An individual who was assaulted in the Bambalapitiya area has passed away after being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital. Police said that the assault victim was found fallen in front of a shop in the Bambalapitiya area.

A bomb containing 10 kilograms of high powered C4 explosives was recovered by the police on Wednesday evening (8) from an abandoned well in the Banagala Estate in Kotadeniyawa....

Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene claims Australia's bowling attack is their weakness, and his batsmen will target them in Friday's one-day international at the WACA Ground.

The District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Tamil victims of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka against Shavendra Silva, a former Sri Lanka Army general, who is now Sri Lanka’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, a statement released in Washington today ...

Feb 09, Colombo: The engineers of Sri Lanka's Norochcholai coal power plant have said that the damage to the plant was caused by a faulty oil seal in the lubricating pump.

Feb 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka police say a suspect has been arrested over an alleged rape of a tourist at a hotel in Dikwella in Matara district.

Feb 09, Colombo: The Government Nursing Officers' Union of Sri Lanka says that the nurses of the union will hold a protest this afternoon outside the hospitals.

Sri Lanka says they will target Aust's weak bowlers in Friday's one-day international at the WACA ground.

Minister Mervin Silva pledge time period to give brief explanation on disciplinary action investigation taken against him.

A Canadian has pleaded guilty in a New York court to plotting to supply materials to a "foreign terrorist organization," according to the FBI.

A person was abducted in a white this morning from the Dehiwela area. According to his family the abduction of B. Dinesh Sanjaya Fernando (35) took place at around 8:00 a.m. today.

The police will conduct a special investigation into the fire that broke out at an apartment complex in Wellawatta this morning (February 8) which claimed two lives.

Leader of the Democratic National Alliance Mano Ganesan stated government engage in politics by detaining Sarath Fonseka in the prison. Prison term of Sarath Fonseka is the better example for life style of all the other political prisoners of this country.

BBC Colombo correspondent Charles Haviland has been injured in a road accident in Sri Lanka's Yala National Park in the South, a report in a Sinhala website said.

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says the country is in crisis, without free education, health or other basic rights, supremacy of the law, democracy or media freedom.

“‘We have had trouble with other Tamil groups,’ Rajapaksa explained, naming Douglas Devananda’s Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) and the Karuna Faction who ‘might have weapons.’” the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.

Sri Lanka Wednesday released a documentary depicting the atrocities committed by the Tamil Tiger terrorist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during its 30 years of terror war.

Kopai police announced two youths were severely injured during a sward attack carried out against them in the Thirunalweli market area in Jaffna.

Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, UPFA Gampaha District MP and widow of former Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, yesterday charged that the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) had completely forgotten the victims of...

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is under fire for failing to respond to a Sri Lankan government report on that country's civil war, despite repeatedly promising he would.

Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is under fire for failing to respond to the Sri Lankan government report on that country’s civil war, despite repeatedly promising he would.

Experiments by whimsical politicians and their omniscient bureaucratic lackeys over the past few dec..

Elections Commissioner of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Deshapriya has decided to hold the elections for the tw..

A Canadian has pleaded guilty in a New York court to plotting to supply materials to a `foreign ..

In a move to ensure a swift and smooth check in for passengers, all SriLankan Airlines economy class..

The Sri Lankan government has earned Rs. 151 million from the Southern Expressway since its opening ..

A fire which broke out around 2.30am yesterday in an apartment in a housing complex in Wellawatte, c..

BBC Colombo correspondent Charles Haviland has been injured in a road accident in Sri Lanka`s Yala N..

Feb 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the government has acted in contravention to claims made by it on state industries.

Feb 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) claims the Indian government's intervention and the actions of the Indian fishermen have posed difficulties to the local fishermen.