Prices of bread and other bakery products could be increased in the near future, the All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association warned today.

While claiming that 500 soldiers had not been assigned to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at all as reported, his spokesman said that Mr. Rajapaksa was in need for  500 more military personnel for his security as his life was in danger, inste

A minor flood situation remained in several parts of the country with sluice gates of almost all major reservoirs opened after the water levels reached spill level.

A 20-year-old man had been knocked down and killed by a train plying from Maradana to Fort railway station last night.

President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said Sri Lanka is committed to world peace. He expressed these views when he met a group of representatives of the Comprehensive Nuclear- Test –Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) at the President’s Of

Commercial flight operations resumed today at the Chennai airport that was shut on Tuesday (Dec.1) evening due to excessive water-logging. As the flood crisis in the Tamil Nadu capital eased after days of torrential rain, train services also resumed

Police said today the lane law regulation which was already in effect in Colombo would be strictly implemented along Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Duplication Road and Highlevel Road from Nugegoda to Colombo from tomorrow (Dec 7).

Land to a foreign investor up to a maximum of 5,000 acres and relax the criteria in respect of projects which are “labour intensive with the focus on job creation,” Finance Minister, Ravi Karunanayake, told The Hindu.

The Sri Lankan Government has expressed its willingness to resume the suspended Colombo Port City Project, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. South Asian Division Counsellor and Director Chen Feng told Sri Lankan journalists visiting China that the C

SriLankan Airlines said more flights have been cancelled following the announcement by the Indian aviation authorities that the aerodrome of the Chennai Airport would be closed for commercial operations till December 8.

SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka have arranged a special flight tomorrow to bring back a group of 120 pilgrims who were stranded in the Buddhist holy city of Bodh Gaya (Buddha Gaya) due to the floods in India, a spokesman for the SriLankan Airlines

The Polonnaruwa-Somawathiya Road was under water and impassable since this morning due to floods at Sungavila, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.

The Meteorology Department said today heavy rains exceeding 100 mm were expected at some places as the atmospheric disturbance was still persisting in the vicinity of Sri Lanka.

Former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nalaka Godahewa, who was summoned to the Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) today had informed that he was unable to attend the FCID today, the Police said.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) former Deputy Director General Dhammika Manjira Perera and an agent identified as Roni Abraham who were arrested by the FCID yesterday were remanded till December 07.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe held a one-on-one meeting in the Prime Minister's office in the Parliamentary complex yesterday.

The government is holding discussions with several countries, including India and Pakistan, to strengthen Sri Lanka's military, State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene informed Parliament yesterday.

The Counsel for Justice Sarath de Abrew yesterday submitted to the Supreme Court that there was no proper investigation or no sufficient evidence against Justice Sarath de Abrew to institute criminal proceedings against him.

UPFA MP Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday said Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake had even misled President Maithripala Sirisena by making false claims about the 2016 Budget allocations.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A. Sumanthiran was today verbally confronted by Muslim MPs in Parliament creating chaos the House when he asked whether stoning a person to death had been recommended by Islam's Shariya Law.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) former Deputy Director General Dhammika Manjira Perera and an agent identified as Roni Abraham were arrested by the FCID today in connection with an alleged Rs. 5 million fraud which had taken plac

Nine women were arrested by the Peliyagoda Police Marine Division today on charges of throwing garbage, waste water and other effluent substances into the Kelani River.

In its report on the police assault on the students of the Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) during a protest in Ward Place in October, the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (SLHRC) today recommended that the police should compensate thos

Former President and Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa who spoke in Parliament for the first time since his election as an MP said yesterday that some who allege about wrongdoings during his regime remained silent then.

President Maithripala Sirisena today said appointing former LTTE member Vinyagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman as a minister and as a SLFP Vice President was the right decision.

Even though the outcome of the meeting with the President and the Health Minister was positive, the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said today its future action would be decided based on the outcome of the next meeting with the Prime M

Sri Lanka has not made a formal request for International Monetary Fund help but the fund's staff is looking at ways to help the island nation, Reuters reported quoting an IMF spokesman.