Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya today said that there was no move to alter the number of members to be elected in Badulla and Moneragala Districts.

The Cricket World Cup Trophy was brought to Sri Lanka this morning as the first destination in its world tour. Captain Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanna are seen with the trophy at the BIA. Pix by Deepa Adikari

UNP parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera said today Sri Lankans should be thankful to the United States for cancelling the visa of Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary the Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera and banning him from entering the US.

Malaysian Police Counter Terrorism Unit has arrested four men suspected to be top level members of the now-defunct LTTE, a Malaysian news agency reported.

A Kadugannawa resident stood on the roof of his car outside the People’s Bank building at Daladaweediya in Kandy in protest over the police having failed to conduct a formal inquiry into the alleged abduction of his 25-year-old daughter.

A 24-year-old student of the Jaffna University is reported to have hanged himself from a tree near Nachchimar Kovil in Jaffna, police said.

The 64-year-old man who is alleged to have set himself on fire at Bristol Street in Colombo Fort yesterday died while under treatment at the National Hospital from the severe burn injuries he suffered

Indian security experts have expressed serious concerns over the recent riots in Sri Lanka, and have stressed the need for Colombo to take steps to control the situation, fearing that riots may be exploited by 'foreign elements' wanting to ca

A motorcyclist who entered the Katunayake expressway defying police warning died when his motorcycle collided with a car in Wattala, this morning, Police said. They said that a woman was injured due to the accident

Cabinet has instructed the External Affairs Ministry to summon the US Envoy in Colombo Michele Sison and register the government’s formal protest over a newspaper advertisement put in by the US Embassy in Colombo calling for applications fro

Britain said that any visa application from Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera of Bodu Bala Sena would be considered in accordance with the Immigration Rules.

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) said yesterday that the 200 million rupees allocated for the reconstruction of the destroyed properties in Aluthgama were not adequate even for the plastering of the destroyed buildings

In a strategic move the government has decided to set up new Industrial Processing Zones (IPZs) in difficult local government secretariats where the industrialists will have easy access to abundance of labour

Sri Lanka’s chief cricket selector Sanath Jayasuriya who had received treatment for a heart ailment at Nawaloka Hospital for the past few days has been released from the hospital after a successful minor surgery to install a stent into one of t

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G L Peiris will be visiting India next week to hold talks with his counterpart Sushma Swaraj during which key issues, including the welfare of Tamils in Lanka and fishermen, are expected to be discussed

The Colombo High Court today directed the parties in the trial into the killing of British tourist Khuram Sheik to conclude their cases and to conclude their submissions by next Friday because it intended to deliver judgment within two weeks

The controversial Krrish Transworks Colombo, the local unit of the Indian based property developer has struck a deal with the United States based global luxury hotel chain, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company to hand-over the management of its proposed sk

A Collective of respected Buddhist scholar monks today urged the Government to take immediate action against extremist groups while focusing on the root cause of the Aluthgama and Beruwela riots instead of accusing the Buddhist monks of the violence

Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu:  Security along the shores in Kanyakumari and Tuticorin districts has been scaled up after an intelligence alert that six militants, trained in Pakistan, were planning to infiltrate into the country through Sri Lanka, poli

A man was reported to have set himself on fire near the Bristol Street in Fort a short while ago and admitted to the Colombo National hospital with serious injuries

A young school boy is seen here placing his signature on a large banner in front of Fort Railway Station today, which was used as a Public Petition against recent ethnic violence in Southern Sri Lanka. The campaign reminding about violence against

The Counsel representing the Attorney General today informed Court that the Negombo Magistrate had no authority to order the deportation of British tourist Naomi Coleman, who had a tattoo of the Buddha on her upper arm.

Bollywood supertar Salman Khan who is well-known for his generosity and for  showering his co-stars with expensive gifts, has been rumoured to have gifted "Kick" co-star Jacqueline Fernandez a plush three-bedroom flat in Bandra, where

The Administrative Board of the Rajarata University has decided to dissolve the main Student Union and Faculty Unions temporarily.

The Ravana Balaya organisation was asked to meet Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and discuss issues of religious matters tomorrow

A mother from Werellagama, Kandy gave birth to quintuplets at the Peradeniya teaching hospital today. The mother who is a lawyer has given birth to four boys and one girl and she is in a stable condition, Hospital sources said.

Four accused who stood indicted with murder were found guilty and sentenced to death by Kalutara High Court Judge Preethi Padman Surasena this morning

Tony Abbott refused to answer questions over the fate of two boatloads of asylum seekers on Thursday but said: “I want to make this observation, Sri Lanka is not everyone’s idea of an ideal society, but it is at peace

South Africa’s Special Envoy to Sri Lanka Cyril Ramaphosa will arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday for talks with the government, the opposition and other groups in an initiative to find a lasting solution to the North-East problem,  a senior go

Charges had been filed before Colombo Additional Magistrate Chandima Liyanage against a popular actress and her husband for instructing a private bank to stop payment of a cheque valued at more than Rs 1.8 million, issued in connection with a constru