In a move that would benefit Sri Lankan refugees living in camps across the State who intend to return to the island-nation voluntarily, the UNHCR has assisted the Sri Lankan government in increasing the flight baggage allowance for repatriating r

Police yesterday arrested three women including the manager of a brothel being operated in the guise of an Ayurvedic Medical Centre on Kanatta Road in Battaramulla.

The Code of Criminal Procedure and Penal Code amendments proposed by the government to ban hate speeches would only intensify disharmony amongst different ethnic and religious groups, National Freedom Front (NFF) National Organiser MP Jayantha Samara

Family members of Army intelligence officers who were arrested and detained under the PTA in connection with the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda today requested the government to release their loved ones similar to the way in which ex

Sri Lanka has maintained its rank in the 'high human development category' at 73rd place according to the Human Development Report (HDR) 2015 released yesterday in Ethiopia by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

The efforts taken by Sri Lanka to successfully rebuild the country and to reconcile its people would set an example to the rest of the world which is burdened with conflict today, visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs-Designate T

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) today objected to the amending of the Criminal Justice Procedure Code and the Penal Code.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has called for the withdrawal of the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, placed on the Order Paper, citing that its provisions were identical to those of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), it is learnt.

The Health Ministry today gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court to provide clinical training to the students of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) at the Avissawella Base Hospital and the Kaduwela MOH.

State Minister for Defense, Ruwan Wijewardene today assured that the probe on the alleged abduction and killing of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda would be carried out in a manner which would not affect any intelligence officers.

The CID informed the Pelmadulla Magistrate today that the results of the DNA tests had proved that the 35-year-old man arrested on Friday was involved in the killings of six of the seven women at Kotakethana and Kahawatta.

Former Minister Johnston Fernando was granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate over cases filed by the Bribery Commission for not declaring assets.

Heavy traffic is reported in Fort area, Colombo due to a protest held by a group of bank employees in front of the Fort Railway Station.

President Maithripala Sirisena is to present a motion to convert the Parliament into a Constitutional Assembly on January 9, 2016, informed sources said yesterday.

The Govijana Association yesterday said the farmer community was ready to come to President’s House on the 17th with their farming equipment and mud on the body, wearing span cloth (Amude) to express their protest for curtailing the fertilizer

In a bid to strengthen bilateral ties between the US and Sri Lanka, an annual Partnership Dialogue organised by the US and Sri Lankan governments will start by late February, next year in Washington, visiting US Under Secretary of State (Designate) f

Former postal services minister, Jeewan Kumaranatunga was quizzed by the Police Financial Crime Investigation Division today, over the misuse of state funds for the construction of the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama, Homagama.

President Maithripala Sirisena who met with Pope Francis in Vatican today, held discussion on the process of peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka, the Vatican said.

The government, semi-government and private sector trade unions collective has called off the countrywide strike scheduled for tomorrow after the Prime Minister’s statement in Parliament today, Ceylon Teachers’ Union General Secretary Jos

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today pledged to add the Rs. 10,000 salary increment of government servants to the basic salary in three stages with Rs. 2,500 added in January next year and announced several amendments to budget proposals providi

The US Embassy has yet not given approval to the visa application submitted by Democratic Party Leader Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka two weeks ago, sources close to Field Marshal Fonseka said today.

Former Navy Commander Somathilake Dissanayake arrived at the Bribery Commission (BC) this morning to give a statement in connection with several allegations levelled against him.