Commenting on Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath’s 13 wickets at the third test match which secured the victory against Australia, former cricketer Kumar Sangakkara today said that “if Herath was English he would be knighted”.

Future driving licence applicants would have to declare if he/she was willing to donate organs according to scheduled Cabinet Papers, Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said.

Sri Lanka for the first time in its cricketing history made a clean sweep against Australia, the number 1 ranked test  side in the world, beating them by 163 runs in the third and final test match played at the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds, a s

A day after two people, including a three year old girl, died after getting entangled in the ‘maanjha’ (sharp string used for flying kites), the Delhi Government on Monday banned Chinese ‘maanjha’ in the capital. The move come

The rough seas off Bambalapitiya made it difficult for the body found floating to be brought shore and it remained in the sea for more than six hours.

President Maithripala Sirisena has removed leading Joint Opposition members, including MPs Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane, Gamini Lokuge, C.B. Ratnayake, Keheliya Rambukwella, Pavithra Wanniarachchi as the SLFP organizers and appointed 40 new district and

At least nine individuals were hospitalized after the giant wheel at a carnival in Balagolla Bandaranaike Maha Vidyalaya grounds, Kandy crashed last night.

Four baby elephants were killed when the Colombo bound Thaleimannar Express train crashed into them near Karadikulam, Chettikulam last night, the Railway Control Room said.

Three people, Western Province Education Minister Ranjith Somawansa, his Coordinating Secretary and driver were injured, when the jeep they were travelling in met with an accident at the 18th mile post near the Galanigama exchange on the Southern Exp

The Government has initiated the redrafting of the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill by way of a memorandum submitted to the Cabinet for its consideration, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said.

Six asylum seekers who attempted to reach Australia by boat have been sent back to Sri Lanka in a demonstration that tough border enforcement measures had not softened since recent Australian elections, a Cabinet minister said Wednesday.

Some former SLFP pradeshiya sabha members in the Ratnapura district have urged former minister Basil Rajapaksa to form a new political party under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's leadership because they had no intention of contesting the loc

Regional Development Minister Sarath Fonseka said today that 90 percent of the investigations into two complaints against former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa had been completed -- and that he would have to face the consequences soon.

Army Commander Crishantha De Silva’s term has been extended by one year with effect from August 22 by President Maithripala Sirisena, Military Spokesman Jayanath Jayaweera said.

The Bribery Commission (BC) today filed action against Sajin Vass Gunawardena, ex-MP and ex- CEO of budget airline Mihin Lanka, for entering into an illegal contract worth Rs.883 million with a Singaporean company to obtain ground handling equipment

Northern Provincial Council Chairman C.V.K. Sivagnanam said US Ambassador Atul Keshap’s visit to Jaffna did not yield any benefits to the Northern people.

Despite all positive steps by the government to achieve reconciliation, there is still much to be done before Sri Lanka can realize its full potential as a global example of how a post-conflict country can achieve lasting peace, US Ambassador Atul Ke

A Scots engineer who became an overnight celebrity in Sri Lanka after punching the hated playboy son of a government minister has spoken of his hope to “see justice done” as a long-running investigation into the incident finally comes to

The elderly Sri Lankan pilgrim, who went missing in India, has been traced and re-joined his pilgrim group, the Foreign Affairs Ministry today said.

A 63-year-old man was buried under a mound of earth in Kahathuduwa this afternoon while attempting to level the mound of earth for the construction of a house.

A 68-year-old man had been crushed to death by a concrete beam of a building at Salawa, Kosgama today, the Police said.

The Police said they had spotted a body floating in the sea near the Bambalapiiya Railway Station this morning.  

LTTE leader Gopalaswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya, who was once a deputy to the banned terrorist outfit's chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, was a RAW agent recruited as early as in 1989, a book compiled by Indian Journalist Neena Gopal said.

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) General Secretary MP Udaya Gammanpila was summoned to the Keselwatta Police Station today for allegedly criticizing the procedure adopted to bail out MP Hirunika Premachandra, who was arrested in connection with the abduc

Proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India, the pact, which would be an improvement over the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), may soon be a reality.

The Government is reported to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China with the assurance to encourage Chinese investments and to implement key projects including the Colombo-Ratnapura expressway.