The main opposition UNP today revealed that through the forthcoming Budget, which is to be presented in Parliament on Friday (25), the government is reportedly expected to increase the salaries of public servants by Rs. 5000.

Regional leaders in India's southern Tamil Nadu state slammed the visit of Sri Lankan navy chief, Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera, to the country. India is eyeing to build its defense ties with Sri Lanka to counter China's inroads in Indian O

A three-year-old boy, who went missing at the Ambalangoda bus stand in December, 2013 was found today in Dambulla while he was in the company of a beggar.

While claiming that it was surprised at some of the recent statements on the outcome of the case filed by the LTTE in 2011 at the General Court of the European Union, Sri Lanka today said it would continue to assist the parties to the case in thei

Former Sri Lankan Cricketer Aravinda De Silva yesterday in a complaint to the Police said his home at Pedris Road in Kollupitiya was burgled and cash including foreign currency worth Rs.5.1 million had been removed from his safe.

A 58-year-old Sri Lankan on board an Emirate airways flight from Singapore to Colombo had died of a heart attack this morning, an airport official said.

A trader of a vegetable stall at Bakery Junction in Mount Lavinia was last night hacked to death by some unidentified gangsters, police said.    

External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris, yesterday, in a statement, cleared Mrs. Kshenuka Seneviratne of allegations leveled against her anent the awarding of a contract to repair the official residence of the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Geneva

The European Union has expressed its willingness to engage with the Sri Lankan Government regarding the re-proscription of the LTTE, it was reported yesterday.

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday rejected the allegation that there was an invisible connection between the European Union General Court’s ruling to lift sanctions on the LTTE and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s trip

The government would investigate the attack on the fishermen who were staging a protest in front of the Fisheries Ministry in Maligawatte yesterday, an official said.

In a meeting between Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris on Monday, the two officials underscored that expansion of bilateral ties has been always a

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera today urged the government to give voting rights to the Sri Lankan expatriate workers and immediately solve issues faced especially by Sri Lankan’s working in Korea and th

Police used tear gas and water canon to disperse University students as they entered the parliament road a short while ago.