The director of the Medical Research Institute said that arrangements had been made to send blood samples of the suspected female Ebola victim to a laboratory in Pune, India.

The Prime Minister's Office has convened a meeting tomorrow to explore a long-term solution to the contentious fishermen issue between India and Sri Lanka.

India and Sri Lanka are expected to finalize a strategy to jointly tackle cross-border smuggling of narcotics and syndicates running the illegal trade between the two maritime neighbours.

The Supreme Court of India today agreed to hear together the petitions filed by the DMK President M. Karunanidhi and the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa seeking a direction to the Centre to retrieve Kachatheevu Island from Sri Lanka.

State sector trade unions staged a protest outside the Fort Railway Station over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. They handed over a letter to the Presidential Secretariat. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Minister Mervyn Silva should correct himself first before making allegations against others, the General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera said today.

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organised a news conference in Colombo today to express its views on DCD- contaminated dairy products and on food safety in the country.  Pix by Nisal Baduge

Three people were arrested this afternoon in Talaimannar on charges of having 53 gold bars weighing 11 kilograms in their possession.

Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island's decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed two more international experts to the international panel of experts advising the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons in Sri Lanka, the President’s Office sa

A ruling party member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council was arrested by the Kegalle police last night in the Ranwala area with an illegal firearm.

A Sri Lankan worker committed a suicide by hanging himself at home in Sharjah and police said they were investigating the case. The worker was found by colleagues hanging inside his room in the industrial zone 4 in the northern emirate, they said.

Twenty garment factory female employees and the driver of a bus had been admitted to the Eheliyagoda hospital after the bus crashed on to tree on the Ratnapura-Colombo Road this morning, the Police said.

The atmospheric conditions were still favorable for rainy weather over the island, the Meteorology Department said. It said occasional showers or thundershowers would occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and the Central Provinces and in the Galle and M

A brothel operating under the guise of a massage parlour at Fonseka Place, Bambalapitiya was raided last evening by the Police Organised Crimes Investigation Unit, the Police said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Sri Lanka early next year, according to Dr Subramanian Swamy, head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Strategic Action Committee.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse shakes hands with cricketer Mahela Jayawardene after victory in the second Test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Ground in Colombo today. AFP

The Police had launched a special operation in Colombo and suburbs since Monday to seize illegal firearms following several shooting incidents in the recent past, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said.

The family of Milton of Karuwelagaswewa, who had put up a banner to star cricketer Mahela Jayawardene on his retirement from Test cricket was lucky enough to visit the SSC grounds and experience the Test match and meet Mahela Jayawardene. Pix by Is

The National Freedom Front (NFF) said today Sri Lanka’s Constitution should be replaced with a new Constitution instead of amending it following the compromise it had reached with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on NFF’s 12-point actio

Two Sri Lankan students who overpowered a gunman during a McDonalds robbery are among dozens of courageous Victorians to be recognised with bravery awards.

A laptop computer found at the cosmetic clinic of Dr. Nimal Gamage had been send to the Mortauwa University for the inspection to facilitate the investigation into the incident, the Police said today.

The Chairman of the Kolonnawa Urban Council, Ravindra Udayashantha was remanded till August 22 for allegedly assaulting the Deputy Chairman of the Council, Suresh Kodagoda.

Amid allegations of NGO attempts to collect evidence to be sent to Geneva, the government has decided to consider a proper regulatory framework to monitor their accountability, External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris said today.

BJP Leader Subramanian Swamy, External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris and Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa are seen in conversation at the Defence Seminar held in Colombo today. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

While claiming that the 2015 ICC World Cup would be his last international tournament, star cricketer Mahela Jayawardane, who retired from the international Test Cricket, has ruled out entering politics and being a cricket coach.

A police officer is seen requesting a university student to select a few representatives to enter the University Grant Commission in Colombo during a protest by the Sri Lanka National Union of Students over the removal of the Eastern University&rsquo

Doctor Nimal Gamage, who was remanded in connection with the death of a lady doctor at his Clinic in Bambalapitiya was further remanded till August 25 when the case was taken up at the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today.

Sri Lanka won the second test against Pakistan by 105 runs in a perfect send off for Mahela Jayawardene who played his last test match today at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo.