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Three men from Watford and one from Harrow have been jailed for their part in a conspiracy to create..

Sri Lanka Railways is taking measures to install gates at all the unprotected rail crossings in the ..

Benchmark and market interest rates spiked on Monday (Feb. 06) as the Central Bank increased key pol..

The government has spent about Rs 21,000 million for development projects in the Anuradhapura distri..

By Ifham Nizam

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) losses for the 38 days of this year..

The incarceration and release of the former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka had taken priority during ..

Nursing bloodied noses they suffered at the hands of China and Russia the other day in what may be d..

Frequent breakdowns at the country s first coal fired power plant at Norachcholai, forced the Ceylon..

Sri Lanka police teams today rescued a government minister`s wife and several others who were lost d..

The Northern Province which had suffered a great setback for a period of 30 years is now rapidly mar..

The IMF staff mission to Sri Lanka said that the country`s economy will grow rapidly despite the slo..

.Ministry secretaries who fail to act against institution heads found responsible for irregularities..

The JVP today called for the release of former Army commander Sarath Fonseka and all other political..

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have stressed the need for tough action against ..

Plantation Industries Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Samarasinghe says the government is working towa..

Today marks the fifth death anniversary of Selliah Kurukkal Parameshwaran, the chief Kurukkal of San..

Those demanding the UnitedNations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to take up what they call Sri Lank..

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his address to the nation on the Independence Day, made it clear that..

Leader of Sri Lanka`s main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe has taken st..

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) DIG Jayantha Kulatilaka has deployed three special teams to ..

Two major Sri Lankan groups are in the fray for a tender called to sell the 11-story, state-of -the ..

Hirunika, the daughter of late Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra has announced she will join active pol..

Three American diplomats will travel to Sri Lanka for talks about alleged killings of civilians by g..

United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton issued a virtual `ultimatum` to the government of ..

Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister of Sri Lanka Chandrasiri Gajadeera said that 1,600 prison..

The bodies of a woman and her daughter were found in Kotagedara, Ratnapura, the Police said.

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The Queen Elizabeth II of England has sent a congratulatory message to Sri Lanka President Mahinda R..

A US Army Intelligence analyst, Private First Class Bradley Manning, accused of the biggest leak of ..

Leaders of many countries yesterday congratulated President Mahinda Rajapaksa on taking tremendous s..

Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today appealed all political parties to join the..

Now that we have enjoyed the pomp and pageantry of Sri Lanka s 64th Independence anniversary, it wou..

The government yesterday expressed confidence that the boycott imposed by the Tamil Nadu state on Sr..

A 26-year-old was killed when his car skidded off the road on the Southern Expressway (E01) reportin..

Officials from Sri Lanka Customs at the Katunayake International Airport have nabbed an Indian who w..

The medicine and necessary medical equipment needed to treat bird flu will be supplied to hospitals ..

The Monetary Board of Sri Lanka has finally decided to increase the policy rates by 50 basis points ..

A Sri Lankan government minister called on all political parties to participate in the parliamentary..

Sri Lanka is looking at the possibility of striking fresh deals with Saudi Arabia and Oman for oil i..

The only thing railway workers are capable of doing on time is downing tools. Their wildcat strike o..

Sri Lanka`s Ministry of Health has issued a warning that there may be a threat of avian (bird) flu a..

The Higher Education Ministry has warned parents to beware of a massive job racket involving the mis..

Colombo District UNP MP Ravi Karunayayake yesterday (Feb. 01) dared the government to come clean on ..

Media spokesman of the Jathika Hela Urumaya, Nishantha Warnasinghe said that his party is against t..

A woman who worked in a factory in Kuwait since the age of 22 was suddenly found dead. Her body was ..

The government has arrived at the decision to take the necessary measures to encourage more secondar..

After promising to go beyond the 13th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution to find a solution to..

A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission

On January 28 alone there were 17 deat..

The CID yesterday filed a fresh criminal case at the Colombo Fort Magistrate s Court against another..

Reuters: President Mahinda Rajapaksa was emphatic: China s presence in Sri Lanka is strictly busines..

Jan 31, Colombo: India`s High Commission in Colombo has announced 135 undergraduate and post- gradua..

Chamikara WEERASINGHE

Explosives experts confirmed that the suicide vest that was found ..

Sri Lanka is not going to make decisions to make NGOs and other countries happy what is best for o..

Any perceptive reader of President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s observations on current issues which we front..

Sixteen suspects out of twenty who are alleged to have been involved in the shooting incident relati..

The US government has decided to grant space and opportunity to Sri Lanka to come up with concrete p..

The government has decided to amend the punishment for motorists violating the mandatory seat belts ..

Leader of Sri Lanka`s main opposition United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremasinghe has made it c..

The Colombo bourse sustained its mild rally on Monday with both indices closing in positive territor..

NDB Investment Bank (NDBIB), the premier investment bank in Sri Lanka, concluded its most successful..

The United Nations sponsored training workshop on climate change for the representatives of Asia reg..