Northern provincial Council Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran has been admitted to the Jaffna Hospital for a cardiac test, Hospital sources said

Nearly 216 former employees of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) who lost their jobs due to alleged political reasons during turbulent times in 1977, today protested at Nawam Mawatha, urging President Mahinda Rajapaksa to grant them their promis

The Inter University Bhikkhu Federation (IUBF)today held a demonstration outside the Fort Railway Station over the crisis in the education sector and the destruction of free education. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

November 1 has been declared a holiday for all the Tamil schools in the country in view of the Deepawali festival which falls on November 2, the Education Ministry said

While commending the Northern Provincial Council elections, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma underlined the necessity to set up an independent election commission, which is a widely valued as a Commonwealth good practice

Security has been strengthened at the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission office, the Mahabodhi Society and Bank of Ceylon all located in Chennai following an attack on two Indian Post Offices on Tuesday, The Hindu reported

Petrol bombs were hurled at two post offices in Chennai city on Monday night by members of the Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam (DVK), who were apparently agitated over External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid’s statement confirming his participat

The bodies of a man and his two year old daughter were recovered this morning from a garden well at Panwila in Kandy, the police said.

Crown group Chairman James Packer said he was hopeful the group's proposal for a resort in Sri Lanka could proceed and Parliament will soon debate the final regulatory allowing the project to proceed, Australia’s Business Spectator reported

The Benthara Elpitiya organiser Geetha Kumarasinghe said today that a disciplinary inquiry should be carried out into the incident where PS Chairman Gayan Sirimana and the Vice Chairman Ranjith Wickremesinghe exchanged fisticuffs over an altercation

The Ministry of External Affairs said today that it had requested a report from the Sri Lankan High Commission in the United Kingdom on the killing of a 25 year old Sri Lankan student on Sunday night in UK

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, MP Sajth Premasasa and Former Minister Imtiyaz Bakeer Markar were seen at the launch of the autobiography of the late Speaker Abdul Bakeer Markar titled ‘Weda Gedara Viplawaya’ at Sri Lanka Founda

A Sri Lankan man has been caught attempting to tie the knot with an Italian woman as immigration officers interrupted the couple's 'sham marriage' in Harrow.

The Ceylon Electricity board said that certain areas of the country may experience power cuts spanning a few hours, due to breakdowns at the power generating plants in Norochcholai, Samanalawewa and transmission lines in Kotmale and Biyagama.

Animal rights activists expressed concern over the manner in which stray dogs were being removed from Colombo to make the City presentable for next month’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

Sympathy and sentiment cannot be a ground to pass judicial orders, and the court was not inclined to interfere with the foreign policy of India. Saying that, the Madras high court on Tuesday, dismissed a PIL against India's participation at the u

The Socialist Students' Union (SSU) today organised a protest near the British High Commission in Colombo over reports that Prince Charles was scheduled to inaugurate a Central Lancashire University Branch Campus in Sri Lanka. Pix by Kithsiri D

A teacher who is alleged to have hit the Borella Ratnawali Balika Vidyalaya Principal with an umbrella was arrested by the Borella Police today

Chief of Defence Staff Jagath Jayasuriya met the Defence Minister of the Republic of Korea, Kim Gwan Jin in Seoul.

Sri Lanka has fallen four places in the World Bank's latest list of best places to run a business. In the latest World Bank's Doing Business Index, Sri Lanka has been ranked 84, down from 81st place it enjoyed in the 2013 Doing Business Index

The British Garrison Cemetery in Kandy is being spruced up for the anticipated visit of Prince Charles to this historic venue during his visit to the Commonwealth Leaders summit next month.This beautifully landscaped cemetery was set up in 1817 for

A Canadian man who pleaded guilty in the United States to a terrorism offence in connection with the Tamil Tigers has been sentenced to two years

A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday dismissed the bail application of Zubair alias Nek Muhammad, who has been accused of attacking the Sri Lankan cricket team

A Sri Lankan has been murdered while out working in South Yorkshire in UK. Thavisha Peiris, who moved to Sheffield two-and-a-half years ago to study at university, was found dead late on Sunday night

A tour guide arrested on the charge of having swindled a Chinese woman out of US$ 900 after taking her on a trishaw ride around the Colombo city was ordered to be remanded till October 31 by a Colombo Court

The United National Party (UNP) today said the Deputy Minister of Postal Services, Sanath Jayasuriya should resign from his post in the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, citing that he did not have enough time to spare for the betterment of cricket

A tense atmosphere prevailed at the finance committee meeting of the Bentota Pradeshiya Sabha this morning due to an altercation between the PS Chairman Gayan Sirimana and the Vice Chairman Ranjith Wickremesinghe that led to fisticuffs

Sri Lanka has been awarded the prestigious "Outsourcing Destination of the Year" award by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), UK at the award ceremony held in London on October 23.

The British High Commission in Colombo today said Prince Charles would not open the new University of Central Lancashire during his visit to Sri Lanka, as mentioned in some media reports

Minister of Transport Kumar Welgama takes the wheel, during the launch of a new bus service on the Colombo- Katunayake expressway. Welgama an owner of a transport fleet seems comfortable in his new role as driver, albeit it being momentary. Pix by Pr