At least one person died and four others were injured when a van driven by a police officer ran over supporters of UPFA candidate and Minister Duminda Dissanayake in Rambawa, Anuradhapura, this afternoon.

Police are seeking public assistance to apprehend the suspects wanted for yesterday’s shooting in Kotahena.

United Nations said yesterday it was exploring provision of a broad package of technical and financial assistance including the support of the Northern Province to bolster citizen confidence in the peace process on a request made by the Northern Chie

Three women were killed and 12 injured when a lorry veered off the road at Habaraluara on the Udawalawa kataragama Road early this morning, police said.

Preliminary police investigations had revealed the yesterday's shooting might be related to a longstanding clash between two underworld factions in the area.

Deputy Justice Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe and another person were today noticed to appear in the Homagama Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, August 5 for allegedly violating election laws and obstructing a police officer from carrying out his du

While condemning the Kotahena shooting which killed a woman, the UPFA today said the shooting seems to be a result of a clash between two groups of underworld figures.

A car suspected to have been used to transport the armed men who opened fire at the supporters of Minister Ravi Karunanayake was found abandoned near the Bloemendhal flats, police said.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said the shooting at Kotahena was a breach of democratic principles and was sponsored by bankrupt opposition politicians.

Deputy Justice Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe today rejected the allegation that he had threatened a sergeant attached to the Athurugiriya Police and said he had advised the sergeant not to consume alcohol while on duty.

The members of the Open University Students Unity (OUSU) called off their Satyagraha which was held for the past 227 days demanding that the excessive course fees be reduced.

In the first major act of violence ahead of the August 17 election, a 42-year-old woman was shot dead and 13 others injured when some unidentified gunmen fired at hundreds of people led by Minister Ravi Karunanayake on election campaigning along Bloe

A sergeant attached to the Athurugiriya Police has complained that Deputy Justice Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe had threatened him when he requested the deputy justice minister to refrain from holding a road show at the Habarakada junction in Homagama

Investigations conducted by the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission had revealed that the Sri Lanka Army was responsible for the shooting and assaults that took place while dispersing the crowd at Rathupaswela.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishanta Peiris has ordered that the bank accounts of teledrama actress Aksha Sudhari (who is alleged to have had an affair with an Indian and defrauded him Rs 140 million) be frozen. Accordingly instruction had been iss

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, who accused former President Mahinda Rajapaksa of bribing the LTTE at that time, challenged him to prove his innocence if possible.

A large stock of foreign made illicit cigarettes worth over Rs.96 million was seized by Excise Headquarters Special Crime Unit from a warehouse in Mattakkuliya yesterday amidst unconfirmed reports of a container illicit cigarettes discreetly being re

The fifty billion rupee per year tender to supply coal to the Lakvijaya Power Plant in Norochcholai for three years has run into fresh controversy, with the chairman of the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) reportedly refusing to chair the technic

Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Mahishini Colonne yesterday said that she didn’t believe there was any agreement between the UN and Sri Lanka regarding a domestic inquiry as claimed by the UK based Channel-4 news agency.

At a UPFA propaganda meeting held at the Moneragala Pradeshiya Sabha grounds yesterday, in support of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the former president and present UPFA candidate contesting Kurunegala District, the crowd hooted Deputy Minister Jagath Pushpakum

I will not engage in any political propaganda supporting the TNA candidates, instead take a neutral stance, NPC Chief Minister C.V Wigneswaran said in a communiqué issued in that context.

Even though the original complaint in connection with an alleged fraud at the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) was lodged against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in the course of investigations, the former President had not been found

The woman’s body found in a travelling bag at the Bastian Mawatha private bus terminal in Pettah on Wednesday, had been identified as a 34-year-old resident of Jaffna, police said.