The threat for flooding will be renewed in Sri Lanka and southern India Sunday into Wednesday, regardless of tropical development.

An individual was stabbed to death at a musical show in Seethawaka, Awissawella early this morning, police said.

President Maithripala Sirisena in a message to French President Francois Hollande conveyed his condolences to the French government and people over the loss of life and injuries sustained due to the terrorist attack in Paris.

ISIS claimed responsibility for gunfire and blasts that targeted six sites Friday night in Paris, killing 128 people in one of Europe's deadliest massacres in recent years.

A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Japan at 5:51 a.m. Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, with Japanese authorities reporting several small tsunamis on at least two i

Paris bound SriLankan flight UL563 landed at Charles de Gaulle airport as scheduled at 12.30 noon (SL time) amidst the tense situation reported in Paris due to today’s attack, SriLankan Airlines Media Development Manager Deepal Perera said.

A fisherman who was fishing in the Maduru Oya Reservoir has complained to the Aralaganvila police that he saw a fireball in the sky at 7.10 p.m. last evening for about 40 minutes and fell it  into the reservoir, police said.

A notorious underworld gangster Kiriellage Melan Ajantha Pethum alias ‘Bloemendhal Pethum’ was arrested last evening at Bloemendhal in Colombo following a tip off, the Police said.

The Meteorology Department said today heavy falls exceeding 100mm could be expected at some places as the disturbance in the Bay of Bengal has intensified in to a low pressure area and now located to the southeast of Sri Lanka.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday said it was in control in the country’s political sphere and the resignation of Minister Tilak Marapana and the President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to handover the responsibility of defend

Buddhasasana and Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe claimed Minister Rajitha Senaratne was accusing him falsely that he was protecting Avant Garde, as an act of revenge as the latter lost his parliamentary seat in 1994 as a result of a case filed

Sri Lanka said that so far there have been no reports of any Sri Lankan nationals in Paris, France being affected by a series of terror attacks that rocked Paris on Friday evening.

Paris has been rocked by a string of deadly attacks, leaving at least 120 people dead in several locations. President François Hollande has declared a state of emergency.

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka today urged the President and the Prime Minister to remove Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from his portfolio on the grounds that he was a disgrace to the principles of good governance.

Clouds hampered observations from the ground in Sri Lanka during the re-entry of WT1190F overnight, but a team of astronomers captured spectacular images of the object from a high-flying plane over the Indian Ocean very close to the predicted time of

UPFA MP Lohan Ratwatte said today the person who defeated the SLFP was the party chairman and as such the party could not win under the present chairman.

Twenty four ex-LTTE detainees were today released on strict bail conditions after providing sureties from their places of residence.

In a bid to control the sharp rise of people falling victims to diabetes, the Health Ministry has laid down regulations for tea shops, restaurants and state and private sector institutions to follow when serving tea, coffee and soft drinks.

The JVP was asked to be present in the Commercial High Court on November 27 to inquire into a claim made by the late Rohana Wijeweera's wife Chitrnaganie that the JVP re-printed and published seven books written by Mr. Wijeweera.

Ranjini, a Sri Lankan mother of three who has spent more than three years in detention after being deemed a national security threat by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), has been freed, Sydney Morning Herald said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has flown to Singapore for a medical checkup, informed sources said.

Astronomers monitoring the space debris WT1190F, which was expected to fall into the sea or on land near southern coast, today said the debris might have burnt to ashes before reaching the Earth’s atmosphere.

The massive hartal campaign in several towns in the Northern Province, launched by shop owners and other service providers demanding that all Tamil political prisoners be released, is still underway, our reporter said.

The National League for Democracy has won a majority in Myanmar's historic general election ending decades of military-backed rule, the BBC said.

Colombo Commercial High Court today issued summons on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and six others to appear in courts on March 10, 2016 for nonpayment of funds for the use of CTB buses for his election campaign during the last presidential elec

The Navy would take all the weapons belonging to the Avant-Garde Maritime Services (Pvt.) Limited to its possession commencing today, Navy Spokesman Captain Akram Alavi said.