connection with the shoot out at Angunukolapelessa where two persons were shot dead last night.

Dasun Jayasingha of Colombo Royal College and Umesha Karunawellada of Ratnawali Balika Vidyalaya, Gampaha have topped the island rankings at the GCE Advanced Level Examination in 2015, Maths and Bio-Science streams respectively.

The results of the GCE A/L examination held last year had been released today and results can be obtained from www.doenets.lk and www.results.exams.gov.lk, the Examination Department said. 

A 21-year-old youth drowned and another two youths went missing while bathing in the sea off Mount Lavinia last evening, the Police said.

With over 80 Indian fishermen languishing in Sri Lankan prisons, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has once again sought Central intervention for their release, the Times of India reported today.

Four gunmen and two guards were killed when unidentified militants attacked an Indian Air Force base near the Pakistan border on Saturday in an apparent challenge to attempts to revive a dialogue between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Live Events Ltd., the organizers of Enrique Iglesias Concert, which is in the centre of a controversy over allegations of non-payment of entertainment tax is expected to meet Colombo Mayor M.J.M. Muzammil to discuss the matter.

About 250 employees of a garment factory in Balangoda were admitted to the Balangoda Hospital due to food poisoning this morning, the Police said.

Two youths were killed and one injured, when the car they were traveling skidded off the road and crashed onto a rock at Kailapathana on the Dambulla-Kekirawa Road last night, the Police said.

Special police teams investigating the shooting at Bulugaha Junction in Peliyagoda on New Year’s Eve targeting a murder suspect and wounding two traffic constables have identified the gunman responsible.

Sri Lanka Labour Party leader and millionaire entrepreneur A.S.P. Liyanage said he had received a letter from the Commission to investigate allegations on Bribery or Corruption(BC) to appear before the commission on Monday in connection with his offe

Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday steps would be taken to construct a bridge across the Kandy Lake to ease the movement of traffic in the Kandy City.

The three Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Western Provincial councillors would act independently in future, JHU National Organiser and Councillor Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe said today.

The prices of all brands of cigarettes have been increased by rupees one or two from today, the Ceylon Tobacco Company said.It said the prices of Gold Leaf, Dunhill Light and Benson & Hedges cigarettes has been increased by Rs.2 while that of Bri

PRECIFAC Secretary Lacille de Silva said today the commission was able to complete investigations into two complaints out of 25 major complaints received in 2015.

Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara has complained to the FCID that two Sri Lankan support staff had approached cricketers Kusal Janith Perera and Rangana Herath requesting them to fix the Sri Lanka-West Indies test match which was played at Galle in

The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) is unlikely to buy the Pakistan-made and Chinese-designed JF-17, a third generation jet fighter, even if Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pushes for it during his sojourn in Colombo between January 4 and 6, a leadi

The country has no need to raise emergency funds, though the government may decide to make a formal request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for “some sort of arrangement” between Sri Lanka and the multilateral lender, Central Ban

One person is dead and more than a dozen injured after the massive fire overtook the Address Downtown hotel in Dubai, just hours before a New Year’s Eve fireworks display went off nearby, the National Post reported.

The number of people admitted to the Colombo National Hospital as a result of accidents on New Year’s Eve and the day before had been increased compared with last year, hospital sources said.

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that he would commit himself to strengthen the national economy and to eliminate poverty in the country with the dawn of the New Year.

Firefighters battled a blaze that engulfed a luxury hotel in Dubai Thursday night while a spectacular New Year's fireworks display lit up the night sky nearby.

The Sri Lanka Economic Forum in which the government’s agenda for economic prosperity 2023 is to be discussed, will get off the ground on January 7 in Colombo with the participation of George Soros and Prof Joseph Stiglitz , the organizing comm

Two factories in Ja Ela and Kiribathgoda were gutted by fires last night that caused extensive damage to their property. A fire broke out at the Nagindas Garment Factory in Ekala, Ja Ela at around 7.30pm yesterday.

Rejecting the ‘hopper revolution’ remark made by MP Wimal Weerawansa on Wednesday, Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said today that the former would end up in a garbage dump for bringing up rotten issues.