Switzerland’s Attorney General (AG) has indicted 13 people associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for providing financial support to the organisation via a sophisticated microcredit system, the swissinfo.ch reported today.

Jaffna University Students' Federation President T. Sasidaran was today released on bail by the Jaffna Magistrate after he surrendered to Court in connection with the recent clash among two student factions at the Jaffna University.

The body of a 40-year-old man was found in Bolgoda Lake in Piliyandala this morning, Police said. They said the deceased was yet to be identified.

The nine children who had been refused admission to Meegahathenna Primary School were admitted today to Matugama St. Mary’s College on a Presidential order.

The Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade today sent the following note:

The Meteorology Department today requested the Navy and the fishing communities to be vigilant as the seas extending from Puttalam to Potuvil via Colombo, Galle, Matara and Hambantota could be rough at times.

President Maitripala Sirisena has today appointed Southern Provincial Councillor H.W. Gunasena as the SPC’s Minister of Fisheries, Livestock, Environment, Electricity and Rural Industries.

Former Western Province Senior DIG Anura Senanayake and former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Perera were ordered to be further remanded till August 3 by the Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris today over the Magisterial Inquiry relating to

On a quest to find a strategic investor to help revive the loss-making national carrier, it is learnt that the government is close to finding a prospective partner to manage SriLankan Airlines.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today charged that the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) Bill has many provisions designed to persecute armed forces personnel.  

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today returned to the country concluding his three-day visit to Singapore.

Thirteen months after launching an improbable bid for the White House, Donald Trump captured the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, having vanquished 16 party rivals, warred with much of its establishment and provoked controversy at

The government is to obtain US$1 billion from the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for various projects, Finance Minister Ravi Karunayake said yesterday.

Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe has been summoned to Parliament today to testify on the alleged coal purchasing deal which is alleged to have caused the government to incur a loss of Rs.1.8 billion, informed sources said.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday vowed to proceed with the proposed Customs Bill despite objections from some quarters.

Singapore's South Asian Region Chief Executive Ong Kim Pong said he had already undertaken a study on the development of the Eastern Container Yard of the Colombo Port and pledged that the country's Ports Authority would extend its support to

Displaying a kilogram packet of sugar at a news conference, UPFA member Bandula Gunawardane said today the prices of consumer items had not come down despite the controlled prices introduced by the government.

Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran is to play a major role in finalizing trade agreements with foreign countries including the proposed Indo-Lanka Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ECTA), top government sources said today.

The Jaffna University Vice Chancellor today assured that an impartial inquiry would be held into the recent clash between two groups of students and that the University would reopen in stages from July 20.

Former economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa was who was remanded on Monday was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital (CNH) from the Welikada Prison Hospital a short while ago, hospital sources said.

The joint opposition today said that there could even be ‘bloodshed’ in the country if the government signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement (ETCA) disregarding the objections raised by the people.

Eighteen inmates of the Jaffna Prison have launched a hunger strike from this morning demanding that they be released on bail.

Members in Rajya Sabha in India yesterday sought government intervention in ensuring the release of a large number of Indian fishermen, arrested by the Sri Lankan navy in the recent past.

The Kataragama Devalaya was temporarily closed after 12.00 p.m. today after a body of a 75-year-old man was recovered from a thicket near the ‘Aliwadiya’ in the Devalaya premises, Police said.

Karapitiya Teaching Hospital's Consultant Psychiatrist Dr. Ramani Ratnaweera said yesterday the worldwide medical specialists in psychiatry had urged that addiction to the internet be classified as a mental disorder.

A 42-year-old woman was arrested this morning while attempting to smuggle out foreign currency worth Rs.166 million concealed inside her baggage at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).

Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus fare revision would be effective from August 1st increasing the minimum fare to Rs. 9 from the current Rs. 8, Transport Deputy Minister Asoka Abeysinghe said today.