At least 24 passengers were injured after a bus travelling from Dammulla to Eheliyagoda was skidded off the road and veered into a waterway at Godamawita this morning, Police said.

A Sri Lankan male was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) departure lounge this morning while attempting to smuggle out foreign currency worth Rs. 40,785,81 concealed in his rectum.

The Madras High Court Bench has imposed a cost of Rs.10,000 on the Director of Social Welfare for not disbursing the emoluments due to a Sri Lankan refugee who retired last year after 32 years of government service.

The tent erected by the students of the University of Sabaragamuwa to stage a Sathyagraha campaign was removed by the police yesterday on court order. Pix by Balangoda M. Geethakara

In an inter-state joint police operation, the anti-narcotics wing of the Delhi Police and the Chennai city police nabbed two Sri Lankans and an Indian national, who were part of a gang involved in international heroin smuggling from a hideout at P

The water levels of Gin Ganga, Kalu Ganga and the Nilwala Ganga are rising rapidly and the people living in the low lying areas close to these rivers are adviced to exercise caution, the Irrigation Department has warned.

The 24th International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) meeting between the Sri Lanka Navy and the Indian Navy / Coast Guard was held onboard SLNS Sagara at the Indo- Sri Lanka Maritime Boundary Line off Kankasanthurai.

The Welipenna entrance and exit on the Southern Expressway had been affected due to the flash floods in the area, with the heavy rains, officials said.

Bangladesh, which has agreed to export 50,000 tons of coarse boiled rice to Sri Lanka, is awaiting Sri Lanka's confirmation over price of the already agreed-upon government-to-government (G2G) rice export deal, Dhaka based oryza.com reported.

While calling for building the SAARC power grid so that excess power produced in one region of South Asia can be used to meet deficits elsewhere, India said offshore wind projects set up on the Sri Lankan coast could supply electricity power to Pa

The Meteorology Department said today heavy rains exceeding 150 mm could be expected at most parts of the country due to prevailing disturbed atmospheric conditions.

Two people including a doctor were killed and three others injured when an ambulance collided head on with a lorry at Bathuluoya on the Puttalam - Chilaw Road early this morning. Pictures

The European Union court, which struck down the sanctions imposed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the EU in 2006, had its own reasons to do so. Significantly, the court has not lifted the freezing of the assets owned by the banne

External Affairs Ministry Monitoring MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardane said yesterday the EU decision to lift the ban on the LTTE was a shot in the arm for the LTTE and the diaspora.

Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva who made a public confession that a certain mistake he made while holding his post caused turmoil in the country today, tendered an apology to the nation yesterday.

The Railway Department has earned over Rs. 3 million in four days from trains running along the newly-restored northern line to Jaffna, Superintendent of Railways G.W. Sisira Kumara said.

UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today announced that he had decided to appoint Harin Fernando who was the party’s chief ministerial candidate at the recent Uva Provincial Council Election, as the party’s Deputy National Organi

While condemning the decision taken by the European Union to end the ban on LTTE, the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation said today the government should take steps to curb separatist elements that were still active in the country.

Sabaragamuwa University students who had defied orders to leave their hostels within the university premises were ordered to be removed by the Balangoda District Judge today.

Sri Lanka Cricket has planned a five-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka, to be played from 1 November 2014 following a request made by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Mohan Pieris and Justices Eva Wanasundera, Sarath De Abrew, Sisira De Abrew and Buwaneka Aluvihare today fixed October 21 to hear the appeals submitted by the accused remanded in connection with the k

Sri Lankan Ambassador in Germany Karunatilaka Amunugama had requested Germany to assist Sri Lanka in upgrading the skill levels of our workers as Germany had an advanced system of technical education.

Democratic Party (DP) Leader Sarath Fonseka said today he would complain to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva regarding the decision to disenfranchise him because he had no confidence or faith in Sri Lanka’s ju

Two army officers engaged in irrigation work at Morawewa in Kantale were killed when a mound of earth collapsed on them, police said.

AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa, who was sentenced to four years’ simple imprisonment and imposed a Rs. 100-crore fine for her offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on Friday.

The Meteorology Department said today heavy showers generating a rainfall of more than 100mm are likely at some places during the afternoon and night accompanied by thunder and lightning as a result of disturbances in the atmosphere.

Vehicles exporters of Japan and Thailand were mulling the idea to send vehicles to Hambantota harbour to re-export them to other countries, Harbour Project Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena said.

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa will visit New Delhi early next week for high-level talks with India’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, according to reliable sources. The agenda for the meeting is unclear. Sources in New Del

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is reported to have told the leaders of the political parties comprising his coalition that a snap presidential election would be held next January.  

The name of Sarath Fonseka the former army commander and the leader of the Democratic Party is to be removed from the voters list by the Election Commissioner on the instructions of the Attorney General.