President Maithripala Sirisena in his Christmas message said Christmas symbolizes the birth of Jesus Christ who assumed a powerful voice, teaching us lessons of kindness and charity that have lasted for more than 2000 years.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ whose life was marked by love, forgiveness and mercy to all mankind, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in his Christmas message.

Nava Sama Samaja Party Leader Vickramabahu Karunaratne yesterday raised doubts whether MP Hirunika Premachandra followed the footsteps of her father who he identified as a hoodlum in Kolonnawa, as she attempted to resolve disputes among mobs.

The Vehicle Importers Association of Lanka (VIAL) today welcomed President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to withdraw the 2016-budget proposal to increase the import tax on electric vehicles by 50 percent.

Rizana Nafeek, the young housemaid who was executed in Saudi Arabia could have been saved if the current government was in power in 2013, Deputy Social Empowerment and Welfare Minister Ranjan Ramanayake said today.

The National STD/HIV Control Programme today said the number of HIV positive cases were on the rise with 2,241 HIV such patients and 21 AIDS related deaths reported in the country as at October this year.

The body of a three-year-old boy was washed ashore at the Dehiwela beach this evening, Police said. They said the mother of the boy had lodged a complaint with the Wellawatte Police this afternoon that the boy had gone missing from their house in Wel

The Water Supply Joint Trade Union Alliance today threatened to launch a trade union action from December 26 to 28 for not paying their annual bonus payment.

The Sri Lankan Mission in Saudi Arabia has not informed the Foreign Ministry about any Sri Lankans being injured in the fire which erupted at a hospital in Southern Saudi Arabia in the early hours of today, Ministry Spokesperson Mahishini Collonne sa

An overnight fire at a hospital in southern Saudi Arabia had killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100 others, the BBC reported a short while ago.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan has told the media in Lahore today that he had finally given up hope of organising the bilateral series against India in either UAE or Sri Lanka in December-January.

The law on use of plastics and polythene bags less than 20 microns of gauge would be strictly implemented from January 1, on a Presidential directive, Mahaweli Development and Environment Ministry Director Anura Jayathilaka.

A 35-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son are believed to have jumped into the Nilwala River from the Mahanama Bridge in Matara last night. Police and navy divers are searching for them.

A two kilometer long traffic line has blocked the Godagama exit of the Southern Expressway, the Southern Expressway officials said.

The Treasury Department of the Colombo Municipal Council has filed a case yesterday against the organiser of the live concert by Latin music idol Enrique Iglesias held last Sunday at the CR&FC Grounds -- for failing to pay nearly Rs. 30 million i

MP Hirunika Premachandra was questioned by the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) on Tuesday following a complaint by a 34-year-old man that he had been abducted by the MP's personal staff, Police spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya’s kneeling before some provincial councillors belonging to the ‘Mahinda Gang’ led to the defeat of the health budget of Western Province presented by the Jathika Hela Urumaya, said the

Amila Priyanga Amarasinghe, the 34-year-old man who was allegedly abducted by several supporters of UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra, said today that he did not know why he was abducted.

UPFA Minister Dilan Perera today lashed out at UNP General Secretary and Minister Kabir Hashim for allegedly making statements belittling previous UPFA governments.

The joint opposition today requested the government to table fresh budget proposals in Parliament in January, to enact new amendments proposed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, so as to cover the budget expenditure and lessen its deficit.

UPFA MP Udaya Gammanpila said today that action should be taken against the “young female Parliamentarian’ in connection with the abduction of a man in Dematagoda on Monday afternoon.

The Government of Saudi Arabia had decided not to carry out the death sentence on the Sri Lankan housemaid who was to be stoned to death for adultery, and to imprison her instead, said Acting Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva at a media briefing at th

A train travelling from Batticaloa to Colombo had suddenly stalled near the railway traffic lights at the Hunupitiya Railway Station after some of compartments had got detached, the Railway Department said.