An Australian, arrested on charges of running naked on Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Turf during the rain delay on the opening day of the first test match between Australia and Sri Lanka, was sentenced to one week's simple imprisonment

An Australian man has won the raffle of a lifetime, taking home an entire Pacific island resort for the price of a $49 ticket.

Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today on a two-day official visit. He is being accompanied by an eight-member delegation.

A Russian search and rescue vessel, Igor Belousov arrived today at the Colombo Port upon a goodwill visit.

A new boat service will be launched soon near the Colombo Rowing Club and the National Hospital, providing a new mode of transport for people to get to the hospital, Minister of Megapolis Patali Champika Ranawaka said today.

A man was arrested with 4000 packets of heroin in Athurugiriya Town this morning on information received by the Mirihana Special Crime Investigation unit, police said.

The Kandy Magistrate today ordered the Joint Opposition to conduct their protest march outside the Kandy Town.

Record-breaking off-spinner Muralidaran will become the first Sri Lankan player to be inducted in ICC Hall of Fame.

National Freedom Front (NFF) spokesman Mohammed Muzammil was today further remanded till August 10 on charges of misappropriating Rs.6.1 million by misusing a vehicle attached to the Presidential Secretariat.

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Vigneswaran yesterday claimed rights to the Moragahakanda project as it supplied water to the Northern Province.

Some 100 migrants from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are stranded in Abu Dhabi after their employer refused to renew their work permits, Reuters reports.

Amid different shades of opinion being expressed on the involvement of foreign judges in the proposed judicial mechanism to inquire into allegations of human rights and accountability issues, President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have said hi

A part of the lower lip of a man had been bitten off when he allegedly tried to sexually abuse his 65-year old mother- in -law, Kirindiwela Police said.

Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Chairman Sunil Handunnetti said an institution has been set up under the name Sri Lanka Cricket Aid Guarantee Company Limited with a capital of Rs.15 million belonging to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

The initial steps of the Moragahakanda-Kaluganga project was started under the Mahinda Chinthanaya and it was under one of our main programmes, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.

A consumer rights organization has informed Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that an inferior quality of cooking oil was being used in the parliamentary kitchen to prepare food for the MPs and requested him to investigate the matter.

The joint opposition said today it was shocked by the ‘deafening’ silence of the Western missions over the statements made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last week threatening newspaper editors.

The main runway of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) would be closed for three months from January 5 next year for renovations, Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said today.

Ministry of Defence (MOD) said today that they were in the process of introducing a pension scheme for retired disabled tri-force members and police personnel but said an exact time frame cannot be revealed at this level.

While admitting that he wouldn’t have accepted the consulting role to Cricket Australia former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Arjuna Ranathunga said that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is to blame for eliminating coaching opportunities to locals, compelli

The Government will change the name, “Port City” to “Financial City” to underline the fact that China would not be given outright ownership to the block of land, Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure Minister Harin Fer

Neither the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Central Committee (SLFP CC) nor the Executive Committee had approved the extension of the agreement entered into with the United National Party (UNP) for five years, SLFP MPs of the joint opposition (JO) said today

A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men at his church near Rouen in northern France, police and French media have said.

Colombo Chief Magistrate allowed the special panel of Colombo National Hospital doctors who conducted an inquiry into the death of Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera to question the doctors who treated the Thera in Sri Lanka.