As many as 50 activists of Naam Thamizhar Katchi (NTK) were arrested on Saturday for staging a rail roko to protest the BJP prime minister-elect Narendra Modi’s decision to invite Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in cerem

Leading journalist and Editor-in-Chief of 'Nation' newspaper Malinda Seneviratne won the coveted Gratiaen Prize-2013 for creative writing in English for his collection of poetry: 'Edges' this evening in Colombo.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and National Freedom Front (NFF)leader Wimal Weerawansa today held discussions on the 12 proposals that were approved at the second National Convention of the NFF.

National Freedom Front (NFF) spokesman Mohamed Muzammil today said the 12 proposals approved at the second National Convention of the NFF was highly commended by the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) at the meeting held last evening between the two parties.

Three female Asian elephants, including two Sri Lankan-born took up residence at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington on Friday after a 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) road trip from western Canada.

The body of a 22-year-old female university student was found in a building near the Elpitiya bus stand this morning, police said. Pictures

The Water Supply and Drainage Board announced that the water supply would be interrupted from the Ambatale to Kolonnawa area today due to maintenance work.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India on Monday.

Discussions on establishing a joint opposition understanding is underway with initial talks being held today between UNP national leader and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe

This is the heart-stopping moment a man caught a baby as he fell from a second-floor window onto a busy street in Southern China.

Newly elected Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) on Thursday justified its decision to invite Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony saying it is an invitation to celebrate democracy and should be seen in th

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today rejected the invitation extended to Chief Minister C.Wigneswaran by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi stating that such collusion wo

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader and Minister Wimal Weerawansa for a meeting tomorrow to discuss the 12 proposals that were approved at the second National Convention of the NFF, the party said today

Sri Lanka today ‘unequivocally’ condemned the terrorist attack on the Indian Consulate in Herat Province, Western Afghanistan this morning.

Chinese People's Armed Police Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Niu Zhizong paid a courtesy call on Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Genaral Jagath Jayasuriya at the Joint Operations Headquarters today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited Northern Province Chief Minister C. Wigneswaran to join the delegation which would leave for Delhi to attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi, Government Information Department said

The Judicial Magistrate Court at Paramakudi has remanded in judicial custody till June 4 the 14 Sri Lankan fishermen, arrested by the Marine police on Wednesday

Police today arrested one of the main suspects in the killing of Peliyagoda Urban Council Member Shyamila Jayaratne

President Mahinda Rajapakse has confirmed that he will indeed be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi's on May 26

Amidst growing opposition from parties in Tamil Nadu to the invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for Narendra Modi's swearing-in as Prime Minister, Congress state unit yesterday virtually defended it, saying the Lankan leader was

Former Matara Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr Kithsiri Wijeweera who is now serving in Badulla, today told that even  though blood transfusion and surgery were performed on  British national Khuram Sheik, his death was imminent since the

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today confiscated over 600,000 cakes of soap worth Rs. 2.4 million, fraudulently manufactured under the name of a popular brand of soap, in a raid carried out at a factory in Ekala, Ja-Ela, the Cooperative and Int

The Ministry of Law and Order together with the Police Department organised a news briefing today at the Ministry on the killing of a police constable in Kurunegala. Pix by Nisal Baduge

The Matara District Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has launched a search operation to recover the body of a man reported to have jumped into in the Nilwala River from the Mahanama Bridge at Matara. Pix by Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk

A British tourist thrown out of Sri Lanka for sporting a Buddha tattoo is suing local authorities for $78,000 over her ordeal, which allegedly included sexual harassment, her lawyer said Thursday

Thailand's army chief has announced a coup d'etat, saying the military is taking control of government. In a televised statement, the army chief said the military would restore order and enact political reforms

Dr Subramanian Swamy, a senior BJP leader and a strong critic of the LTTE, has asked the Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi to bring all our neighbours together on the day of his swearing-in

A man is reported to have been admitted to hospital after he was shot at by an unidentified man near the Tangalle Magistrate’s Courts a short while ago.

United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he went to the US to learn how to form a UNP Government and develop the country and if he wanted to learn about corruption and terror he would have gone to Medamulana. ???

Two United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Uva Provincial Councillors contested for the election from the National Freedom Front (NFF) crossed over to the United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party today during the Council sitting.