UNP parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera’s residence at Panadura is reported to have been burgled last afternoon, police said. They said there was nobody in the house at the time of the incident

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday that the government had not taken a final decision on abolishing the Grade five scholarship examination

Cuba, a key ally of Sri Lanka, has pledged its support to defeat a possible resolution at the March session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

A fire broke out at a clothing factory in Bloemendhal Road, Colombo 13 last night, police said. About nine fire brigades from the Colombo fire brigade were deployed to bring the fire under control

United National Party (UNP) Colombo District MP Rosy Senanayake today participated in a ceremony held at the Public Library, where certificates were awarded to women who successfully completed a dress-making course conducted by Nanda Athukorala. Pi

A mentally retarded patient who was being treated at the psychiatric ward of the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital died today after a fellow patient of the same ward tried to overpower him by covering him with a bed sheet

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told a delegation of fishermen associations from Tamil Nadu that he would contact the Tamil Nadu government this week for arranging talks between the fishermen representatives of India and Sri Lanka on fishing

The Immigration and Emigration Department today introduced the hotline 1962 for purposes of obtaining information on passports and its other services, Government Information Department said.

The strike action at the Milco Company was temporarily called off after President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave an assurance that the concerns expressed by the workers would be resolved soon, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sangamaya President Padmasiri Silva said

The committee appointed to look into the incident where a train took off without a driver, handed over its report to the Transport Minister Kumara Welgama today, the Ministry said

The 2014 Budget presented by the Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha was defeated for the second time today with majority of two votes

Canadian parliamentarian Rathika Sitsabaiesan, who is on a visit to Jaffna, held discussions with several Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians and Jaffna-based organizations, yesterday and today, sources said

National Police Commission Secretary T.M.K.B. Tennakoon said the commission has introduced a new telephone number for the public to complaint against police officers involved in wrongdoing

A Sri Lankan arriving from Kenya arrested at the Bandaranaike International Air Port with 50kgs of herbal narcotic 'Khat' which is a banned narcotic in most countries. This is the first time it has been detected in Sri Lanka, Customs said.

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe said Sri Lankans no longer have any reason to flee to Australia as the country moves towards reconciliation.

Ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions, the Government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) are slated for a race against time to woo the international community, Daily Mirror learns.

The Indian High Commission in Colombo has written to Sri Lankan government requesting it to enhance security given to Indian diplomatic offices in Sri Lanka to prevent an attack by Muslim extremist groups, the Daily Mirror learns.

Some 450 prisons officers will be transferred with effect from January 1, 2014, Prisons Commissioner General Chadraratna Pallegama said

Pallepola Pradeshiya Sabha UPFA member Krishantha Jayasinghe was arrested today on charges of having defrauded Rs. 6 lakhs when purchasing inter-blocks for road development work, police said.

Some 246 people have been arrested by the police across the country during the past 24 hours, for driving under the influence of liquor, Police said today.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa launched the website www.healthysrilanka.lk and declared open the ‘Sethsuwa Medura’ organic food outlet at the Sri Sambodhi Viharaya premises in Colombo  this morning. The President appears to be engrossed

A Sri Lankan national was today arrested in Rameswaram  for alleged illegal stay in the country and possessing US currency, police said.

22 Indian fishermen were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy along with six trawlers for illegally poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the Northern seas last night, the Navy said.

Two Indian nationals were arrested in the Nilaveli area, Kalavanchikudi yesterday for engaging in various trades while being in the country on tourist visas, Police said.

Tamil Prabakaran (24), a Tamil Nadu-based journalist arrested in Colombo on Thursday reached Chennai on Saturday after he was deported by the Sri Lankan government.

The Milco Company said today that it had lost over Rs. 300 million in sales due to the strike launched by a trade union of the Milco Company on December 9.

Sri Lanka Air Force has deployed a Bell 212 helicopter from Ratmalana this evening to assist in retarding the spread of a forest fire which erupted in the Hantana hills in Kandy.

At least 23 people were killed on Saturday in a fire on a train in southern India, authorities said.

A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee allegedly committed suicide by setting himself afire near the camp at Thuraimangalam area here on Friday. Police gave the name of the deceased as K. Govindasamy, aged around 40.

Customs officials at the airport in Madurai, Tamil Nadu had their biggest ever catch on Friday when they detained three Sri Lankan nationals, including two women, and seized 1,189 grams of gold rods worth around Rs. 36 lakh.