Colombo Additional Magistrate Nirosha Fernando today discharged TNA Parliamentarian S. Sridharan’s private secretary and two others.

The Sri Lankan government said today that it welcomed the decision by the United Kingdom to ‘scrap the proposed introduction of a bond to visitors of six countries termed ‘high risk’ and said that it appreciated the removal of such

Welikada police officers confiscated 67,500 liters of illicit liquor (kassippu) and 10 goda barrels in Madinnagoda today. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

Callum Macrae, the director of the controversial Channel-4 films has been granted a Visa to enter the country to cover the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) along with a Channel 4 crew, the Minsitry of Mass Media & Information said

An Australian Senator Lee Rhinannon says she wants to investigate issues behind the influx of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka to Australia and thereafter submit a detailed report to the Australian parliament.

Britain said that there will be no UK business representation at the upcoming meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM), to be held in Sri Lanka this month, the House of Commons was informed.

Sri Lanka has concluded an agreement to purchase 100 cars manufactured by Toyota Pakistan, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Pakistan Jayalath Weerakkody said.

The Sri Lankan government asked why the European Union (EU) did not take action on India for failing to stop its fishermen poaching in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters.

A collective of Trade Unions organised a demonstration in front of the Fort Railway Station this morning demanding relief in the Budget that is to be presented on November 21. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi

A suspect was arrested in connection with the gruesome killings in Halmillakulama this afternoon, police said

A student union to protect external degrees held a protest march from the Colombo Fort to the University Grants Commission (UGC) today, urging the authorities to stop curtailing external degrees and to recommence student registrations. They handed

UNP Leadership Council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya today denied allegations that he had betrayed party members

A Sri Lankan soldier walks past a fleet of new Mercedes–Benz S400 hybrid cars parked at a performing arts centre in Colombo on November 5, 2013, to be used by heads of government attending the 53-member Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka from N

A husband and wife were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court today after being convicted of trafficking 34.32 grammes of heroin in 2000

While categorically denying Indian News media reports, the Sri Lanka Navy said that 30 Indian fishermen were arrested within the framework of existing international maritime law and handed over to the Fisheries Inspector of Jaffna.

Six out of nine members of the newly-appointed Leadership Council of the UNP held a news conference at Sirikotha. The Council was headed by MP Karu Jayasuriya. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Sri Lanka Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel, SLNS Sagara participates in the joint maritime fleet exercise, ‘SLINEX 2013’, conducted in the seas off Goa in India from November 04th to 08th 2013

A person carrying a foreign diplomatic passport was arrested today at the Bandaranaike International Airport with more than 30 kilogrammes of heroin, the Customs said Pictures

Several roads in Colombo are expected to be closed for short time spans and such closures will be confined to the period during which the Commonwealth leaders travel, the Police said

Colombo is in full facelift mode due to the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in the city next week. A worker puts the finishing touches to a lamp post that carries a banner of the event. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Picture shows former England test captain Sir Ian Botham embarking on the second leg of ‘Beefy’s Big Walk’, a charity walk from Kilinochchi to Seenigama. Botham is seen here flanked by legendary Australian test captain Steve Waugh

A Lance Corporal and a soldier were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Kilinochchi early this morning, Police said

Ten passengers were killed and 19 injured when an SLTB bus skidded off the road and plunged down a precipice in Poonagala at Bandarawela last night. The bus was badly damaged. Pix by R. Kogulan

New 500-rupee currency notes with the CHOGM-Sri Lanka logo would be released for circulation from November15 to mark the CHOGM, the Central Bank said

Three women and two men belonging to one family were hacked to death in their house at Halmillakulama in Anuradhapura last night, police said

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) has sought the State Government’s view on a petition filed by World Tamil Confederation leader Pazha Nedumaran seeking permission to inaugurate a memorial for the Tamils killed in Mullaivaikkal during the e

A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed as withdrawn a bail petition of Malik Ishaq of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (formerly Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) facing abetment charges in the Sri Lankan cricket team attack case

India has denied a visa to Callum Macrae, the director of a documentary that exposed war crimes in Sri Lanka

The government is to seek an interpretation on the 18th Amendment to the Constitution from the Supreme Court regarding the time period during which a Presidential Election could be held during the second term of office of the incumbent.

The government has decided to close 29 schools in the Colombo city from November 6 to 19 in view of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to be held in Colombo, the Ministry of Education said