Heavy traffic has been reported in the Town Hall area in Colombo 7 because a protest launched by Engineering students of the South Eastern University.

The government today warned that regional plantation companies, which refuse to increase the wages of their workers, would be taken over by the State, Minister Lakshman Kiriella said this at the District Coordination Committee meeting.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary and Opposition MP Udaya Gammanpila today requested US President Barack Obama to appoint Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake as the US Treasury Secretary so as to help stabilize the Sri Lankan rupee in a r

The host of the Miss Universe pageant mistakenly announced the wrong winner on Sunday, who then had to give up the crown and hand it over to a 26-year-old actress and model from the Philippines.

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) today said they would give two weeks to the government to solve issues of South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in Malabe, the Indo-Lanka trade agreement and budget proposals perta

Australian mogul James Packer resigned today from the day-to-day running of Crown Resorts but said he will remain involved with the global casino operator in a senior executive role.

A 30-year-old Sri Lankan reportedly jumped to his death from the terrace of Qatif Central Hospital in the Eastern Province on Saturday.

A 14-day-old baby girl had been allegedly killed by her mother at the Castle Hospital in Borella last night, Police said.

The government has decided to encourage the establishment of private universities in the country, while giving the fullest possible autonomy to State run universities, Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday.

Sri Lanka has requested for an extension of the time of the US $ 400 million currency swap facility provided in March this year.

A new organisation was formed by Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran with a goal of finding solutions to the problems of the Tamil speaking people in the country.

The Navy seized five kilograms of gold worth Rs. 24.4 million, which had been hidden inside a fiberglass dinghy off the seas of North Urumalai on Friday night.

The SLFP and the Joint Opposition will not keep quiet about the changes that were taking place in the country today, former President and Kurunegala UPFA MP Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

At least 34 passengers were injured after two buses collided head on at Padiyathalawa on the Mahiyanganaya- Batticaloa main road this afternoon, Police said.

Several cleaning employees at the Bandaranaike International Airport launched a strike this morning demanding the management increase their pay.

Six Indian fishermen were arrested for illegal poaching North of the Delft last night, the Navy said.

The United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal arrived in Sri Lanka this morning.

President Maithripala Sirisena said he will not allow foreign companies to enter into gem mining industry in the country.

Two people had been killed when a motorcycle and a van collided head-on at Maspotha in Kurunegala last night, the Police said.

The third reading of the Budget 2016 passed in Parliament with a majority of 109 votes with 160 votes in favour and 51 votes against it while 13 members were absent.

Badulla District UNP MP Vadivel Suresh who threatened to self-immolate in the chamber of Parliament over state workers’ salary issue, today attempted to take two cans of Petrol into Parliament, but Parliament police prevented it.

While thanking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for making some amendments to  the Budget 2016, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today termed the Budget 2016 as a ‘historical budget’ as he never seen such a budget before.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Parliament that the German government has assured that the Volkswagen Company has not suspended work and therefore steps would be taken to establish an assembly plant in Kuliyapitiya soon.

In a major policy decision, the Government has decided to implement the Central Expressway Project (CEP) with inputs from local construction firms, joint ventures or consortiums. 

Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure the release of 41 Tamil Nadu fishermen, who have been in Sri Lankan custody over the past several weeks, and 56 fishing boats.