Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says that former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka would have to decide and reveal his policies on key issues if he is going to continue with politics after his imp [ ... ]

Three shops were engulfed in flames and completely destroyed after a fire broke out in the Dewalegama area in Kegalle.

Police believe the fire, which is reported to have erupted at around [ ... ]

UNP Kurunegala District MP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam told a news conference yesterday that extending school hours till 3 pm would exhaust the children a great deal. He was referring to a pr [ ... ]

The JVP has launched a series of agitations throughout the country to ‘Rally against the administration that distresses masses!’ The series of agitations named ‘Rally aga [ ... ]

Bookie Sonu Yogendra Jalan alias Malad has told the crime branch that he paid Rs 10 crore to a Sri Lankan cricket player for fixing a match. He also mentioned that some Indian cricketers w [ ... ]

Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company’s initial pricing of $38. The firm’s debut on the Nasdaq exchange was delayed by about half [ ... ]

A twenty-year-old youth had committed suicide today morning by placing his neck on the track near the last wheel of the final carriage of a train at the Dematagoda railway station, just as it  [ ... ]

United National Party (UNP) and the major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have in writing informed the government of their stance on participating in the proposed Parl [ ... ]

The Chinese Communist Party delegation that is currently visiting Sri Lanka is to meet the Opposition Leader, Ranil Wickremasinghe today at the Opposition Leader's Office in Colombo. The  [ ... ]

A soldier gunned down a 19-year-old girl and her mother at Kulugammana in Kandy in the early hours of this morning (May 19). The double murder has taken place reportedly after the girl had [ ... ]

  Court has decided that the case pertaining to the suicide bomb explosion that killed Major General Janaka Perera and twenty nine others will be taken up for hearing on a continuous basis on [ ... ]

President of Sri Lanka Bar Association (BASL) , parliamentarian Wijedasa Rajapaksa, has in writing urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take action to prevent the incidents happeni [ ... ]

Three policemen travelling on a motorcycle were killed when it collided with a lorry at Pannala in the early hours today, the police said.

There has been no decision to import tea for value addition yet, which has been a part of a discussion of a meeting chaired by Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. A media  [ ... ]

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday ended the National Savings Bank – The Finance Co. share deal when it granted approval to allow NSB to re-transfer TFC shares, purchased o [ ... ]

Two sureties of Rs. 25,000 each were deposited this afternoon (May 18) on behalf of former Army chief Sarath Fonseka, who has been given bail. Thilaka Chandani Munasinghe and Parana Liyana [ ... ]

Everyone over-50s should take Statins to cut their risk of suffering a
heart attack or stroke, researchers claim. A major study shows the
drugs – usually only given to high-risk pat [ ... ]

The CEB Joint Trade Union Alliance has decided to engage in a one day
strike from 12.00 noon on the 29th demanding an increase to the salary
of 14,000 CEB employees of non-executive  gra [ ... ]