Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Chandrapushpa Vidana Pathirana today making a statement from the dock during the Khuram Sheik murder trial told High Court Judge Rohini Walgama said that his political rivals had intentionally involved him i

A well-known businessman and Kelaniya Dasa Group of Companies founder S.D. Gunadasa who was better known as ‘Dasa Mudalali’ passed away on Sunday at the age of 83. 

Villagers of the Medirigiriya area in Polonnaruwa have to walk long distances in search of water with severe drought drying out water sources. Seen here are some villagers colleting some water from the Pathok Wewa. Pix by K.G. Karunarathne

The visit of South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was only an official visit and not an ‘interference,’ leader of the National Freedom Front Wimal Weerawansa said ???

The United National Party (UNP) said the crisis facing the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) with the Refinery closure and the furnace oil shortage was a Government conspiracy to handover the filling stations in the Northern and Eastern Provinces to

The CID today recorded a statement from popular singer Madumadawa Aravinda over the speech he had made at Aluthgama on June 15, Police Spokesman Ajith Rohana said

The Australian high Court has granted an interim injunction to prevent 153 asylum-seekers being returned to the Sri Lankan military by the Australian Navy

A Lankan man died after suffering a fit in a prison in the United Kingdom years after fleeing the country where he was allegedly tortured, media reports said.

Minister of Technology and Research Champika Ranawaka on Monday said that evaluation of some positive and negative factors from an economic perspective reveals that Sri Lanka is gradually being ensnared in what is known as the middle income trap.

BBS General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera is seen leaving the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today after the Magistrate warned the monk to desist from insulting lawyers. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has made a renewed call for Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to cease violence towards the countries' Muslim minorities, in an address delivered on his 79th birthday.

South Africa’s Special Envoy Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Sri Lanka today.  He is expected to hold talks with the government, the opposition and other groups in an initiative to find a lasting solution to the national question PICTURES

Ven. Watareka Vijitha thera, who was in the remand custody for making a false statement and misleading the police is seen at the Panadura Magistrate Court today. Pix by Siri Mahabellana

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today warned Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera to stop making defamatory comments against lawyers

A two-year-old girl child had been killed when a man torched his own house on fire over a personal dispute in Kiribangala, Kuruwita yesterday, the Police said.Pictures

A husband and wife were killed when their motor bicycle collided with Police vehicle in Ekassa, Amabalanthota early this morning, the Police said.

Australia said on Monday 41 asylum seekers had been handed to Sri Lankan authorities at sea, another step that has galvanized opposition to the government's hardline policy against illegal arrivals

Virtually endorsing the ruling AIADMK’s demand for retrieval of Katchatheevu, BJP on Sunday said the issue of Indian sovereignty over the islet, ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974, has to be revisited

SLFP Matara Organiser and Deputy Minister Sanath Jayasuriya, in an interview with the Daily Mirror said Malaka Silva would not pose a challenge if he was to contest from Matara. Mr. Jayasuriya also said Mr. Silva and he were poles apart.

South African captain AB de Villiers and teammates leave the field after winning the first One Day International cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium today. AFP

A fire broke out at a hardware shop located on Hampden Lane, Wellawatte a short while ago. The fire brigade is currently responding to the fire, Fire Brigade officials said

In an unfortunate incident, a driver, who had locked his lorry and slept inside the vehicle, died when a fire had gutted the lorry in Kegalle this evening, police said.

Despite the temperature in many areas going upto 39c degrees in Sri Lanka, the Department of Meteorology yesterday predicted that wind speeds may increase along the Western slopes in the Central Hills accompanied by thunder storms and showers.

A 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy from Eravur died after drowning off the Batticaloa seas today. Five children who were rescued were hospitalized. Pictures

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 75 runs with just under 10 overs to spare in the first one-day international in Colombo today.

The suspension and studentship cancellations imposed upon more than 200 undergraduates of the Sri Jayawardenapura University have been unconditionally revoked by the Vice Chancellor of the University today.

The Lanka Private Buss Owners Association (LPBOA) today said the Western Province Road Passenger Transport Authority (RPTA) had illegally given out 82 bus permits since February last year.

Keeping aside political differences, the Indian central government has decided to maintain the UPA regime's stand in the Supreme Court and oppose Jayalalithaa government's February 19 decision to release seven life imprisonment convicts in Ra

Dubai’s police reversed their role of jailing criminals and acted this time to help a defendant regain his freedom so he will reunite with his four-year-old daughter, whose mother had left the country

Two compartments of a train heading to Colombo from Matara had derailed near the Bambalapitiya railway station yesterday. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel and H.M Dharmapala