Two men are alleged to have robbed Rs.5 Million from a van transporting cash to a Private Leasing Company in Matugama this morning. Police said the robbery had taken place while the van was parked outside the Company situated on the Agalawatta Road

Malaysia's civil aviation department said late Monday the last words spoken by one of pilots of missing Flight MH370 were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero", and not the more casual "All right, good night" originally repo

Two brothers allegedly selling heroin outside a school at Kahagalla in Katugastota were arrested yesterday, Katugastota Police said

Sri Lanka bowler Rangana Herath celebrates the  wicket of New Zealand batsman Trent Boult with captain Lasith Malinga and teammates during the ICC World Twenty20 tournament cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at The Zahur Ahmed Chowd

The Sri Lankan government is showing grave concern about the large number of housemaid deaths in the Gulf countries where they come to work as domestic helps in households

The 25 year-old German woman, who was allegedly sexually abused by a young businessman recently, identified the suspect at an identification parade held at Colombo Magistrate’s Court today

The Sri Lankan government has in a decisive move with far reaching implications proscribed as foreign terrorist entities, several overseas organizations suspected of being fronts of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of slain Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, polled the highest number of preferential votes of the UPFA in Colombo District at the Western Provincial Council Election, with more than 130,000 prefe

Sri Lanka qualified for the semi-finals of the World T20 with a 59-run win over New Zealand in Chittagong a short while ago. Highlights

New Zealand bowled out Sri Lanka for 119 in 19.2 overs in their Group-1 match of the Super-10 Series in the fifth World Twenty20 here at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and chose to bowl in the virtual quarter-final in Chittagong, expecting dew to form later in the evening

The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Central Committee headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa will meet at Temple Trees tomorrow for a review on Saturday’s elections to the Western and Southern Provincial Councils

Fourteen students of Sri Jayawardenapura University’s Arts faculty were today arrested on charges of assaulting a security officer and damaging a security post in the University on February 24.

Democratic Party (DP) Leader Sarath Fonseka said today his party was prepared to support a common opposition candidate at the next presidential election if a suitable candidate was selected

A protest against the move to change the students’ uniform of Janadipathi Balika Vidyalaya in Rajagiriya was held today near the school by several parents of the students.Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Despite not being among the first four in UNP preferential list, Nadeesha Hemamali said the 11,000 votes she obtained could be considered a real victory being a new entrant to politics and to Matara.

Actress Anarkalli Akarsha said that she would continue to engage in politics despite her failure to garner enough votes in the preferential list in the Matara District.

In another high noon robbery four armed men wearing face-covered helmets are reported to have robbed the Seeduwa Branch of the Commercial Bank of Rs.1.4 million after stabbing the bank manager today Update

Close on the heels of Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram expressing the view that India should have supported the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution against Sri Lanka, Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan said he was “agonised and shocked&rd

North and South Korea have exchanged fire into the sea across the disputed western sea border, South Korea said

Highly placed sources at the Attorney General's Department said the decision not to re-examine the main witness in the Khuram Shaikh murder trial, Victoria Alexandrona was because there was no necessity to do so, as the witness faced cross examin

Western Provincial Council candidate Hirunika Premachandra has obtained the highest preference votes for the UPFA in the Colombo District with 139034 votes, while Udaya Gammanpilla has received 115637 votes. Preferential votes list ??

Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu trawling near Katchatheevu were in for a big surprise today when Sri Lankan navalmen not only allowed them to fish but also offered them soft drinks and sweets.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa told journalists that no presidential election would be held till 2016 at a meeting at D. A.Rajapaksa Maha Vidyalaya, Medamulana on March29.

The ruling UPFA today said it was not fair to compare Saturday’s Provincial Council (PC) polls’ results with the 2009 results, to indicate that the UPFA had suffered a setback this time, UPFA’s election campaign manager Minister Dul

Anarkali Akarasha received only 8,843 preferential votes and ended up in the 18th place in the list of 20 candidates. She contested the election on the UPFA ticket from the Matara district, but could not get elected. However, she was elected to offic

Interpreting the results of Saturday’s Provincial Council Elections as a message given by the people for all opposition parties to form an alliance

While being overjoyed at the results recorded at the two provincial council elections, after suffering setbacks for several years, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today said the election results had dismantled the President’s power map plan

JVP leaders answering questions by journalists at a press conference at the party head office in Colombo today said that the election results had dismantled the President’s power map planned for the next six years.  Pix by Pradeep Dilruksh