Bentara-Elpitiya UPFA organiser Geetha Kumarasinghe today said that she was going to contest the upcoming Southern Provincial Council (SPC) election with the sole motive of becoming its chief minister

Cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella today declined to comment on the alleged involvement of Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne in the heroin container controversy and claimed there was the possibility of some of the bigger fish getting away

Chairman of the  UNP Leadership Council Karu Jayasuriya distributesleaflets outside the Fort Railway Station urging the reduction of the sky-rocketing cost of living and over several other demands. The leaflet campaign was organised by the lea

The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) said Madhumadhawa Aravinda, who represents the JHU in the Colombo Municipal Council, resigned from the CMC today on a party decision that he should contest the upcoming elections to the Western Provincial Council (WPC)

Popular singer Amal Perera has been asked to appear at the Kosgoda Police station tommorow in connection with the theft of an albino turtle, Police spokespman SSP Ajith Rohana said

The cut off marks for the grade 5 scholarship examination were released a short while ago by the education ministry. Royal College and Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo requires the highest marks for entrance. List of Schools

The Deputy Elections Commissioners and the Assistant Elections Commissioners of Elections will be called for a meeting on December 26 to obtain instructions on the 2013 electoral registers which need to be certified finalised on December 31

The UN has said it has prepared an action plan to prevent human rights violations in countries after learning from the final phase of the military conflict in Sri Lanka, the world body's chief has said ???

Popular singer Madumadhawa Aravinda, the member of the Colombo Municipal Council (JHU) had resigned from his post a short while ago during the CMC budget debate session, sources said

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) today charged that last weekend’s Colombo night races were conducted in an illegal manner and therefore the UNP would lodge a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or

Two Excavators and two tipper Lorries are alleged to have been set on fire by seven people last night, police said. They said the vehicles parked within a tank being newly constructed near the Vilgam Vehera off the Trincomalee-Anuradhapura main road

Bharti Airtel is close to selling its operations in Sri Lanka to UAE-based telecom company Etisalat, The Hindu newspaper reported today. The two companies have been negotiating for over five months now and have agreed on the broad contours of the dea

Fishermen of Nagapattinam taluk on Sunday launched an indefinite strike demanding the release of fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and a lorry at Weerahena junction on the Nattandiya-Marawila road this morning, police said

An Indian and a Sri Lankan suffocated to death while asleep after leaving a coal fireplace lit in their room in Saudi Arabia, newspapers said on Tuesday

Registrations of Persons Department Chief R.N.S. Sarath Kumara said yesterday he had devised the plan for issuing electronic Identity Cards in conformity with the standards set by International Civil Aviation Organisations

A 71-year-old Indian possessing a tourist visa was arrested near the Mannar bus stand by the Mannar police while engaging in illegal trade yesterday, police said

Two vehicle shipments are stuck in the port as the importers have declined to clear them as a result of the reduced import tax concessions poposed by the government in this year’s budget

The Madras High Court today directed to implead the Defence Secretary, External Affairs Secretary and the Indian Coast Guard Deputy Director General as respondents on a petition seeking to cancel the proposed sale of two warships to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka today said that it is observing the developments taking place in Thailand, where the protests -- aimed at toppling Yingluck and curbing the influence of her older brother, ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra -- have left five dead and more th

The properties and belongings of the Bogambara Prisons in Kandy were expected to be to be handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on January 01, Commissioner General of Prisons Chandrarathne Pallegama said today