Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga (CBK) today asked why one cannot question the actions of extremist monks in the country. Kumaratunga said that...
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has once more blamed the loss to Zimbabwe on poor fielding, after his team failed to defend a target...
Secretary to the President P B Abeykoon has resigned from his post, officials said this evening. Abeykoon has resigned over personal reasons. Senior...
The Government says there is no more torture and extra judicial killings in the country. Minister of National Coexistence Dialogue and Official Languages...
The Government of India says it is committed to the wellbeing and socio-economic development of the people of Sri Lanka. In a...
The Supreme Court (SC) today rejected a petition on leasing land to China in Hambantota. The petition had been filed by Parliamentarian...
The diplomatic passport of the former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga has been suspended by the Colombo Fort Magistrate ....
In accordance with the long term economic cooperation between the two Countries, the Government of Japan has agreed to provide grant assistance...
Sri Lanka and Spain had talks on matters of mutual interest, the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade said. The Ambassador of...
Activists of a political party in Tamil Nadu have been refused permission to meet Sri Lankan refugees at a refugee camp. Viduthalai...
Gloucestershire have made Thisara Perera their second overseas signing for this season’s T20 Blast. The Sri Lanka all-rounder, a right-arm seamer and...
When an angry mob of Islamists threatened to burn down a place hosting a gay and lesbian film festival in Jakarta in...
China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday, a move...
After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State’s...
Russia is in talks with Sri Lanka on the credit purchase of Gepard-class Project 1166.1 frigates, the Gepard 5.1, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) spokeswoman...
India’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited the North today and discussed development assistance. Northern Province Governor Reginald Cooray said...
Chamari Atapattu struck the third-highest score in Women’s ODI cricket to underpin Sri Lanka’s 257-9 against Australia in the World Cup clash...
The Government Medical Officers’s Association (GMOA) today denied claims that talks it had with President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday were secret talks. Dr....
The US Embassy in Colombo says it has been made aware of an increase in incidents involving tuk-tuk drivers (three-wheel drivers) in...
President Maithripala Sirisena is to seek foreign expertise to study the Uma-Oya project. Speaking in Hatton today the President said the project...