The strike scheduled to be launched midnight today by the Railways’ Professional Trade Union Alliance had been called off, Convener Janaka Fernando said.

The UPFA today claimed that the UNP, which alleged the then UPFA government of spending excessive amount of funds for expressway constructions, had estimated to spend a staggering amount of Rs. 150 billion for the construction of the Kadawatha-Meerig

Three new ambassadors had been appointed to fill vacancies in Sri Lankan Missions in India, Russia and Philippines, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said today.

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) Chairman Somaratne Dissanayake said today that he would resign his post with effect from August 3, due to personal reasons.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Puttalam district candidate Samantha Koralearachchi and a woman supporter were arrested today on charges of distributing leaflets at the Chilaw Hospital premises, police said.

The Railways’ Professional Trade Union Alliance said it would launch a countrywide strike from today midnight.

The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the interim relief sought by former parliamentarian Tiran Allas in connection with an alleged fraud at the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA).  

The re-corrected results of the 2014 GCE Ordinary Level examination have been released today, the Examinations Department said.

Yatinuwara Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) Chairman Thusitha Kumara Walagedera was today arrested on charges of having displayed a distorted version of the national flag at the UPFA rally in Kadugannawa on July 27 attended by ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Deputy Minister of Mass Media Shantha Bandara said he will resign from the ministerial portfolio today.

Debris found in the western Indian Ocean on Wednesday appears to be part of a Boeing 777, the same model as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared in 2014, according to a source close to the investigation.

The Cabinet decided to initiate investigations into the failure on the part of the Commissioners of the Bribery Commission to dispense with complaints lodged with it during the last four years, a minister said yesterday.

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said on Tuesday that the use of hate speech, in canvassing votes, was a serious offence under the Parliamentary Elections Act, and therefore he urged the candidates to desist from such acts.

The Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday the centre’s curative petition against its 2014 judgment commuting the death sentence of three convicts to life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, upholding a verdict that brought into focus th

Sri Lanka today sought assistance from friendly countries to combat kidney disease and save members of the farming community that was most affected by the disease.

The civil organizations including the Movement for Just Society led by Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera today said they had decided to support the United National Front for Just Society (UNFGG) under conditions including the appointment of Venerabl

In the first six months of a UPFA government that was to be formed in the event of winning the August 17 poll, the Parliament would be turned into a Constitutional Assembly to introduce a new Constitution and electoral reforms, General Secretary of t

Three containers with a large number of liquor bottles and cigarettes valued at about Rs. 24 million imported from India and Dubai had been seized today, Customs Spokesman Leslie Gamini said.

Six persons including a family of four were sentenced to death today by the Matara High Court, for the murder of a 57-year-old in Gandara, Matara in 2001.

Recent statements made by an incoming ambassador of the US to the region and a high ranking military official of the US indicated that the US intended establishing military bases in Sri Lanka, leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) Prof. Tissa

Heavy traffic was reported in the Town hall area due to a protest by the Inter University Student's Federation (IUSF) outside the University Grant Commission (UGC) in Colombo 7.

The alleged mastermind of the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 in Lahore was killed in an attempted breakout from police late on Tuesday, along with his sons and 11 others, Pakistani media have reported.

Taliban leader Mullah Omar has died, Afghan government sources say, but the militant group has not commented, the BBC reported.   

Officials of the Sri Lanka Customs have nabbed 488 live tortoises worth Rs.405,879 at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) last night, Customs Spokesman Leslie Gamini said.

Former SLFP Parliamentarian Mahinda Samarasinghe said he would not take part in the rally to be held in Kalutara on August 3, as he had information that several individuals were planning to hoot at him.

The body of a female was found in a travelling bag at the Bastian Mawatha private bus terminal, Pettah this morning, the police said.

The enjoining order preventing the convening of the Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has been extended till August 7 by the Colombo District Court today.