BJP's ally MDMK on Wednesday opposed the participation of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the May 26 swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, saying his presence would hurt the feelings of the Tamil people

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks in Shanghai this morning and discussed the progress of ongoing collaborative projects as well as new areas of cooperation, Presidential Media Unit said

In what seemed to a paradigm shift in the import policy of the government, Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr. Sarath Amunugama, yesterday said that plans were afoot to cut down vehicle imports by 30 per cent in the near future and to assemble them local

Ibrahim Shafaz Abdul Razzaq (Safa), a local drug lord serving a 18-year prison sentence and missing after being granted permission to leave the country for medical purposes, has been arrested in Sri Lanka

The Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council has decided to keep 14 schools closed in the Ratnapura District today (22) and tomorrow (23) at a meeting held yesterday considering the spread of dengue fever in the area

A petition was handed over by the Professional Web Journalists Association in the presence of media rights groups and Opposition parliamentarians to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) today against some websites being unofficially ban

The man who claimed to have had a romantic relationship with popular Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai had reportedly told his counsel that the mental distress he experienced following the actress’s marriage to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan woul

Undergraduates of Allied Health Sciences who protested against curtailing of the period of their studies today handed over a complaint to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, urging action against the Police officers who they alleged “me

Ten trains had been cancelled because of several locomotive engineers not reporting to work, the Railway Control Room said.

As expected, the Government today defeated the no-confidence motion by a majority of 94 votes despite the absence of two of its alliance partners – the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and the National Freedom Front (NFF)

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met this afternoon on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Presidential Media unit said

Action against 3000 cases of tax evasion had been taken during the first quarter of the year, Commissioner General of Sri Lanka Inland Revenue (SLIR) Mallika Samarasekara said

Patients believed to be infected with Dengue, had been admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in large numbers, hospital sources said.

At least 25 passengers were injured when a CTB bus collided head on with a private bus at Panamura on the Embilipitiya-Panamura Road, a short while ago

India's next Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to invite all governments heads of SAARC countries including Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in ceremony on May 26. media reports said.

JHU will be absent during the vote on the no confidence motion against the government, the General Secretary of the Jathika Hela Urumaya Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said at a press briefing held today.

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing public funds, in a case locally known as the "Presidential palaces case," three years after he was toppled by massive protests

Fourteen Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested by the Indian Coast Guard on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu for fishing near Kanniyakumari

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) would vote against the government in Parliament today on the no-confidence motion on failure to prevent the influx of narcotics is taken up, JVP MP Vijitha Herath said.

Two Sri Lankans were arrested this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) attempting to smuggle in 71 gold slabs valued at Rs. 53.72 million, Customs Spokesman G.A. Leslie Gamini said

A 37-year-old male teacher at a school in Bambalapitiya had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside the college hostel this morning, police said

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is contemplating a probe on the professional conduct of Attorney-at-Law and police media spokesman, SSP Ajith Rohana

At least 118 people were killed Tuesday in twin blasts at a market in the central Nigerian city of Jos, an official said, warning the toll could climb

The High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it had not received any official communication from the Sri Lankan Government on the non-cooperation with the Commission of Inquiry investigating alleged violations of human rights and international h

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) yesterday in Parliament renewed its call for the prosecution of LTTE’s chief weapons procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP or to hand him over to India for legal action for his alleged involvemen

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is to stand up for the rights of the university students who were assaulted while in police custody and to file contempt of court action against police officials, including a senior DIG, over the arrests and as

Sri Lanka Law College has stopped enrolling those with a Bachelor of Law degree from foreign universities or the Open University if they are above the age of 30 and this is a clear violation of the procedures governing the system, Parliament was info

New evidence has emerged on the contentious ‘white flag’ incident that cropped up during the final stage of the conflict, said Yasmin Sooka a human rights lawyer and former expert adviser on Sri Lanka to UN Secretary General

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today asked the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Thowheed Jamath (SLTJ) Organisation to apologise to the Mahanayakes of the three Chapters for making derogatory remarks on the Buddha.

The United National Party said today it was considering fielding a separate candidate from the UNP at the forthcoming presidential elections.