Former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake was further remanded till September 07 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today.

UPFA Parliamentarian Janaka Wakkumbura said he would resign from his post as the SLFP organiser for Kalawana, Ratnapura in accordance with a decision taken by the SLFP Kalawana Central Committee.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck central Italy, leaving at least 21 people dead and many others trapped under rubble, reports say.

Two women and a man were arrested while trying to smuggle in cigarette cartons, valued at Rs.2.8 million, into the country this morning, Deputy Customs Director Parakrama Basnayake said.

Sri Lanka Cricket has banned spectators from bringing in 'Portable Horns' or ‘Hooters’ to match venues.

The controversial Coal Tender process has taken a different turn with the Power and Energy Ministry deciding to continue to purchase coal from Swiss Singapore despite damning observations by the Supreme Court.

The newly formed individual vehicle importers, who were affected due to the recent tax increase said yesterday that they were barred from entering the Finance Ministry office over any vehicle importation related issues by Finance Minister Ravi Karuna

The eight Sri Lankan crew members of the ship Al Khalidia which was apprehended in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are not under custody but were provided accommodation in Khorfakan pending salary dues and repatriation, Sri Lankan Consulate General in

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said today it would update the Mahasangha Sabha of the Ramanna Nikaya on the proposed Indo-Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperation (ETCA) on an invitation to do so.

Government Spokesman and Minister Rajitha Senaratne said building Buddhist temples, placing Buddha statues under Bo-trees and at junctions by the security forces after defeating the LTTE in the North-East had not done any good other than to negate th

A 60-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in a chena in Sooriyawewa in Embilipitiya this evening, police said.

The Government has decided to set up a separate institute to administer the work of the proposed Hambantota Port Industry Park, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Parliament today.

Former Director of Tourism Development Authority, Kithsiri Ranawaka who was arrested by FCID over allocating Authority’s funds of Rs. 5.7 to an election promoting campaign during Uva Provincial Council Election in 2014, was today remanded till

The US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, William E. Todd arrived in Sri Lanka today.  

Sri Lanka would support the convening of a conference next year to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons leading towards their total elimination, Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha said.

Money politics, weak political parties and violence still mar democratic elections in Asian countries including Sri Lanka, Asia Network for Free and Fair Elections (ANFREL) chairperson Damaso G. Magbual stated today.

FCID today informed Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court that it had initiated a broad investigation over alleged financial misappropriation reported at the Sri Lanka Cricket Board since 2010.

Sri Lanka have made one change to the squad for tomorrow’s second One Day International against Australia with Angelo Perera coming in for injured fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep, captain Angelo Mathews said today.

Considering the anticipatory bail application filed by Former Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer Dr. Ananda Samarasekera, requesting bail anticipating arrest over the missing body parts of late Wasim Thajudeen, Colombo Additional Magistrate Aruni

A Sri Lanka expat worker in Jerusalem, Israel has been charged for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl in a home he was hired to clean, Israel National News reported on Monday.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya signed the Bill to set up the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) a short while ago, the Speaker’s Office said.The amended draft Bill to set up the OMP was passed in Parliament on August 11 without a vote being taken.

Nine cases filed against former Chairman of Development Lotteries Board, Sarana Gunawardena on charges of misappropriating state funds when obtaining vehicles on rent for the National Lotteries Board, while being the Chairman, were fixed for trial fo

President Maithripala Sirisena has taken upon himself the duty of purging the SLFP of destructive elements and in the process even Mahinda Rajapaksa family members may their positions as party organisers, Western Province Chief Minister Isuru Devapri

The threats would only be directed to the formation of new parties, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

The licence of the pilot - who was to operate the SriLankan flight from Frankfurt to Colombo on Friday and caused a delay after failing a breathalyzer test - was suspended with immediate effect by the Civil Aviation Authority today.

An alleged drug kingpin and one of his accomplices were arrested with 1.5 kilogrammes of heroin at Wellawatte this evening by Police Narcotics Bureau officers, Police said.

A clash between supporters of two politicians in the Negombo area today has left three people injured of whom one had been hospitalized.