SriLankan airlines has dispatched a plane to Bangkok to bring bank the remaining passengers because of the cancellation of a SriLankan flight from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, the airlines said.     

A commission should be appointed to look into the Wilpattu deforestation controversy, Minister of Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen said today.

The eight-year-old girl who had allegedly taken Rs.55,000 from a shoe shop in Ingiriya with the help of her mother, had been taken into Police custody last night, the Police said.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today described, the use of a vehicle belonging to MP Hirunika Premachandra to abduct a youth, as a transition from the white van culture to a black defender vehicle culture.

Six supporters of UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra, who were arrested in connection with the abduction of a 26-year-old youth in Dematagoda, were remanded till January 4 by Colombo Chief Magistrate today.   

Former Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, and two others, been further remanded until January 4 by Colombo Additional Magistrate today.

The Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) said it was going to request Inspector General of Police (IGP) N.K. Illangakoon take action to bar beggars and peddlers in their buses.

A reshuffle of positions in the United National Party (UNP) and a change in the party's constitution is on the cards in January, General Secretary Kabir Hashim said yesterday.

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to visit China during the middle of January, sources close to him said yesterday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe left on a ten day trip to the UK yesterday. According to sources from the Prime Minister’s office it is not an official visit. He is expected to spend some time in Ireland as well

The expenditure head of the Western Province Health Ministry was defeated by a majority of 12 votes with 23 members voting in favour and 45 voting against.

The mid-term economic development plan presented to Parliament by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will not be hampered despite amendments to several of the budget proposals, Deputy Minister Harsha De Silva said today.

Dismissing allegations that she had threatened and assaulted a 26-year-old man who had been abducted by her support staff in a "Defender" vehicle, UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra said today that all she wanted to do was to prevent a family fro

Former president and Kurunegala district MP Mahinda Rajapaksa said his son Namal had published his photograph doing Yoga without his permission in the Facebook.

In a statement to the police a 26-year-old youth -- who was abducted by some supporters of parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra -- said he was personally threatened by her, the Police Spokesman said today.

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) today alleged that a 'huge tax fraud' had been committed on the income earned from the Latin Musical Idol Enrique Iglesias’s “Sex and Love Tour” live concert held last Sunday at the CR&

The number of patients hospitalized from the “Thinner” pipe explosion that occurred at a paint factory in Keselwatta, Panadura has risen to 50.

Eight Senior Superintendents (SSPs) have been promoted to the posts of Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs), the Police Department said.

At least 17 people were hospitalized after developing breathing difficulties following an explosion of a “Thinner” pipe in a paint factory in Keselwatta, Panadura, police said.

Former President and Kurunegala district MP Mahinda Rajapaksa today made a visit to the Prison Hospital in Welikada to meet the five army personnel who had been arrested for their alleged involvement in the abduction and murder of Prageeth Eknaligoda

The youth who has allegedly been abducted by a group of men in a defender belonging to MP Hirunika Premachandra was admitted to National Hospital, Colombo for a medical check-up, Police said.

A coordinating secretary of the Postal Service and Muslim Affairs Ministry has been arrested by the customs, when he tried to smuggle in gold worth Rs. 2 million, at the Bandaranayake International Airport this morning.

A 26-year-old youth employed in a Dematagoda drapery store was abducted in broad daylight by an unidentified gang that came in a Land Rover Defender, which was allegedly owned by Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekar

Ingiriya police are investigating an incident where a little girl had allegedly robbed more than Rs 60,000 from a shoe shop in Ingiriya with the help of her mother.

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence (DASD) for South and Sout Eeast Asia Dr. Amy Searight, who concluded her three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Saturday, examined the future role of Sri Lankan security forces, the US embassy said today.

Mega Polis and Western Province Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka is scheduled to unveil 100 development projects in the Western Province on January 8 to coincide with President Maithripala Sirisena’s first anniversary in office, Mi

A 20-year-old youth went missing and the body of a middle-aged woman was washed ashore after they were drowned while bathing in Benthara Sea this afternoon, Police said.

Though the Colombo Port has earned an income of Rs.26 billion this year, a significant portion of it will go to settle a loan obtained from the Chinese government for the construction of the Hambantota Port, Ports and Shipping Minister Arjuna Ranatun