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A United Nations plan to recruit more than 100 Sri Lankan police officers for its peace-keeping force has been put on hold indefinitely with no reasons given.

Fresh moves are under way with the assistance of Interpol and other intelligence agencies abroad to break the `backbone’ of the LTTE’s international terror network which is believed to be still active in certain countries, according to informed sources.

The Higher Education Ministry has banned university ragging with immediate effect and those who are found guilty of such activities in future would be expelled from university, Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake said.

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has given a three-month notice to occupants of Bloemendhal housing scheme to vacate their houses, saying that the SLPA requires these premises for a mega development project. However, the letters make no reference to…

Talks to resolve the feud between two factions within the main opposition United National Party (UNP) will begin today. The surprise move for reconciliation is the result of suggestions made by deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya and a group of senior…

COLOMBO – India's Bharti Airtel has petitioned Sri Lanka's Supreme Court to stop a new minimum mobile phone price plan announced by the telecom regulator, an official said Sunday.

The government is to hold talks with a top-level US delegation that is due to arrive here later this month in a bid to save tax concessions for local exports to that country, a senior official said last night.

The Test is only a day old but already it appears as though it's Sri Lanka's game to lose. As expected, the lambs were led to slaughter.

The General Court Martial against former Army Commander Gen. (retired) Sarath Fonseka was postponed following a lengthy argument on the credibility of evidence given by Consumer Affairs Minister Johnston Fernando.

Amidst a deepening rift between UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and MP Sajith Premadasa’s camp over the proposed party reforms, the decision making UNP Working Committee will meet on Monday (July 19) afternoon to discuss…

The government is slated to convert the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) into an authority or a corporation similar to the Madurai Corporation which manages the city of Madurai in India, sources said yesterday.

Sri Lankans have gained enormous experience, talents and fortitude which no other country has even thought of in the course of eliminating a terrorist outfit in the country and time has arrived to make use of…

Galle (Sri Lanka): India will seek to end a 17-year-long series drought in Sri Lanka when they go into the three-match Test series against the island nation here tomorrow with a depleted bowling attack and dodgy form…

A ship full of Tamil migrants — including members of the Tamil Tigers — is headed to Canada, a Sri Lankan newspaper reports.

COLOMBO — India and China have clinched two separate contracts to build railway lines and communication links in Sri Lanka, the government said Friday.

The United Nations announced Friday that its special envoy to Sri Lanka, Neil Buhne, will return to the South Asian country after being recalled by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week from Colombo.

National Trade Union Council which is the largest trade Union consisting of state, private and estate consolidated trade unions is about to launch a struggle to win over a salary increment of Rs.8000. NTUC has already begun a country wide…

Lahiru Thirimanne joined the centuries club as Sri Lanka Board President's XI once again dominated the Indians, on the final day at Colts Cricket Club.

The Sri Lankan government said Thursday that more than 80 percent of the war displaced civilians in the north has been resettled to their original villages and the number of Internally Displaces Persons (IDP) is fast dwindling.

During the first six month of this year 152,174 new vehicles have been registered with the Commissioner of Motor Traffic. This is an increase of 66,153 vehicles compared to the corresponding period last year.

After last week's protest opposite the UN offices here by a government minister, Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has joined subjecting UN to criticism.

Call it tusker diplomacy. The Sri Lanka government recently decided to donate a pair of elephants to Korea by the end of July, a month after Cambodia donated two elephants for a Seoul zoo.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Petroleum Resources Development has collected 2D seismic data offshore Galle and Hambantota to evaluate petroleum potentials.

With both sides weak in their respective fast bowling departments, Indian captain MS Dhoni and Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara have pledged to make the Test series more interesting and enterprising by aiming for results.

The Ceylon Electricity Board should cut back its losses and become an institution that will not be a burden to the country.

Four members of the same family in the Sandaresgama area in Eppawala, Anuradhapura have been murdered.

Inquiry into the testamentary proceedings filed by the late Anura Bandaranaike’s elder sister Sunethra Bandaranaike to claim Mr. Bandaranaike’s property on the basis of intestacy will begin in the Colombo District Court today.

Ports and Aviation Deputy Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena said yesterday that all unauthorized structures, including hotels, houses and industrial complexes, erected on beaches in Kalutara would be demolished to construct the Calido Coastal Gardens.

This week's Cabinet meeting will be held in Kilinochchi today (14) at the Security Forces headquarters. It will be presided by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. This is the first time a Cabinet meeting is being held in the Northern Province.

The Railway department today warned the public of a gang operating onboard long distance trains who befriend commuters and steal their belongings after they are drugged. These gangs were mostly known to target families on pilgrimage.

Criminal cases against Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader and former Army Commander Gen. (retired) Sarath Fonseka mounted with the filing of yet another case before Colombo High Court yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday directed the People’s Bank to make arrangements to recover more than Rs.165 million owed to it by a well-known Colombo businessman.

The Supreme Court directed to issue notice on three respondents who were absent and unrepresented when the Fundamental Rights application filed in connection with the death of two youths while in the custody of the Angulana Police was mentioned before…

Kandy district tops the list in air pollution in Sri Lanka. Its air is polluted three times more than the air in Colombo, Peradeniya University Chemistry Department Head Prof. O. A. Illeperuma said. Prof Illeperuma who has conducted research said…

Under the present leadership of the Defence Ministry the policing of the streets is looking increasingly like a military exercise. A good example is the current operation undertaken by the police to deny parking on all Colombo streets.

The Education Minister said yesterday the National Schools would conduct Saturday classes for Advanced Level and Ordinary Level students from underprivileged schools from September onwards.

Treasury Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera says the annual average rate of inflation would not exceed 8 percent this year.

The Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka will conduct a mock Tsunami drill in 14 chosen villages in 14 districts tomorrow at 3 pm.

The Customs has bared a Rs. 5 billion plus tax fraud involving a leading vehicle importer in the country. Investigations into the scam has uncovered that the organization involved in vehicle imports has produced fraudulent documents to the Customs to…

The decision taken by the ministry of higher education to conduct courses in the university in English has been appreciated by both students and lecturers.

Mother of NFF leader and Construction and Engineering Services Minister Wimal Weerawansa passed away at the Colombo National hospital late last night.

Aid agencies competing against each other wasted most of the funds given for tsunami relief efforts to Sri Lanka following the 2004 disaster, a report by researchers from RMIT and Monash universities in Melbourne, Colombo University in…

Commissioner of Examination Anura Edirisinha said all arrangements are being made to hold the 2010 Advance Level examination next month.

The government of Sri Lanka will commence the national programme to develop island wide multi religious committees. The launching of the project is scheduled to start from Vavuniya Sunday.

After having failed in its last attempt to get the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to back Sri Lanka against Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the government is making a last ditch effort to convince the 118-member group to take sides…

The Government has vehemently rejected the Tamil Nadu-based allegation that the Sri Lanka Navy opened fire at the Indian fishermen in Lankan waters.

A row is brewing in Beruwala again between two Islamic theological groups on the eve of a major feast there and the police have called in the Special Task Force to maintain security.

The Annual Esala festival in Katharagama is scheduled to begin tomorrow (12) and the Final Randoli Perehara will parade the streets on the 25th of this month.

The Western Provincial Council (WPC) on Thursday called upon the Government to reconsider the ban on private tuition classes on Poya days and Sunday mornings.

Sri Lanka cricket selectors have dealt a harsh blow to the country’s legendary cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya as he has been left out on a national contract in the list of 20 cricketers announced yesterday.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will abandon moves to amend the Constitution to enable him to contest any number of times for this post….

NEW DELHI: It will be an emotional moment for both Sri Lanka's spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan and his legion of followers when Test cricket's leading wicket-taker retires from the longest version of the game at Galle International…

NEW DELHI: India has advised visiting Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians to accept the current realities in Sri Lanka, to be pragmatic, to move on, and work sincerely with President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government to…

SriLankan Airlines is unable to recruit sufficient pilots to fill growing demand. A spurt of growth in the airline industry is projected to create a shortage of pilots in the near future. The growth is triggered…

Jaywalkers in Kandy were in for a rude shock yesterday morning when police rounded up 504 of them in the Kandy city itself.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister on Saturday ended a three-day fast aimed at forcing the United Nations to abandon an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed during the final months…

Emirates has begun daily flights between Colombo and Singapore from July 1. Emirates flight EK348 now departs Colombo at 14:55 seven days a week and arrives in the Lion City at 21:15.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Lawyers Association yesterday held a mammoth demonstration to condemn the statement made by Managala Samaraweera MP in Parliament recently criticising the country’s Judiciary.

Indian Foreign Minister S M Krishna met the parliamentary delegation from Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in New Delhi today. Seeking India's help in the post-war ethnic conflict that has emerged in Sri Lanka, the delegates raised a spectrum of issues…

COLOMBO – The United Nations closed its office in Sri Lanka and recalled its representative Thursday, following angry public protests over a UN probe into alleged war crimes committed by government forces.