A 16-year-old boy and a 19-year-old girl were reported missing after have gone to bath in the Kelani river at Hanwella yesterday.

The amendments proposed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to be incorporated in the VAT Bill would be presented to President Maitripala Sirisena as party leader today, SLFP officials said yesterday.

Sri Lanka Audit Service Association yesterday warned of tough action if the reports and queries of the Auditor General were continuously rebuked publicly, in an attempt to create a public opinion against the legitimacy and validity of them.

The government, which should be empowering the Tamil community, is instead allowing Tamil extremism to raise its head in the country, the joint opposition charged yesterday.

The five-day Jana Satana Paada Yathrawa organised by the Joint Opposition (JO) against alleged ‘suppression’ by the government towards the people and the JO members will be launched from Kandy on July 28.

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between Singapore and India, the Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that is to be signed between India and Sri Lanka will help establish a tri party programme which will ben

National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa today said the Government needed at least one of the Rajapaksas in prison at any given time and that it may even place Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe in jail, because he was also a ‘Rajapaksa

The special commodity levy on imported sugar has been reduced from Rs. 30 per kilogramme to 25 cents with effect from midnight today, the Finance Ministry said.

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) National Organiser Nishantha Warnasinghe yesterday condemned the clash between two student factions, which occurred at the Jaffna University campus last Saturday.

Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Former Director General of the Divi Neguma Development Department, Kithsiri Ranawaka were today ordered to be remanded till August 1 by the Kaduwela Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala.

While condemning the clash at the Jaffna University, a collective of university lecturers, civil activists, artistes and the JVP allied Socialist Youth Union (SYU) today said the people should look into the incident with a broader and prudent mind co

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today refused to issue a warrant, through Interpol, for the arrest of a one-time Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga and directed that summons be forwarded through the Foreign Ministry to his address in Uk

A businessman had been shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Patiwatte in Balapitiya this morning, the Police said.

Former Economic Development minister Basil Rajapaksa, was arrested by the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) a short while ago.

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa, who was arrested on charges of misappropriating Rs.70 million , was today released on bail by Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday appealed to all students of the Jaffna University not to permit any recurrence of clashes or similar incidents that will hinder genuine reconciliation amongst communities in the country.

Sri Lanka is agnostic about what countries it accepts foreign investment from, including China, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

Former economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa arrived at Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) a short while ago to give a statement over an incident of financial misappropriation.

UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa, who was arrested and remanded on charges of financial misappropriation, arrived at the Fort Magistrate’s Court a short while ago.

Three people were killed and another injured when a three-wheeler collided head on with a bus at Kahawennagama in Habaraduwa on the Galle-Matara Main Road last night.

All hurdles will be cleared for conducting the local authorities’ elections once the committee appointed to sort out delimitation issues submits its report on August 15, it is learnt.   

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday said parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) should start a probe on the controversial coal power purchase deal which is alleged to have cost the government Rs 1.8 billion.

A CCTV footage which shows a man arrived in a three-wheeler burgling several equipments from a hardware shop in Thalawathugoda had been released to the media by the police.

UPFA General Secretary Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said  today  that they will not support the proposed VAT amendments unless their proposals were accepted.

The warrant officer attached to the army intelligence service who was arrested on Friday in connection with the investigations into the assassination of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, was remanded till July 27, today.