External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today held extensive talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart G L Peiris on key bilateral issues including fishermen, India-assisted developmental project in Northern Province and prospects for enhanced economic

Two people were killed and three injured when a van collided with a lorry at Magammana in Karawanella this evening, police said

Two baby elephants were gifted to the Army and the Police by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at temple Trees this morning. Three-and-a-half year-old “Kandula” was gifted to the Army while four-and-a-half-year-old “Abeetha” was gif

More than two thousand illegal immigrants from several countries including Sri Lanka, detained over the weekend in Saudi Arabia are facing deportation, according to the Saudi Arabian interior ministry

Elections Chief Mahinda Desapriya said today the Department would use see-through plastic ballot boxes imported from Kenya for the forthcoming elections to the Western Provincial Council ???

Performers dressed in costumes of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1644-1911) rehearse the ancient royal heaven worshiping ceremony for the upcoming Lunar New Year or Spring Festival at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing today. AFP

The skeletal remains of 53 bodies have been unearthed from a mass grave at Thirukethishvara in Mannar during the excavation work which was carried out up to yesterday, police said Pictures

A 35-year-old Sri Lankan woman was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) last night while attempting to smuggle in foreign currency worth Rs.5,090,666 concealed in her hand bag, Customs media spokesman Leslie Gamini said

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal will travel to Sri Lanka January 31-February 2, the US State Department said

Sri Lankan foreign minister G L Peiris will be meeting external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday with the agenda to take forward the talks to resolve the fishermen issue and to also discuss the forthcoming UNHRC session where US is expec

Britain on Monday said that if the Sri Lankan government has begun a genuine and credible domestic process in to the alleged war crimes claims, properly by March 2014, it would give it its full support to the Sri Lankan government.

The Ugandan Minister of State Defense in his first visit to Sri Lanka met the Chief of Defence Staff General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday. The eight member delegation from Uganda also called on Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa as a part of their

A forum titled ‘Building religious harmony’ organized by a foundation of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunga was held today with the participation of Kotugoda Dammawasi Nayaka Thero, Rev. Oswald Gomis and a host of othe

As the only living former President/Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, I felt the responsibility to speak out in order to resolve the prevalent religious tensions in the country, Former President Chandrika Bandaranike Kumaratunga said today

UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe who was speaking during the joint rally involving several opposition political parties at Hyde Park last evening urged the authorities to take action over drugs and illegal commissions which have, he said, a

A person was arrested by the guards at the President’s official residence in Kandy, for trying to enter it by force this evening, police said

Police are yet to arrest the suspect who involved in alleged rape of an Australian University student during an excursion to the Gendawana Rock in the seas near Ambalangoda on Thursday

A protest march organised by the Democratic Party over several issues including casinos, drugs and scrapping of grade five scholarship examinations was held today from Maradana to Colombo Fort with the participation of its leader Sarath Fonseka, pa

While claiming the proposals passed in the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) last Monday, including a call for an international inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces during the last stage of the civil war was

A medical officer’s driver who lodged complaint claiming that UNP Parliamentarian Harsha De Silva had assaulted him over a land dispute in Longden place, Colombo on Sunday, had withdrawn his complaint today, Police said

A group of Central Investments & Finance Limited (CIFL) depositors conducted a protest march to temple trees this afternoon from CIFL head office in Dharmapala Mw. Pix by Samantha Perera

The movement of heavy traffic was reported in the Town Hall area and Slave Island as the main opposition UNP started to march to Hyde Park grounds in two groups from Darley Road and from Slave Island.

Minister of Public Relations Mervyn Silva said, he had received Rs.300 million for the development programmes of the area within a day of assuming duties as Kelaniya electoral organiser

Kandy-Nuwara Eliya Special Task Force (STF) Zonal Commander SSP B.D.Chandrasiri passed away this morning at the age of 53 after a sudden illness, the STF said.

Former Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) Director General Lakshman Hulugalle was discharged from the Kandy General Hospital (KGH) yesterday, hospital sources said

Chief of Army Staff Gaurav Shumsher Rana is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka and the Maldives from January 29 to February 6, the Nepal Army said.

Heavy traffic congestion is reported in Kollupitiya due to a demonstration by a group of depositors of Central Investment and Finance Limited (CIFL) blocking the Dharmapala Mawatha towards Kollupitiya, police said

An international inquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka would bring "chaos," and the government's national reconciliation process must be given several more years to work, a top aide to Sri Lanka's president said on Monday

The investigation into the complaint by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against Bribery Commission Chief Jagath De Silva Balapatabendi was still to begin despite the lapse of more than three weeks since the date of the complaint, Daily Mirror lea

A 19-year-old student was killed when a parapet wall collapsed at a private tuition class in Tangalle yesterday, Police said. The victim was a resident of Buttala and he was boarded in Tangalle, police said.