Democratic Party Leader Sarath Fonseka struck a note of caution for the common candidate to be picked this time, literally comparing it to the act of sending one to the gallows.

Visiting Sri Lankan Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran today said India should take steps for sending back the about one lakh Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu to counter the island government's “efforts” to push the ethni

Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne said he would give his portfolio to UNP Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera if he returned to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

Opposition party leaders today expressed their optimism on fielding a common candidate at an upcoming Presidential Election.

The National Freedom Front (NFF) today denounced the statement made by the United Nations Human Rights (UNHR) Chief criticising the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) for refusing to cooperate with the UN mandated investigation on alleged war crimes i

Sri Lanka slipped down two notches to 62nd place in this year’s Prosperity Index prepared by Legatum Institute, which measures the well-being of country’s people and its wealth.

Police today released CCTV footage of a Rs.400,000 robbery of a hardware shop at the Watareka Junction  in Padukka yesterday.

BJP Leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday said the five Tamil Nadu fishermen sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for drug smuggling would be transferred to an Indian prison, citing a telephonic discussion between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and S

BJP's Tamil Nadu unit hit out at MDMK chief Vaiko for making the incident of five Indian fishermen sentencing to death in Sri Lanka a political issue when the Centre was taking legal steps to get them released.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will declare, on either November 19 or 20, the holing of a snap presidential election, highly placed sources said yesterday.

The political parties, advocating a common candidate to oppose President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Election, would sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today covering seven elements that include the proposal for the abolition of

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had engaged in a phone conversation last morning and discussed a slew of pending matters, highly placed sources told Daily Mirror.

The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader V. Ananda Sangaree, who accused the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) of misleading the Tamil people, said today that the leader of the LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran could have become the Chief Minister of

The government today called off the rescue and search operations at the Koslanda landslide site.  A decision was taken to hold a memorial for the dead and missing people. The landslide area will also be marked as a sanctuary, Government Infor

A campaign to pressurise the President to abolish the Executive Presidency and implement the 19th Amendment would be launched by Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) President Venerable Athuraliye Ratana Thera on Novem

Chief Minister of Northern Province C V Wigneswaran today claimed "state violence" in Sri Lanka continued and the judiciary too played a role in foisting a second-class citizenship on Tamils.

The United National Party ( UNP ) was likely to file an objection, when the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa hands in nomination for the Presidential Election, however it would not file any objections to the inquiry that had been initiated by

India and Sri Lanka have the longest continuous historical link, and both nations have been culturally and historically very close “up to this day”, Sri Lankan Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne said Manipal, in India on Saturday.

The Tamil Youths and Students Federation and three other groups have demanded that the Sri Lankan cricket team not be allowed to play in India. This is in protest against the recent death sentence on five Indian fishermen on charges of smuggling.

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday sent Rs 20 lakh to the Indian Embassy in Sri Lanka to conduct the cases challenging the death sentence awarded to five fishermen from Thangachimadam in Ramanathapuram district.

Custom officials arrested two Sri Lankans, including a woman with gold biscuits worth Rs.59 million while they were trying to smuggle gold into the country last evening at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a telephone call has wished UNP’s Karu Jayasuriya today following media reports that Mr.Jayasuriya had been nominated as the common presidential candidate.

India’s DMK party on Friday urged Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam to convene a session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly to discuss important issues, including the death sentence awarded to five fishermen in Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan government today accused the UNHCHR Chief Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein of challenging the right of a sovereign State to raise concern regarding procedural aspects of an Investigation.

Two brothers aged 36 and 38 were killed after being assaulted with an axe at Nawadunna in Gandara last night, police said.

Two people aged 36 and 38 were killed in a motorbike accident in Sooriyawewa last evening, police said.

UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein yesterday said the statements made by the government of Sri Lanka casting doubts on the integrity of the OHCHR (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) w

Former UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya and former President Chandrika Kumaratungetoday met Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera for talks on selecting a common opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential election