The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya today condemned the manner in which the Police Special Investigation Unit (SIU) was investigating the fraud alleged to have been committed by PHU General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila.

UPFA MP Bandula Gunawardane today criticised the budget proposal to impose charges on cash withdrawals by bank customers. The government through in the 2016 budget has proposed to impose charges on cash withdrawals which exceed Rs.1 million.

Sri Lanka’s maritime and aviation aspects had become key pillars of economic development due to the peaceful environment after the conflict, Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi said today.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has commended the leadership that Sri Lanka has provided for the Colombo Process (CP) - the Regional Consultative Process on the management of overseas employment and contractual labour for countries

The bodies of two males had been found in two separate places in Colombo- one in the Beira Lake and the other in a canal by the Open University in Nawala- this morning, Police said.

Refugee advocates are concerned for a Sri Lankan asylum seeker on Nauru who has been jailed after he attempted to commit suicide at the detention centre there.

Jewellery worth Rs.3.5 million belonging to film and teledrama actress Sanoja Bibile had been stolen last evening from her car, police said.

At least 17 reserved forests in five districts in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces are being cleared with the initiative of several Muslim ministers representing the receptive areas, an environmental lobby group charged.

The United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) parliamentary group which met Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Bentota today had come up with a proposal to provide a special grant to public servants to purchase vehicles.

President Maithripala Sirisena has invited the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to host a global consultation in Sri Lanka, on the lessons learnt in advancing the health of migrants, Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Geneva said in a st

Personal security officers providing security to three Northern provincial councillors including the Opposition Leader have been withdrawn without an earlier notice, Northern Provincial Councillor Anandi Sashidaran claimed today.

Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago.

Long distance train passengers will be banned from travelling on foot-board with effect from December 01 as a preventive measure of possible accidents, Railway Department said today.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that delisting of some Diaspora groups was a good sign and it gives the correct signal that the government wants to build a new era based on friendship and goodwill.

President Maithripala Sirisena who participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Malta, will leave for France today to attend the United Nations Conferenceon Climate Change – 2015.

A 150 foot tower built by the Dutch, located at Kandawala along the Baseline Road in Katana has collapsed yesterday morning.

Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Coast Guard on routine patrol arrested eight Indian fishermen and two Indian trawlers engaged in illegal fishing in the seas near Delft Island early this morning, the Navy said.

The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau has hired lawyers to file an appeal on behalf of the Sri Lankan maid, who has been sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India  (BCCI) is unlikely to get a formal clearance from the Union government to play Pakistan in a limited-overs series in Sri Lanka next month, NDTV Sports reported.

Army chief General Dalbir Singh kicks off on Sunday a five-day visit to Sri Lanka where he could discuss upgrading the island nation’s ageing warplanes, tanks and air defence guns as part of New Delhi’s efforts to curb China’s growi

Officer in Charge of the Crime Branch of the Narahenpita Police who was nabbed by the Bribery Commission sleuths yesterday was remanded till November 30.

Mohammed Shiyam’s father today withdrew his statement which he made outside the court yesterday that former DIG Vass Gunawardena had no connection with his son’s murder.

In the wake of widespread protests over some of the budgetary proposals such as the increase in the fees for vehicle emission tests, the government is contemplating amending the charges during the Budget debate, Daily Mirror learns.

Perturbed over the withdrawl of concessionary vehicle permits, senior public servants have written to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe urging that the circular prohibiting such vehicle permits be withdrawn and th

Baroness Patricia Scotland from the UK was elected secretary general of the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth summit in Malta by leaders of the 53-nation bloc.

All Tamil Medium Schools in the North were closed yesterday on a directive by the Provincial Ministry of Education. The Sinhala Medium Schools functioned as usual because as they had received the directive much later.

Shangri-La's Hambantota Resort and Spa, the first of the two Shangri-La hotels being constructed in Sri Lanka will be declared open by early June next year, Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts Sri Lanka General Manager Mehdi Serrour said today.