The Andalus police have found the remains of an unidentified Sri Lankan man on whom a missing persons report was filed by his wife at the police station, reports Al-Rai daily.

Fishermen associations of India and Sri Lanka will meet on March 6 in Colombo to thrash out a formula to end the dispute over fishing boats from Tamil Nadu encroaching into Lankan waters. The meeting follows discussions between heads of governments o

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a message to those who attended the massive rally in Nugegoda on Wednesday urging him to return to active politics said he could not ignore the hands of honour and affection extended to him by the people and the

The CID today informed Court that details pertaining to 44 vehicles belonging to the presidential secretariat were not recorded in the documents at the presidential secretariat.

The election of the new office bearers of Sri Lanka Cricket will be held on April 30, 2015, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said today.

Anoma Fonseka, the wife of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Ranaviru Seva Authority, her spokesman said.

Heavy traffic has been reported in Nugegoda and its vicinity due to congestion caused by a rally organised by four ally parties of the UPFA at the Ananda Samarakoon Theatre in Nugegoda.

While urging the new Sri Lankan government to use ‘this’ time to work with the UN Human Right Chief and his Office, Britain today said that OHCHR’s report on Sri Lanka must be published and discussed by September 2015 and would stic

Parliament today granted a three-month period of leave to MP Basil Rajapaksa, who is in the USA.

A Sri Lankan salesman has admitted that he molested a 12-year-old Singaporean girl who was sat next to him on a plane.

Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera, one of the key activists in President Maithripala Sirisena’s election campaign, today said that they didn’t ask for the 100-day programme.

The Committee, appointed to inquire into the Welikada shooting on November 9, 2012, said it would welcome any evidence or information that could be provided by the public on this tragedy, Justice and Labour Relations Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe sa

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe directed the Customs to release the 175 copies of the Frontline Magazine that were taken into custody at the airport earlier this month.

UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon is aware that the new Sri Lankan administration is planning to set up a domestic accountability mechanism and will be carefully assessing developments, his spokesman said.

No decision has been taken on the appointment of a new Army Commander as reported in some media reports, the Defence Ministry said today.

Remanded UNP parliamentarian Palitha Thewarapperuma was released on bail by the Matugama Magistrate’s Court today.

At least 35 people were taken into custody this morning by the Police Marine Division at Weligama in Matara on charges ofillegal migration.

President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in Colombo from Cochin a short while ago. Concluding his four day visit to India, President Sirisena landed at Katunayake Airport on UL 166.

My father was the former Secretary of the UNP, and no sooner the UNP won the election my father was taken into custody and jailed. I have a great respect for the Judiciary and hope that justice would prevail. After protecting the party leader over a

A Sri Lankan man who came to Australia by boat has been found to be eligible for a protection visa, although he is suspected of murder in his home country.

The United States has welcomed the signing of civil nuclear cooperation agreement between India and Sri Lanka, saying it is consistent with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards and other international standards and practices.

Higher Education State Minister Rajiva Wijesinghe said today that he should be allowed to work without interference and if the UGC Chairman had to be removed it should have been done after a proper inquiry into the charges levelled against her and no

In an intial statement to the CID, former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said it was he who had approved the issuance of automatic weapons to Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Limited and to the Avant Garde floating armoury in the Galle Port, Police said t

Vice Chairman of the Palindanuwara Pradeshiya Sabha was killed when his car veered off the Road at Makeli Ella in Baduraliya this evening, police said.

A Sri Lankan who had raped a woman whom he met in a club, will be deported back to Sri Lanka after serving his five-and-a-half year sentence.

The Sri Lankan naval men today offered treatment to a fisherman after he was stung by a poisonous fish while fishing in the Palk strait.

The name of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party’s (SLFP) youth wing has been changed into ‘Nidahas Tharuna Peramuna’ from its earlier name ‘Nil Balakaya’.