Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not deserve more protection, Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said ...

A 42-year-old businessman was killed when two men arrived on a motorcycle opened fire at him  at Wadigala in Tangal...

A female Chinese national was killed when she is reported to have fallen from a tourist hotel at Magastota in Nuwara Eli...

The Maldives has started to vote in a heavily-criticised election that will be closely watched by India and China. ...

The Meteorology Department said that showers or thundershowers would occur in the Northern, Eastern, North-central, Uva ...

If a resolution was brought in Parliament to remove IGP Pujith Jayasundara, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said they...

Residents of Thellapilli in the Jaffna District have been asked to fund the inauguration ceremony of the presidential mo...

The then SriLankan airlines chairman Nishantha Wickremasinghe had in 2011 appointed Kapila Chandrasena as its CEO at an ...

State Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs, Mohan Lal Grero said yesterday the media report about an archae...

Over 300 workers attached to a private garment factory in Yakahaluwa in Minuwangoda, had been admitted to the Minuwangod...

Two train compartments at the Dematagoda Railway Yard were completely destroyed after they were gutted in fire this afte...

Gunmen have opened fire during an Iranian military parade in the south-western city of Ahvaz, killing several people and...

Sustainable development and Wildlife Minister Sarath Fonseka said yesterday steps were being taken to grow grasslands on...

Prices of vehicles would be increased by at least Rs. 250,000 as an impact of the depreciation of Sri Lankan rupee again...

Chief Opposition Whip and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday the government was planning to hand over th...

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) said yesterday it would take decisive steps next week in connection w...

Sports Minister Faizer Mustapha said yesterday that the national cricket team was badly hurt due to some insulting faceb...

Law and Order Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara has advised Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara to act in keeping with his st...

Three Co-Presidents of Ratnapura, Galle and Kurunegala District Development Committees, W. D. J. Senewiratne, Chandima W...

President Maithripala Sirisena appointed nine new Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) electorate organizers today. ...

The committee headed by the Prime Minister that was set up to review the provincial delimitation commission report had i...

President Maithripala Sirisena said he immediately deployed an officer to look into the incident where a starving couple...

Lieutenant Colonel Erantha Peiris, who was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Journalist Prageeth Ekneligo...

The Colombo Chief Magistrate today issued a stay order on the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) investigation of ...

The value of Sri Lankan rupee dropped to a new record low of 170 against the US Dollar today. According to the...

A father and his daughter went missing while bathing in the Giritale tank this afternoon while on a picnic with relative...

Parliament today passed two motions to suspend MP Wimal Weerawansa from Parliament for two weeks and MP Prasanna Ranawee...

The Supreme Court today upheld a Court of Appeal ruling which directed the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) to register ...

A 21-year-old soldier was found stabbed to death in one of the guard posts at the Ambepussa Regimental Headquarters of t...

Jaffna Police has initiated an investigation over an incident where a female lawyer has come to the court wearing a sare...

A beggar, who pretended to be dumb, suddenly screaming blue murder when a dog tried to bite him took everyone by surpris...

Two corporals who were among the guests at a wedding reception of an army corporal in Kotawehera had engaged in a heated...