Some 110 civil society organisations and trade unions today signed a 14-point people’s pledge with the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) for a fair, democratic and people-friendly Constitution.

Sri Lanka pace bowler Chanaka Welegedara has decided to migrate to Australia after being cold shouldered by the national selectors during the recent home series against Pakistan.

Kurunegala district UPFA candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa today said a new Constitution and electoral reforms would be enacted in the short term under a UPFA government if the party won the general election.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishanth Pieristoday ordered the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) to submit the final report of the postmortem to court in connection with the death of former Havelocks Rugby captain Wasim Thajudeen.

The membership of five SLFP members contesting the parliamentary election on the UNP ticket was cancelled by party Chairman and President Maithripala Sirisena today.

WIFI connections will be freely available throughout the country by March 2016 with the aid of Google loon, a technology under which a special kind of balloon named Raven Aerostar.

The family members of the alleged Sri Lankan ISIS militant who was killed in Syria had left the country for Pakistan, police investigations had revealed.

An unexploded bomb, believed to have fallen off from the LTTE aircraft shot down in 2009 by Sri Lanka Air Force at Katunayake, was found in a swamp close to the SLAF Camp yesterday.

The election manifesto of United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) was presented to party Chairman and President Maithripala Sirisena by UPFA candidates Susil Premejayantha and Dinesh Gunawardane at the President’s House this morning.

United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) will take care of the interests of 5.7 million people who voted for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa if elected to office on August 17, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

A man found guilty of the stabbing murder of a fellow Sri Lankan refugee in Adelaide's north has been jailed for at least 20 years.

The state owned Independent Television Network (ITN) has refused a request to telecast live the UPFA election manifesto,which is to be launched today, asserting that it has to accommodate the already scheduled programmes of the channel -- in a letter

Several ministers including Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Ranjan Ramanayake, Nalin Bandara, Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the leader of the Gypsies band, Sunil Perera have been accused of engaging in activities that have defamed ex-President Mahinda R

Former Indian president and Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam died on Monday after collapsing during a lecture in Shillong. Kalam, 83, collapsed during a speech at the IIM Shillong and was rushed to the  nearby Bethany Hospital where doctors put him

A Sri Lankan student, who was studying hotel management course at a renowned college in Moodbidri town in coastal Karnataka was reported missing from her hostel.

The death of former Havelock’s Rugby captain, Wasim Thajudeen was not accidental but a murder, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate today.

Commenting on the Letter of Demand sent by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayaka for defaming him, Mr. Ramanayaka said he looked forward to prove Mr. Rajapaksa’s guilt in court.

Chaminda Ravi Jayanath, the third accused in the Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra murder case was today remanded till August 6 by Colombo High Court for violating bail conditions.

An unidentified body of a man was recovered from the Diyawanna Oya near parliament this morning, Police said.

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Organization today complained to the police about the defamatory statement made on the National Flag by Ven. Watareka Vijitha Thera.

The Attorney General (AG) undertook not to arrest former MP Tiran Alles until July 30 in connection with an alleged fraud at the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) when the matter was taken up in the Supreme Court today.

Indian Police arrested a former member of LTTE at the Tiruchirapalli international airport on Sunday before he could board a flight to Malaysia.

Sri Lanka will manufacture ships and cars in some years time with the help of foreign investors, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday.

Eighteen students and a teacher were injured when school bus collided with a jeep and toppled near R.P.S. Junction in Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7 this morning, Police said.