India has helped four Sri Lankan students to move out of the East Ukrainian city of Lugansk.

The UN secretary-general said Friday he will appoint Jordan's ambassador as the new high commissioner for human rights, bringing a voice from the Middle East to that post when such rights are under strain in several countries there.

The Vice chairman of the Karuwalagaswewa Pradeshiya Sabha Chaminda Ruwansiri Perera was arrested last night for allegedly assaulting a Police officer at the 17th Mile Post in Pulliyankulama, the Police said.

As many as 17,000 children born to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu remain virtually stateless owing to the delay in getting birth certificates and parallel registration with the Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission in Chennai for Sri Lankan citiz

Twelve Sri Lankan fishermen were on Friday arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in Indian waters.

UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay has called on the Sri Lankan government to consider cooperating with the probe on Sri Lanka led by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Measures have to be taken to stop character assignations carried out on certain websites by those who want to fulfill their own private agendas, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told Parliament today.

Most of the complaints made to the Presidential Commission Investigating into Complaints on missing persons inBatticaloa had held Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) responsible for the disappearances, the Commission said.

Three Russian naval ships of the Pacific Fleet arrived at the Port of Colombo today under the Command of Rear Admiral Vladmir A. Dmitriev and ships’ Commanding Officers for replenishment and crews’ relaxation

A schoolgirl died on the spot when she was knocked down at the Ragama Station by a train travelling from Colombo-Fort to Weyangoda this afternoon, the Railway control room said

The Colombo High Court today allowed time till August 4 for former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake to file objections against the stay order restraining her lawyers and computer experts from acessing the computer logins and statement logins of he

The Disaster Management Centre said today more than 9,000 flood-affected people were still in temporary shelters while 24 people had died as a result of the adverse weather conditions that prevailed during the past few days.

The 109th birth anniversary of leftist leader and humanitarian the late N. M. Perera was held today at the foot of his statue at the Ayurveda Junction in Borella. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested in connection with the killing of an Egyptian expatriate inside a flat in Hawally in Kuwait

Nirosha Wimalaratne, who also came to be known as the ‘cobra girl’ was admitted to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital for the birth of her child.

Three suspects in connection with the killing of a bus conductor and attempted killing of another in Tangalle were arrested last night at Pallikudawa in Tangalle, police said