A suspect who had been remanded for peddling Heroin has committed suicide inside the Kalutara North Prison this afternoon.

A tense situation prevailed at an UNP meeting in Ampara, chaired by Prime Ministers Ranil Wickremesinghe, when some of the UNP supporters protested while MP P. Dayaratne was speaking at the event.

Office of the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today rejected the allegation level against the Rajapaksa government on the road constructions and said that even standard practices in the construction industry are portrayed as instances of abuse by

The mission to evacuate Sri Lankans stranded in Yemen was underway after permission was granted from Yemen for the Chinese Airline to use Yemen’s air space, Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Ajith P. Perera said today.

President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in Islamabad today, kicking off a three-day state visit, Radio Pakistan reported.

A 39-year-old woman had gone missing, the husband of the woman from Kotakethana has lodged a complaint with the Kahawatta Police.

Regulations applicable to carriageways will be strictly implemented for a week (April 6 to 10) in several areas in Colombo, police said.

A woman had been killed and thirteen others were injured after the van they were travelling in skidded off the road and crashed in to a tree at Divullewa in Galgamuwa on the Padeniya-Anuradapura Main Road last night, the Police said.

A Board of Inquiry has found shocking details of corruption running into billions of dollars, manipulations of service contracting, recruitment of unqualified staff and major security breaches at Sri Lankan airlines under the former government, the P

UN Assistant Secretary-General Haoliang Xu arrived in the country a short while ago for a six-day visit. 

Worcestershire have signed Sri Lanka spinner Sachithra Senanayake as a short-term replacement for Saeed Ajmal.

Police used water cannons to disperse a group of protesters who attempted to forcibly enter the Kuragala archeological site in Balangoda a short while ago.

About five Sri Lankans, who were stranded in Yemen due to fighting, would cross into Oman today, External Affairs Ministry sources said.

Two Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) ships, “Ikazuchi” and “Murasame” arrived at the Colombo Port on a goodwill visit yesterday.

Indian Coast Guard yesterday seized a Sri Lankan fishing boat with six fishermen on board for allegedly fishing in Indian waters.

A 68-year-old man was killed and his son injured when the car they were traveling in crashed into a stationary jeep belonging to the RDA at 43.1 R mile post in Welipenna on the Southern Expressway this morning, police said.

A 20-year-old woman died while her 15-year-old sister went missing when they went for a bath in Kalu Ganga at Polipitiya area in Ratnapura last evening, police said.

Indian police took into custody 10 persons belonging to the Tamilaga Vazhvurimai Katchi in Tamil Nadu yesterday for attempting to burn an effigy of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena after he had reportedly stated that Tamil Nadu fishermen wou

Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne today denied former Minister Tissa Karaliyadda’s claim that a UNP minister had forced him to relinquish his deputy ministerial post.

The Sri Lanka Navy today arrested Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters in Northern Point Pedro and seized five trawlers.

President Maithripala Sirisena will visit Pakistan this month, the Government said today.

A SriLankan airline flight to Beijing had to return to the Bandaranaike International Airport after developing a technical fault, a spokesman said.

The Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Penal Code by including strict laws to take action against those who engage in hate speech that would result in communal, religious and ethnic disharmony.

Indian fishermen’s associations today expressed regret over Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s remark that he has clearly instructed the island nation’s navy to seize boats that violate the country’s territorial wa

The United National Party (UNP) is also behind moves to bring former President Mahinda Rajapaksa into active politics again, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said today.

‘Erosha Enterprises’ a shoe factory at Rajamahavihara in Navinna caught fire earlier today and was reported to us at 11.45 a.m., the Fire Department said.