Over a hundred kilogrammes of heroin worth about Rs.700 million found hidden inside moulding machines imported from Karachchi, Pakistan were seized by the Sri Lanka Customs at the Orugodawatta container yard today, Customs spokesman Leslie Gamini sai

A new highway traffic squadron to curb road accidents has been set up by the police with the recently purchased 279 high-speed motorbikes

A Sri Lankan national, who was missing for months, was found in Peshawar police detention on Monday, ARY News reported.

A complaint had been lodged with the Jaffna police by an American claiming the growl of the next door dog was distressing him.

The case filed against the Salaka owner, Gamini  Neththikumara on the charge of having cheated a private security firm, was amicably settled today after the entire amount was paid to the complainant party.

Former Union Cabinet Minister and chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Committee for Strategic Action Subramanian Swamy is scheduled to meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya

A 9-hour water cut would be imposed in several areas in Colombo from tomorrow 9.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. Wednesday due to the laying of new pipelines under the Colombo City Development Project, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board said

The Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) led by MP Suresh Premachandran, has passed resolutions calling, for among other things, the re-merger of the Northern and Eastern Provinces in conformity with Indo-Lanka Accord.

A person sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment need only serve a term of 12 years and 9 months in terms of prison law, said prisons  department sources.

Legal luminaries yesterday observed that the proposed amendments which are to be brought in respect of Law College entrance by the Incorporated Council of Education (ICLE) would be detrimental and hinder the further education of local students regist

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday said he wishes to see more foreign leaders visiting his country to experience the island's post conflict progress.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho met for discussions at Temple Trees this afternoon. Pix by President's Media

A rivalry between one dancer and three other women dancers at an Indian Night club in Kollupitiya had led to a brawl which ended up in Court and all four women were reprimanded by Colombo Fort Magistrate.

UNP Gampaha District MP Ruwan Wijewardenene greets a vegetable vendor at the weekly fair in Makola during a membership drive of the party where a large number of people obtained membership. Pic by Pradeep Pathirana

The President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Attorney-at-Law Upul Jayasuriya had made another complaint with the Thalangama police regarding an incident where two unidentified motorcyclists had roamed around his residence located in the T

Mohsen Qamsari, an official with the National Iranian Oil Company, said on July 20 rejected the claims that Iran is selling crude oil to Greece, Sri Lanka, and South Africa.

Sri Lanka could be affected by El Nino effect during the latter part of the year bringing rains during the months of October and November, the Department of Meteorology said.

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 153 runs on the fifth and final day of the first test played in Galle to take a one-nil lead in the two-match series

A police constable attached to the Meegahawatte police was killed after being run over by a motor cyclist last night, Police said

Five Sri Lankan fishermen were repatriated to their country on Saturday following Centre's intervention. They were nabbed by the Coast Guard on April 30 for entering Indian waters

Portugal Prime Minister Passos Coelho arrived in Sri Lanka this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport

UNP MP Harin Fernando said today that he would resign from Parliament on August 5 to contest the Uva Provincial Council election

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is seen flying kites at the ' Kite Festival’ organised by the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration to coincide with the Social Integration week held at the Galle Face Green yesterday.Pix by Presi

The UN team, which has been put together to investigate allegations of human rights violations and war crimes against the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), will be holding hearings in New York, Geneva and Bangkok

Three top LTTE members, who were arrested by the Malaysian authorities few weeks ago, were handed over to the Sri Lankan police and are being interrogated by the Terrorist Investigation Department in Colombo, Police said.

A female doctor attached to the Wathupitiwala Hospital was arrested for an accident which occurred at Kongasdeniya Junction on the Colombo-Kandy Road, police said.

A picture that was taken later shows an identical rocket launcher – on a low-loader and lacking two of its missiles – being smuggled in the direction of Russia, Daily Mail reported. Pictures

The United National Party (UNP) parliamentarians who were barred from entering the Sapugaskanda refinery on Thursday vowed to force themselves inside the refinery in the next few days and complete their disrupted fact-finding mission. 

Murdered British Red Cross Worker Khuram’s brother Nasser Shaikh today said he was not ready to forgive the initial delays involved with the prosecution of his brother’s murder, that took close to two and a half years before a trial date

SriLankan Airlines yesterday said that its flights were not using Ukrainian airspace when travelling to Europe.