Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today that public servants would be given a permit to import a vehicle once in ten years.

The Cabinet has approved the Right to Information Bill yesterday, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed Parliament this morning.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today rejected the application filed by the former UPFA MP Sajin Vass Gunawardane requesting permission to go overseas.

Former defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and two former navy commanders arrived at the PRECIFAC a short while ago to give a statement over the Rakna Arakshaka Lanka controversy.

A well-known comedian and character actor Sunil Hettiarachchi passed away this morning at the age of 78. He was born in 1937

Police said there was an "active shooter" incident in the city of San Bernardino and confirmed there were between one and three possible suspects who were 'heavily armed' and believed to be wearing body armour.

Police arrested three Sri Lankan and four Japanese men Wednesday on suspicion of kidnapping a Sri Lankan man living in Kanagawa Prefecture to force his brother to pay the victim’s debt.

A feeble 71 year-old woman -- the mother of two daughters -- was taken into custody by the Meetiyagoda Police yesterday after it was discovered that she was kept locked up in a toilet in her eldest daughter’s home in Diddeliya, Meetiyagoda.

Former Head of Channel at the Carlton Sports Network, Yasara Abeynayake, daughter of veteran film director Ananda Abeynayake, got engaged to former Sri Lanka Rugby 7s captain and Kandy Sports Club skipper Fazil Marija in a simple ceremony.

Not a single elephant birth has been reported and no elephant registration had taken place from 2009 to 2013, Wild Life Conservation Department said today. Consequently, Wild Life Department officials are not aware of the number of calves that were b

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today the government was aiming to achieve a 9% growth by 2030 and though the task could be termed difficult it was not an impossible task.

Commenting on a case filed against former solicitor general and President Counsel Rienzie Arsakularatne, whose mobile phone had reportedly rung inside the Galle High Court, the Hultsdorp High Court Lawyers’ Association (HCLA) today affirmed tha

With no end to rains in Chennai and water logging on the runway, the Airports Authority of India has suspended operations in the city's airport until noon on Sunday.

Two Traffic Policemen attached to the Athurugiriya Police were hospitalised after being assaulted this evening by four men in a trishaw when they ordered the trishaw to stop.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry said today that they had not received any intimation of any Sri Lankan stranded in Chennai due to the floods so far, and that if there were any persons stranded there they would be taken care of.

President Maithripala Sirisena today thanked all the government and opposition members who contributed to pass the 2016 Budget in parliament.

Several expressways had been proposed to be built in the Western Province to bypass the Colombo city to ease the day-to-day traffic congestions, the City Planning and Water Supply State Minister Sudarshini Fernandopulle said today.

Second reading of the budget 2016 passed in Parliament with a majority of 107 votes when the vote was taken a short while ago.

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka today challenged Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe to reveal if he had any sort of connection with Avant Garde owner within the next 48 hours.

The third term vacation for all the government and private schools would commence on December 4, the Education Ministry announced today.The first term of the 2016 would begin on January 4.  

A recent advertisement featuring a Policeman has made the Police Department to strictly enforce the existing laws, which require the entertainment industry to request permission for the use of the Police Uniform.

Former External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris today warned that terrorism would raise its head again if the government continued with its actions which were harmful to the national security.

The Indian Supreme Court has blocked the release of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s killers on Wednesday, saying the Tamil Nadu government had no power to remit their sentences without the Centre’s consent, Hindustan Times reported.

Former Eastern Province Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, who was detained over the murder of former MP Joseph Pararajasingham, was remanded until December 16 by the Batticaloa Magistrate Court today.

All government doctors have decided to launch an island wide strike starting at 8 am tomorrow demanding the authorities to restore the duty-free vehicle permit concession, the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) announced.

Heavy rains lashed the southern Indian city of Chennai on Monday and Tuesday, closing the Chennai International Air Port.

Six Officers-In-Charge of the Police (OIC) including the OIC of the Narahenpita Police have been transferred with immediate effect, the Police said today.