The Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest five Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the seas off Delft Island last night.

A 48-year-old individual was shot dead by an unidentified gunman at Nawarahena Junction, Dickwella early this morning.

England completed a 3-0 series win over Sri Lanka with a 122-run victory in the fifth one-day international at Cardiff.

President Maithripala Sirisena, condemning the terrorist act and hostage taking in the Diplomatic conclave in Dhaka, Bangladesh, expressed his condolence to the Government and the people of Bangladesh over the incident.

The middleman who is suspected to be the brain behind the recently thwarted illegal ferrying of Sri Lankan refugees from Kanniyakumari to Australia has been arrested by Indian police.

The attack on a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital left 26 people dead including six armed attackers, the Bangladesh army said on Saturday, most killed with sharp weapons.

The Manageress of a cooperative outlet who had pleaded guilty for providing a nutritional food bag for an expectant mother containing a dried serpent with sprats was strictly warned and imposed a fine of Rs.10, 000 by Attanagalla Magistrate Dinesh La

Sri Lanka should seek more bilateral agreements to open its economy with other economies like those of India, China, South Korea and Japan to avoid the after-effects of Brexit, Joint Apparel Association Forum General Secretary M.P.T.Cooray said yeste

House Leader and Minister Lakshman Kiriella, commenting on the controversy surrounding the sale of Central Bank bonds and the Auditor General's report on the matter to the COPE, said the Auditor General’s report was "an opinion" a

President Maithripala Sirisena has  appointed Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy as the Governor of Central Bank, President's Media Division announced

The two Sri Lankans who were among the Dhaka hostages were rescued and hospitalised due to shock, the Sri Lankan High Commission in Bangladesh said.

The Auditor General's report states that the Central Bank authorities are responsible for failing to prevent the huge loss of Rs.1.6 billion in the controversial bond issue.

Heavily armed terrorists struck at the heart of Bangladesh's diplomatic zone on Friday night, taking dozens of hostages at a restaurant popular with foreigners. Two police officers were killed and at least 26 people wounded in a gunbattle as secu

A 12-year-boy was injured in an explosion that occurred at a bathing spot near the Polgolla reservoir in Navayalathenna last morning.

Islamic State clamed responsibility for an attack on a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Friday, where gunmen were holding hostages as police laid siege to the building, news agency Amaq said

A massive protest march from Kandy to Colombo against the government for its alleged oppressive activities against the people has been planned by the Joint Opposition.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hrasha de Silva said that officials in the Sri Lankan mission in Dhaka were in touch with the Bangladesh police about the two individuals suspected to be among the hostages in the Café, where armed men taking about over

Gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with expatriates in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday and took hostages, including several foreigners, police said.

The Purawasi Balaya Organisation (PBO) said today there was no need to wait for the return of Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake to finalize the appointment of the Central Bank's new Governor because the CB did not come under the purview of the F

The Government Information Department’s Director General Ranga Kalansooriya today said a probe has been launched under the directives of Mass Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka and Secretary Nimal Bopage on the release of a media statement w

The Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Ministry a short while ago rejected issuing a statement regarding the appointment of the next Governor of the Central Bank (CB) of Sri Lanka.  

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today reiterated that justice for crimes committed in the past by both the Sri Lanka military forces and the LTTE is a necessary precondition to achieve meaningful reconciliation.

Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) Chairman Carlo Fonseka said he would resign if those who pass out from the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) in Malabe were given provisional registration to practice as doctors in Sri Lanka.

Some photographs of some men killing rare and protected wild animals went viral on social media on Thursday. They showed the men with weapons and sharp objects brutally killing wild animals such as deer, wild boars and porcupines.

Deputy Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma's suicide attempt cannot be approved by any means, his fellow UNP MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha said today.  

President Maithripala Sirisena is expected to appoint the Central Bank's new governor next week in the wake of his discussion with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and after Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake returns to Sri Lanka, a government

Former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa arrived at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate and inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) a short while ago t