Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said rescue operations at Meeriyabedda Estate to rescue the victims of the landslide were halted because of the adverse weather experienced this evening.

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today requested all Sri Lankans to come forward and help the victims of the Haldummulla landslide tragedy in which many people were killed.

Sri Lanka would send another Peace Keeping Regiment to Haiti in November under a United Nations Peace Keeping Programme, Media Director of the Sri Lanka Army Jayanath Jayaweera said today.

      The Employees Union of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) today staged a protest at the Pittala Junction against the alleged attempts to privatise the SLIC. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel

Ten schools in the Haldummulla Education Division were closed until Monday because of the landslide at Meeriyabedda Estate this morning, Education officials in Uva Province said.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today called upon Sri Lanka to accelerate its efforts towards sustainable reconciliation, while urging the government to address legitimate concerns of the citizens in the Northern.

A 51-year-old Indian national died while being admitted to the Negombo Hospital after he collapsed due to a sudden illness at the Bandaranaike International Airport today.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa today directed the authorities to provide immediate relief to the people affected by the landslide at the Meeriyabedda Estate in Koslanda.

Heavy traffic was reported in the Town Hall area due to a protest march by Insurance Employees Union towards the Pittala Junction from Slave Island via Town Hall. 

A five judge Supreme Court bench including Chief Justice Mohan Peiris today dismissed an appeal filed by former DIG Vass Gunawardena and five others against the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar.

Contradicting earlier reports issued by the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) about the dead bodies recovered from the Koslanda landslide, DMC Assistant Director Pradeep Kodippili said yesterday that only three dead bodies were found related

The Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka said yesterday that the visit of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka would take place as scheduled.

The train service on the Badulla-Colombo track came to a standstill after a massive mound of earth crashed againstthetrain engine and a part of the track at a point between Ella and Demodara last night, the Railway Department said.

United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today challenged president Rajapaksa to respond to the questions he had raised on whether the latter had met members of the LTTE in America and why the government had not intervened in the ca

The Government will make arrangements to send Muslims who do not have the financial means to visit Mecca on the Haj pilgrimage, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) today charged that Parliamentarians were behaving as a bunch of adolescents without considering the seriousness of their responsibilities.

Three men who pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a new 600cc engine capacity motorcycle valued at Rs.3.6 million belonging to the Slave Island Traffic Police were yesterday each ordered to pay Rs.3,000 as crown cost.

Sri Lanka continues to make progress in closing the gender gap on health and survival, and has high involvement of women in tertiary education, ranking 13th in the world, stated the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap 2014 Report, publi

A nightclub is being operated within the Sacred City of Anuradhapura desecrating its religious, Parliament was informed today.

The government should not sign an MoU with the foreign companies for the supply of oil at current price as crude oil prices would tend to go down by next year, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said.

MDMK general secretary Vaiko said on Monday that the reasons cited for extending the ban on the LTTE were not valid.