Police are conducting investigations to identify the university students who are alleged to have attacked the police personnel during the protest march yesterday, police said.

Joint opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa’s brother, Sarath Weerawansa was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) a short while ago on charges of misusing state vehicles.

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) today arrested two suspects aged 22 and 23 in connection with the abduction and killing of 29-year-old Bambalapitya businessman Sakeem Sulaiman .

A pistol allegedly used by the suspect military officer in the recent shooting at Aturugiriya where his wife was killed was recovered last morning from the Diyawannawa Lake near the Japanese Friendship Bridge by Aturugiriya police with the help of th

The Joint Opposition, the collective of National Organizations headed by Ven. Akmeemana Dayarathna Thera and Ven. Iththe Kande Saddhatissa Thera and the Janasetha Peramuna today handed over three petitions to the United Nations (UN) office in Colombo

Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today issued arrest warrants on Indika Karunajeewa and Iresha Silva again over the two cases conducted under money laundering Charges against Namal Rajapaksa and five others over alleged purchasing of He

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Nissanka Senadipathi and six others were noticed to appear in court on September 30 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya in connection with the case filed by the Bribery Commission.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe left for Singapore and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Malaysia from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) a short while ago.

China’s top diplomat in the country yesterday said that the world’s second largest economy is prepared to commit over US $ 5 billion in foreign direct investments (FDIs) over the medium to long term for special economic zones, if the Sri

An expert on international trade, yesterday, stressed the need to analyse the outcomes of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India before opening up new sectors under a fresh agreement.

Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), the country’s second largest private bank in terms of assets, has struck a private placement deal with the Manila-based development financier, Asian Development Bank (ADB), to strengthen its capital base.

The United Nations, the European Union, other global agencies and the international community are no longer insisting on a so called ‘credible domestic inquiry’ with the participation of foreign judges, Cabinet spokesman and Health Minist

To prevent unregistered motorcycles being used for illegal purposes such as highway robberies, snatching of gold chains, hit and run accidents and in an effort to collect a large amount of unpaid registration fees, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a g

Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today hit out at the government saying that the demolishing of the war heroes memorial in Kurunegala indicated that this government was bent on blotting out the war in Sri Lanka and that war heroes ever existed .

The joint opposition today requested President Maithripala Sirisena to make the 17-year-old student, who was arrested in Kadugannawa on chargers of hacking into the President’s official website, his Information Technology Director.  

John Hastings claimed six wickets before Aaron Finch and George Bailey's attacking half-centuries powered Australia to a series clinching six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international in Dambulla today.

Five university students were admitted to General Hospital, Colombo during a protest at Kollupitiya Junction staged by the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) against the controversial private medical campus South Asian Institute of Te

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago.

SLFP Spokesman Minister Dilan Perera today rejected the statements made by Kurunegala District MP and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that President Maithripala Sirisena had snatched the party away from Mr. Rajapaksa.

Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse protesters of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) who were marching towards the Temple Trees a short while ago.

Teargas was fired to disperse a group of cricket fans who were behaving in an unruly manner outside the Rangiri- Dambulla International Cricket Stadium today while attempting to purchase tickets for the fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia.

Heavy traffic is reported in Kollupitiya due to the protest march carried out by the members of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM).

The Bribery Commission today filed a case in the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Avante Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadipathi and six others on charges of corruption under the Bribery Act

Erik Solheim, the new Head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), yesterday said he learnt valuable lessons, including the importance of dialogue and compromise when serving as a peace negotiator in Sri Lanka.  

The Cabinet has approved the proposal made by Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake to change the name of the Police of Sri Lanka from 'Sri Lanka Police Department' to ‘Sri Lanka Police’.