Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Parliamentarian Athureliya Rathana Thera is seen at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today when a case against Sri Lanka Thawheed  Jamaad was taken up. Pix by Nisal Baduge

University academics are urging the Government to appoint a high level committee to address undergraduate grievances and recommend apt solutions to their issues as one of their demands of the token strike planned for June 3

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said that Sri Lankan cricket team must go to Pakistan and play there

The passengers who had been blocking the railway main line at Alawwa had called off their protest and let the trains move on the line, the Railway Control Room said

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev has been ordered to pay about £2.7bn to his ex-wife in what could become the biggest divorce settlement in history.

The Sri Lankan government should comply with the March 2014 United Nations Human Rights Council resolution creating an international investigation into allegations of serious abuses by both sides during Sri Lanka’s civil war, Human Rights Watch

A Kiribathgoda school teacher, who was produced in Court yesterday on charges of having slapped a female student was released on a personal bail of Rs.100,000

Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is seen getting into her vehicle after attending a hearing at the Chief Magistrate’s Court this morning. Lawyer Gunaratne Wanninayake is also in the picture. Pix by Nisal Baduge ???

MDMK Chief Vaiko met Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday and said that the latter has promised attention to issues of minorities and Sri Lankan Tamil issue

Three Sri Lankans were arrested last night at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) when attempting to smuggle 24 gold slabs worth Rs.12 million out of the country, Customs Media Spokesman G.A. Leslie Gamini said

Some 15 trains were prevented from moving beyond the Alawwa Railway Station because of a protest by passengers over the delay in the Mahawa-Colombo office train, the Railway Control Room said

Thailand's army declared martial law on Tuesday to restore order after six months of anti-government protests which have left the country without a proper functioning government, but the move did not constitute a coup, military officials said

The National War Heroes Ceremony was conducted today under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the War Heroes Memorial at Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Here a mother is seen looking for the name of her son engraved on the memorial.Pix by Kus

One person was killed and another injured when they fell off the 11th floor of a luxury apartment in Rajagiriya today, police said

Two German nationals were killed when their motorcycle collided with a private bus at Unawatuna today, police said

The UNP said today that Sri Lanka too should learn lessons from the democratic manner in which the Indian elections were conducted

A university student seen with the black eye from the police assault was produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate today. Police informed the Magistrate they only used ‘minimum force’ to control the situation that prevailed outside th

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education Nandimithra Ekanayake said today that he was ready to retire from politics.

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena was appointed as the Vice President of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the World Health Assembly held in Switzerland, Government Information Department said

National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa today presented the party’s 12 proposals to the Most Reverend Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith at the Archbishop’s House in Colombo. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Chandika Hathurusinghe will leave his post as coach of the Sydney Thunder Twenty20 team to take up the head coaching role with Bangladesh, Cricket NSW said on Monday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for China this afternoon to attend the 4th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

Thirty-one children and one adult were killed in Colombia yesterday when fuel exploded on a broken-down bus returning from a church event, an emergency response coordinator said.

Consulate General of Sri Lanka and the Society for Peace, Unity and Reconciliation (SPUR) together with Sri Lankan- Australians in Sydney honoured the Sri Lanka security forces for liberating Sri Lanka from the clutches of terror.

A 19-year-old British woman was injured when caught in a trap gun at Wilgamuwa yesterday, police said

Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage today criticised the police on their definition of ‘minimum force’ and said minimum force did not mean assaulting someone till his or her eyes popped out.Pictures

A United National Party (UNP) member of the Welimada Pradeshiya Sabah was arrested today on charges of having attempted to steal a lightning conductor from a tea factory at Uva Paranagama, police said

Vajira Nettikumara, the owner of the building in which an illegal gambling centre allegedly operated at Union Place Colombo 2, appeared in the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court and was released on a surety bail of Rs.500,000 by the Magistrate Thilina Gam

Three people were injured when an armed gang attacked them at Demanhandiya in Negombo and two persons of the gang were injured from police fire during a confrontation later, police said

JHU supporters carry placards while marching towards the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Colombo to hand over a letter petition calling Norway to handover the LTTE cadres who are domiciled in Oslo. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana