The Pakistan Supreme Court has accepted the offer of one witness, Imran Munir, currently living in a UNHCR camp in Sri Lanka, to record his statement through video link in the case of the enforced disappearance of Masood Janjua in July 2005

Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen has apologised to the members of the judiciary and regretted the pain of mind, if any, caused to the Mannar Magistrate with regard to the contempt of court charges against him in Appeal Court

India and Sri Lanka have reached an understanding to release fishermen and boats in custody of each other as a goodwill gesture prior to the next round of meeting between Fishermen's Associations of the two countries

Britain said that it regularly discusses the situation in Sri Lanka at ministerial and official level with both the Sri Lankan Government and with other foreign Governments

The first day of the 135th Battle of the Blues got underway at the SSC grounds today. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

A public rally supporting Western Provincial Council UPFA candidate Hirunika Premachandra was held this evening in the Kettarama area. Many senior UPFA politicians and a large number of her supporters were present. Pix. by Samantha Perera

UNP Leadership Council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya together with other leadership council members Tissa Attanayake, Wijedasa Rajapaksa, Mangala Samarawera and Lakshman Kiriella comes out of the Election Commissioner’s office after meeting him toda

Police search operations are being carried out with the assistance of the Army in the Kilinochchci area to arrest a suspect who has escaped after shooting one of the police officers today, police said

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to pay the Sri Lanka cricket team a special bonus of USD 100,000, as a gesture of goodwill for winning the Asia Cup 2014, the SLC said

The tournaments for the second day at the Mirissa Beach were held today to select ten volunteers for the upcoming ‘Mayhem International Surf Challenge’ which will be held in Malaysia. The first session for selection was held yesterday. Th

The Wildlife Conservation Department today carried out a raid on a house at Gemunu Mawatha in Erawwala on information from the public that the  owner of the house was in possession of five baby elephants without licences

While expressing Sri Lanka’s opposition to the Resolution being moved by the US, UK and a few other countries against the country, Sri Lanka today called upon all Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states to continue to show their solidarity

Heavy traffic has been reported along Kotte road towards Battaramulla due to an accident involving two cars and a motorbike at Rajagiriya, Police said.

Not long before the recently appointed hangman quit soon after witnessing the gallows, the Prisons Department said today that it had received e-mails from two Australians seeking  to fill the hangman’s position.

UNP MP Harsha de Silva questioned the credibility and the legitimacy of the Oceanic Games (Private) Limited, a casino license holder in Maccau that is supposed to commence an Online Casino/Lottery next month in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka will host the next International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) from September 18 to 21 with the opening ceremony scheduled to take place on Sept. 19, Presidential Spokesman said today.

Air customs seized 1.5kg of gold dust from a Sri Lankan national who arrived in Chennai from Colombo on Thursday. Sources said R Thiagarajan smuggled gold dust in tea packets after mixing it with tea powder

A 48-year-old Sri Lankan -Vissa Esan- was stabbed to death outside his real estate business in Pendle Hill, Sydney’s west on Thursday morning, Australian media reports said.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today met the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya and complained about the election law violations being blatantly carried out by United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidates. Pictures

A Street Drama troupe of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was assaulted by an unidentified group at the Panadura bus stand this afternoon, JVP media said

The World Glaucoma Day walk was held from the National Eye Hospital to Lipton Circle this morning. The participants handed over leaflets to the public to create awareness about Glaucoma. The walk was organised by the National Eye Hospital. Pix by P

A 19-year-old youth was killed and a 68-year-old man critically injured after being allegedly assaulted by some of the guests at a function held at a residence in Galle last night

The new date for the talks between Indian and Lanka Fishermen had been fixed to March 25 on a directive of Fisheries Minister, Fisheries Department Director General Nimal Hettiarachchi said

Satellite images posted on a Chinese government website appear to show three unidentified floating objects in the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam near the flight path of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane

Ten Sri Lankan tourists were Wednesday injured, including a woman in critical condition, on Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, India as their mini bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck, police said.

The United States (US), the prime mover of the resolution on Sri Lanka while calling for an international inquiry into human rights violations, has called for another side event in Geneva on March 18 to lobby for support, a spokesman said yesterday

These Indian beauties, the finalists of ‘Femina Miss India 2014’ fondle a python taken from a snake charmer at the Galle Fort. These Indian beauties, who arrived in the country on Tuesday, toured Galle today. In addition to the historic

The supply of water to Colombo and its suburbs would be interrupted from 12 noon to 8 p.m. tomorrow due to urgent maintenance work that was to take place at the pump house located in Kotte, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced

The Training College and Institute of Education’s teachers today staged a protest opposite ‘Isurupaya’ in Battaramulla against their salary anomalies and alleged irregularities in the proposed New Constitution of Teachers Service.

A building collapsed in Manhattan this morning following an explosion, injuring more than a dozen people and scattering dust and debris across streets and sidewalks