The wife of former cricketer HashanTillekaratne said that she will never allow her husband to contests from the UNP nor allow those in the UNP to exploit his popularity and good name to secure votes for the party any longer. Full interview

Eleven US Senators on Thursday tabled a resolution urging the ‘US and the international community to assist Sri Lanka in establishing domestic mechanisms to deal with any grievances arising from actions committed by both sides during and after

Air Marshal KolithaGunatilleke assumed duties as the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force at a ceremony held at the Air Force Headquarters this morning. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel.

Air Marshal Kolitha Gunatilleke assumed duties as the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force at the Air Force Headquarters a short while ago.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire at the vehicle of former presidential doctor Eliyantha White near his home at Mirihana this morning. However he had not been in the vehicle at the time, police said Pictures

Police rescued a Sri Lankan woman who had been kidnapped and held for ransom for three days. They also arrested the three kidnappers after tracking them to a house at Wangsa Melawati where the victim was being held

A 57-year-old woman died after being attacked by a crocodile in Ambalantota yesterday, police said. She had been drawing water from an anicut when the crocodile dragged her away.

While claiming that the Sri Lanka government has not made sufficient progress on post-war reconciliation and ensuring justice and accountability for alleged war crimes, the United States said that it would support another UN Human Rights Council r

20 kilograms of sandalwood oil worth Rs.7.2 million that was concealed in an aluminum cylinder was detected at the air cargo terminal in Katunayake by the staff of Customs Department’s Biodiversity, Cultural and National Heritage Protection Div

Hindu devotees today marked Maha Shivaratri Day by participating in religious rituals at the Sri Ponnambalavaneswarar Kovil in Colombo. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

A Sri Lankan maid stole jewellery worth Dh55,000 from her employer and fled his house, the Dubai Criminal Court heard

A rare species of snake-like amphibians -Caecilians- were seen in large numbers at a pond at Kakamunai in Kinniya on Tuesday (25). The swarm of reptiles frightened the people of the region.

Colombo Mayor A. J. M. Muzammil today alleged the ruling UPFA wanted to field his wife Feroza Muzammil as one of its Colombo District candidates for the Western Provincial Council or to stop her from contesting from the UNP

The Australian Naval Ship HMAS ‘Melbourne’ which arrived in Sri Lanka on a goodwill visit took part in a Passage Exercise code named ‘PASSEX’ with SLNS ‘Sagara’ in the seas off Galle on Tuesday

Petrol bombs were today hurled at the office of a local Tamil outfit while statues of Rajiv Gandhi were found damaged in some parts of the city, a day after pro-Tamil Nadu outfits and Congressmen clashed over the issue of release of convicts in the a

Thirty three students of the Peradeniya University had been suspended indefinitely over a ragging incident, the University administration said today.

‘The Last Phase’, a documentary film depicting the life story of a former female LTTE cadre during the final stages of the humanitarian operation in Sri Lanka was screened in the Westminster Houses of Parliament, London on Monday ???

The Supreme Court (SC) today stopped the Tamil Nadu government from releasing four of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassins who are serving life terms

Police picked up three men in relation to a recent kidnap case involving a woman at a double storey-house in Wangsa Melawati, earlier today.

Sri Lanka National Stroke Association staged a walk covering an area of four kilometers through Cinnamon garden police area from Viharama Devi Park, Colombo this morning. The walk was organised with the help of the Colombo National Hospital in view

Congress workers and pro-Sri Lankan Tamil groups on Wednesday clashed outside the Sathyamurthy Bhavan, the headquarters of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC)

A horrific tale of alleged torture on a school-girl from Horowpathana was reported recently. A. Ranjani Kumari (17) of Suwa Udana village, Morakawa, Horowpathana alleged that she had to face severe cruelty at the hands of a teacher at school who had

Specimens of the skeletal remains recovered from the mass grave at Matale are to be referred to the Beta Analytical Archaeological Laboratory in Florida USA in order to date them

Our sister paper ‘Lankadeepa’ won the most popular newspaper award for the eighth  consecutive time  at  “SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards’ last night

Britain on Tuesday said it did not believe that the processes set up by the Sri Lankan Government, such as the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission or the Commission of inquiry on Disappearances announced last year, adequately addressed accou

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today recovered 22,000 kg. of cumin seeds which had been mixed with Sathakuppa seeds

Sunil Samarajeewa who was recently abducted after he protested against the eviction of low income dwellers of Wanathamulla explains a point to Opposition Leader  Ranil Wickremesinghe at a meeting Mr. Wickremesinghe had with the Wanathamulla re

Although the opposition parties complained that JHU candidate Udaya Gammanpila was begging for funds for the election campaign, Mr. Gammanpila said begging for funds was always better than robbing funds unlike some candidates ???

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold talks with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa next week in Myanmar, three months after skipping a visit to the island nation to attend Commonwealth heads of government meet due to pressure from Tamil partie