Indian and Sri Lankan officials, along with representatives of fishermen, will meet to discuss the issues related to fishermen of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on January 20 at Chennai, Union Minister V Narayanasamy said today.

The US on Sunday pressed Sri Lanka to probe alleged rights abuses by its army through independent and credible investigations after a top American diplomat recorded eyewitness accounts

Three Indians were today arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly concealing cigarettes worth 1.6 million Sri Lankan rupees in their baggages.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who met Hirunika Premachandra this morning is likely to appoint her as the SLFP Colombo Central Organiser, Hirunika told Daily Mirror online a short while ago.

The 124th birth anniversary of Al-Haj Dr.T.B Jayah, organised by the Conference of Sri Lankan Malays, (COSLAM) was held with High Commissioner of Malaysia Azmi Zainuddin as the chief guest at the New Town Hall, Colombo 7 today. Pix by Pradeep Dilruks

A woman from Seychelles was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport today for attempting to leave the country with foreign currency amounting to Rs 6.5 million.

The Gazette notifications on the dissolution of the Western and Southern Provincial Councils with effect from midnight today, has been signed by the respective Governors.

Slamming DMK chief M Karunanidhi for his dubious stand on the fishermen issue, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, on Saturday, said that following a slew measures initiated by her, Tamil Nadu fishermen languishing in Sri Lankan jails will be released wit

Relatives of the victims of an air crash in Sri Lanka attended a public display today to identify their belongings, over 15 years after the tragedy.

Two senior Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials will visit Bangladesh to make a security assessment ahead of their national cricket team's tour to the country.

The US has confirmed that an American official will leave its embassy in Delhi at India's request, amid a diplomatic row

A car allegedly driven by a person under the influence of liquor crashed into a concrete bus stop in Kalapaluwawa, Rajagiriya last night injuring two and completely destroying the bus stop. Pix by waruna Wanniarachchi

A special CID team has been deployed to arrest Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Chandra Gupta Vidya Pathirana, police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said

Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after the body of a woman, a child, and a baby were found in a flat in London

Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation Minister Jayaratne Herath said yesterday there was no ban on lovers entering botanical gardens and parks but that they were expected to behave in a decent manner when visiting such places

The US Embassy in Colombo today said it would not change the controversial photo caption posted by the US Embassy in its official Twitter account.

The condition of the seventeen-year-old student of Panamura Central College, Embilipitiya who was critically injured when a javelin pierced his face close to the eye was now stable and he was recovering, the Colombo National Hospital said

A crocodile was found in the swimming pool of a tourist hotel at Ahangama in Kathaluwa yesterday. The hotel belongs to UNP Western Provincial Councillor Maithri Gunaratne. The crocodile was later reported to have got out of the pool and dashed into t

Britain Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire met several Non- Governmental Organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday and held discussions on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.

The Chief Opposition Whip John Amaratunga while rejecting media reports that he would join the Government said he had no intention of accepting the post of Speaker or any other Government post

A court in Sri Lanka today extended to January 24, the remand of 40 fishermen arrested by Naval personnel of the island nation on December 28 and 29 last year

While urging the Government to stop harassing former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, the Lawyers for Democracy said today they would continue to do explore all possible avenues in seeking justice for Dr. Bandaranayake

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his delegation arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago after completing a successful tour in the Middle East, the Government Information Department said

India has told the United States it cannot permit non-diplomats to visit a club at its Delhi embassy, escalating a row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York

Under international spotlight over alleged rights violations during the last phase of war with the LTTE, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday sought more time to deal with the Tamil issue.

Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat at the heart of a dispute that has strained ties between New Delhi and Washington, is returning to India, the country's Ministry of External Affairs said Friday

External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunatilleke Amunugama said today that the ministry would seek clarification from the United States Embassy in Colombo over a photo caption posted on social media regarding the visit of Stephen Rapp, the US Amb

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa who are on a tour to Israel, visited religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem today. The historic Old City is home to a number of sites sacred for the Christian, Isla

While rejecting the United States’ claims that the Sri Lanka Army shelling had killed hundreds of families at St Antony's Ground, Iranapallai in the North, the army today said that this could be part of a much larger campaign that they inte

A seventeen year old student of Panamura Central College, Embilipitiya was critically injured when a javelin that was thrown during their school sports meet pierced his eye.