The owner of the gambling centre in Colombo- 2, Vajira Neththikumara was today released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate Court

The body of a 46-year-old Norwegian national who is suspected to have been drowned in the sea off Habaraduwa was found today.

A 65-year-old Russian national was found dead in the bathroom of his hotel room in Habarana early this morning.

The 33 Bogambara Prison inmates, who were on a hunger strike called it off after meeting parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa today, Prison Department spokesman Gamini Kulatunga said

A 29 year old Malaysian man was found dead in a swimming pool in a luxury apartment complex at Union Place, Colombo last night, Police said.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and King Abdulla of Jordan held discussions on a number of topics relevant to both countries, including cooperation in defense-related activities and progress of the Joint Committee at the Royal Hashemite Court in Amman

“During the final phase of the war, India urged Prabaharan to stop fighting and if he had listened to it, he would still be alive” said Indian Finance Minister P. Chithambaram

National Freedom Front (NFF) member Piyasiri Wijenayake said the push to remove army camps in the Northern Province by its Chief Minister, when he was receiving mail about the revival of the LTTE, was a redundant move.

A group of 33 condemned prisoners protesting atop the Bogambara prison in Kandy have been asked to step down, for their requests to be considered.

Two Australian water sportsmen sailing around the island were washed ashore at Challai, Mullaithivu by the storm, the Disaster Management Centre said. Update

A General Court Martial (GCM) of the Army, has imposed a two-year rigorous imprisonment plus dishonorable discharge from the Army on a Captain A.M.U Samarakoon of Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force for bringing the Army into disrepute by attempting to ro

Picture shows work in progress at the Sri Pada Temple premises where the Dolosmahe Pahana is being replaced. Pix by Gamini Bandara

The Disaster Management Center (DMC) today advised the people living within 100 meters of the coastal belt in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Mullativu and Kilinochchi to leave for safer locations.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan on Saturday held discussions with CPI(M) state unit leaders, Indian media reported.

Tropical Cyclone One (01B) will affect Sri Lanka with heavy rain and gusty winds through the rest of the weekend and into the first part of next week bringing the threat for life-threatening flooding and mudslides.

A major fire broke out at a warehouse in Koswatta, Battaramulla near the Laugfs filling station today. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

An underworld leader was shot dead during a confrontation with Special Task Force personnel during a ganja raid in Thanamalwila a short while ago, sources said

A major fire broke out at a store in Koswatta, Battaramulla near the Laugfs filling station, police said

A Sub Inspector of the Payagala Police Traffic branch was today arrested by the Commission of Bribery or Corruption on charges of acquiring Rs. 10,000 to release a damaged three-wheeler from police custody, police said

Showers or thundershowers are expected during the next 24 hours in the Northern, North-central and Eastern provinces as the low pressure area in Bengal Bay has intensified in to depression and located about 250 km to the east of Trincomalee, the Mete

Sri Lanka is ready to host the Asia Cup One-Day International tournament and the World Twenty20 if the two events are pulled out of violence-plagued Bangladesh, a top official said yesterday

The Ramanathapuram Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court in Tamil Nadu on Friday extended the judicial remand of 59 Sri Lankan fishermen till January 10

A sailor was killed and five others injured when a jeep carrying Navy personnel collided with the Rajarata Rejini train this morning at the Jaffna junction railway crossing in Anuradhapura, police said

Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan who was on a tour in Sri Lanka had left for India this morning, the Immigration and Emigration Department said today

A Sri Lankan male who arrived from Bangalore was arrested today at the Katunayake Airport for smuggling 260 pieces and parts of satellite receivers and 50 kgs of big onion seeds worth Rs. 400,000, Customs Media Spokesman Leslie Gamini said

The United States Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice, Stephen J. Rapp will travel to Sri Lanka, January 6–11, 2014, Office of the Spokesperson of the State Department announced.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for a state visit to Palestine tomorrow. He will be accompanied by External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris on this first-ever state visit by a Sri Lankan leader to Palestine which was granted non-member observer s

Monks of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation met Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence ‘Visumpaya’ in Colombo today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The verbal exchange between Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne and Jathika Hela Urumaya Leader the Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera about the heroin detection must come to an end, the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation (BBS) said today

A SriLankan airline flight from Colombo to London on January 1 was forced to return to the Bandaranaike International Air Port (BIA) some 45 minutes after the take-off when the cockpit crew observed a crack on one of the windshields.