Matara Magistrate Wasantha Ramyakumara directed the Police to arrest UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera and ten others if there was sufficient evidence.

The Army and students and academic staff of the Sri Jayawardenapura University completed and handed over a new home for the family of slain Rizana Nafeek who was beheaded in Saudi Arabia. Army Commander Lt. Gen Daya Rathnayake is seen here conversing

Former Customs Preventive Chief Ranjan Kanagasabai had been released on bail by the Colombo High Court today. He was released on two sureties of Rs. 500,000 each.

TNA national list parliamentarian M.A Sumanthiran said that the coalition is against the staging of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka

A large number of posters had sprung up in several areas in the North including the Kilinochchi town area criticising TNA MP and EPRLF leader Suresh Premachandran and praising the decision taken by Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran over the appointments

There was a time when the budding cricketers of Sri Lanka looked upto India for learning the nuances of the game but former captain Arjuna Ranatunga feels this can no longer happen due to the advent of Twenty20.

Local and foreign four-wheel racing car drivers were among the participants at the 4x4 motor race organised by the Sri Lanka army engineers regiment and the Four-Wheel Drivers Association at the Thungama army camp Embilipitiya today. Pix by Pradeep P

Two athletes, fitted with artificial limbs, participate in an athletic event today at AIDEX 2013, the sports festival for the Jaipur limb users. The sports festival, organised by the Colombo Friend in Need Society, was meant for the Jaipur limb users

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Sri Lanka on Saturday called for expansion of mutual academic and scientific cooperation.

Lanka Private Bus Operators Association (LPBOA) has agreed to the seven per cent bus fair revision with effect from November 01 as approved by the Cabinet.

All Breed Championship Dog Show organised by the Kennel Association of Sri Lanka held today at the Sports Ministry Grounds, Colombo 7. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

A mother and her daughter were killed when the woman jumped before an oncoming train with her two daughters at Keenawala, Veyangoda a short while ago.

The seventeen suspects who had been arrested in connection with an attack on Sabhawa Temple at Uruwala, Malwathuhiripitiya in Weliweriya were released by the Gampaha Magistrate today, the Police said Pictures

The Sri Lanka Customs today said that it would take action against one of its Superintendents who had allegedly disseminated ‘false news’ about a ship with heroin calling at Colombo, Customs Spokesman Leslie Gamini said

A rehearsal in view of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held today morning in Colombo. Several main roads in Colombo were closed partly or fully due to the rehearsals. Pix by Nisal Baduge

A mobile drug peddler based in Moratuwa, known as Kudu Arnold had been arrested yesterday by the Anti-vice Squad of the Moratuwa Police along with 8,050 mg of heroin and a three-wheeler used in peddling, the Police said.

Prince Charles offered to help in the effort to win justice for a British man who was murdered in Sri Lanka – allegedly by a close political ally of the country's President

The widely anticipated meeting between UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa and former Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya is scheduled to be held on Tuesday October 15, at party headquarters Sirikotha.

A rehearsal is to be conducted tomorrow in view of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in November, with several main roads in Colombo scheduled to be partly or fully closed from 6 am to 12 noon tomorrow, the police said.

Shipping Minister G K Vasan today said he expected tangible results from the recent dialogue between External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse towards ensuring safety of Tamils in the island and also put an

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and several other party officials today visited the Matara prison to see those who were remanded following the attack between two groups of UNP supporters in Matara last Saturday. Pix by Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk

One of India’s most distinguished international civil servants has shrugged off a ferocious personal attack from a Canadian politician who described him as a “shill” or stooge of the Sri Lankan government

Four police personnel including a sub inspector and three constables attached to the Kalutara police station were arrested for allegedly soliciting a bribe from a bootlegger, police said.

Nine people have been arrested in connection with the abduction of Wadduwa Serene Pavilion CEO Anura Lokuhetti yesterday, police said.

The unusual species of ant found in and around Panadura has been identified as Monomorium Floricola by the Medical Research Institute (MRI), Director Dr. Anil Samaranayake said

Mannar Bishop the Rt. Rev. Dr. Rayappu Joseph said he intended making representation to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram and DMK Leader Muthuvel Karunanidhi with regard to poaching by Indian fishermen and that he would demand immediate

The ‘Jathika Pawra’ organisation which organised last Saturday’s protest march in Matara demanding a change in the United National Party (UNP) leadership, yesterday reiterated that the UNP leader should resign

A firefighting drill by the Sri Lankan Air force and the Colombo Fire Brigade was held at the Bank of Ceylon Headquarters adjoining the World Trade Centre today.  More than 1,500 bank employeesparticipated. Pix by KushanPathiraja

The United Nations has slammed as a possible breach of the Refugee Convention the Abbott government's plans to speedily send a group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers home

In a major setback for the ruling UPFA at today’s inaugural session of the newly elected North-Western Provincial Council (NPC), UPFA member Dharmasiri Dassanayake was elected NPC Chairman instead of the ruling party choice Indrani Dassanayake