A five-member committee was appointed yesterday to study the proposals put forward by the Jathika Hela Urumaya for it to support the government at an upcoming presidential election.

A survey by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, conducted among the one-lakh-odd Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India has found that 67 per cent of those interviewed wanted to remain in India.

None of the opposition members listed to raise oral questions were present in Parliament today and this became a salient feature during the sessions with Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardene calling it a world record.

One wheel of a light passenger aircraft belonging to a domestic passenger service had burst while landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this afternoon, airport officials said.

Bangladesh will export 50,000 tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka for the first time under a government-to-government deal at $450 a tonne including cost, freight and insurance, Food Minister Mohammad Karmul Islam said on Monday.

Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma today said that the Commonwealth Organisation would continue to assist Sri Lanka in the implementation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations.

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today charged that the government may use LTTE assets in its campaign for a Presidential Election via Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) following the lifting of the European Union General Court’s ban o

Sri Lanka's Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera on Monday allayed India's fears on increasing Chinese military presence in the island nation, as he categorically stated that his nation will never compromise on India's na

MDMK general secretary Vaiko is confident that he can get the ban on the LTTE lifted. He was talking to journalists after the opening session of

Six persons including four UNP parliamentarians, who were noticed for allegedly trespassing, were released on one million rupees personal bond each by Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage today.

The body of a police constable attached to the Wellawatte police station was found on the beach near 42nd Lane This morning, police said.

Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka said that he was prepared to expose more large scale frauds and corruption in detail, in the electricity and petroleum sectors involving billions of rupees.

Coming up with the United National Party (UNP)’s latest stance on the presidential elections, party’s National Leader and Leader of Opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said the party was for the fielding of one candidate represen

Around 200 people were displaced as a result of a landslide at Gale Kale in the Udu Dumbara police division this evening.  

Four persons were injured when a cab they were travelling in collided with a train plying from Colombo to Ja-Ella at the Rilahulla level-crossing in Kandana this evening.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today said it would file legal action against the Commissioner of Elections if he announced a Presidential Election as anticipated next month,

The Director of the Digital National Identity Card project Janaka Amarasinghe declared that 16 million Sri Lankans over the age of fifteen had qualified to receive the new Digital NICs in the near future.

A husband and wife were killed after being struck by lightning at Weerawila in Anuradhapura last evening, Police said.

Chief Minister of Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran will deliver a lecture on civil liberties in South Asia at an event organised by the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) in Chennai in November.

The Chennai city police on Friday arrested three persons, all Sri Lankan, on charges of kidnapping an aspiring film director, also a Lankan, and extorting money from him.

India has expressed serious concern to Sri Lanka over China’s increasing military presence on the island, The Hindu newspaper reported.

Sri Lanka’s premier ICT exhibition INFOTEL 2014, under the theme of 'A Samarter Tomorrow ‘ was inaugurated yesterday by Minister of Telecommunications and IT Ranjith Siyambalapitiya at the BMICH, Colombo.

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday released a commemorative postage stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala, a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and writer, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma arrived in Sri Lanka this afternoon on a five day official visit, External Affairs Ministry said.  

A-78-year-old German lady who was visiting Meemure in Udadumbara with a group of 11 German nationals went missing since yesterday, police said.

Ten sex workers were arrested during a raid by the Organised Crimes Investigation Unit on an alleged brothel being run under the guise of an Ayurvedic Medical Centre in Boralesgamuwa yesterday, police said.

Western ‘creationists’ were trying to rob Sri Lanka of crucial data related to extra-terrestrial life to further their agenda and undermine Buddhist teachings on the universe, Minister Wimal Weerawansa has said.