The Malaysian Government will study Sime Darby Group Bhd’s request to bring in workers from Sri Lanka to work in the plantation sector, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Sri Lanka government is contemplating closing down all 31 camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Jaffna district of the Northern Province and completing resettlement of 971 IDP families by August 15.

Helen Clark, one of the frontrunners to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN secretary general, has said there were legitimate criticisms of the way the UN dealt with Sri Lankan abuses during the civil war with the LTTE.

Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday that MPs had expressed disappointment over the country’s cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan joining the Australian team as a spin bowling Consultant.

India and Sri Lanka will begin another round of talks on the proposed Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) on August 9, 2016, Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, Malik Samarawickrama informed Parliament yest

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has instructed that students' activities at the Jaffna university should be organised only with the agreement of the Senate hereafter, Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe asserted yesterday in Parliament the current rule would serve for another five years under the concept of the national unity government.

Sri Lanka's cash-strapped national airline is in talks to lease four of its Airbus A330 planes to Pakistan International Airlines Corp, months after cancelling an order for four Airbus A350 aircraft, a minister said on Thursday.

The Malaysia government will look into Sri Lanka's request to have all Sri Lankan prisoners in Malaysia be deported to their country of origin, the Bernama news reported today.  

The largest ever detection of cocaine, weighing 274 kilograms and valued at around Rs. 4.1 billion, was made this evening. It had been found inside a container of sugar in the Peliyagoda container yard, police said.

A Parents collective of the injured Jaffna University students said today they would not send their children to the university until the security of the students were guaranteed.

Several shops along the Olcott Mawatha in Pettah, near the Fort Railway Station, had caught fire a short while ago, police said.

The Kashmir Study Forum Sri Lanka along with Pakistani and Sri Lankan community organized a peaceful demonstration outside the United Nation Office in Colombo today to highlight the recent violent incidences in Kashmir.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) would defeat the VAT Amendment if SLFP proposals were not incorporated or if the tax was increased to fifteen percent, SLFP Spokesman Dilan Perera said today.

The Government had not incurred any loss due to the coal purchasing deal as alleged  by some people and a committee of experts had been appointed to look into the matter, Minister of Power and Energy Ranjith Siyambalapitiya  said today.

The World Health Organisation today declared Sri Lanka as a Filariasis free country, and awarded a certificate in recognition of the declaration, the Health Ministry said

Former Lanka Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) on charges of misusing vehicles belonging to the Lanka Sathosa during the last Presidential election campaign.

A 32-year-old man was stabbed to death inside a hotel at Minuwangoda early this morning, Police said.

A female elephant aged about six years was taken into custody by the Wildlife officers this morning at the Kataragama temple area, Police said.

Sri Lanka will play a constructive role in promoting dialogue and cooperation for peaceful development in the region, Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.  

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday that he did not have any knowledge about the existence of an organization by the name of the Task Force for National Reconciliation headed by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumara

Private hospital charges for surgeries, medical tests, scanning and drugs will be regulated by pricing formula making it affordable to the rich and the middle class while the National Medicinal Drugs Policy will introduced in six months, Health Minis

Hitting back at Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake on his remarks to go ahead with the new Customs Act despite objections, Customs Trade Unions yesterday urged President Maithripala Sirisena to either remove Minister Karunanayake or to bring the Cust

Work on a new Airport Terminal that is capable of handling 20 million people will be begun at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) next year, Deputy Transport Minster Asoka Abeysinghe said yesterday.

Joint Opposition MP Geetha Kumarasinghe yesterday said the impact of the increase in the prices of cigarette and alcohol would effect women as well because it was unlikely that those who were in the habit of drinking and smoking would stop or even re

President Maithripala Sirisena said all educational institutions, including universities and vocational training centres should act as reconciliation centres and reconciliation should be included as a subject in the school curriculum.