Twenty one passengers were hospitalized after two buses had collided head-on at Radawadunna in Nittambuwa on the Colombo-Kurunegala main road this morning, police said.

Secretary General of the Liberal Party Kamal Nissanka addressing a meeting at Bishop Lauxman Wickremesinghe Hall in Kurunegala said that the UPFA election manifesto resembles’ Santa Claus is coming to town’ and therefore it is like a Christmas hamper or a food basket

After losing some of its big stars, Sri Lankan cricket is going through a tough period. The signals coming from the island nation are not very promising either.

The road blocks and military checkpoints are gone, and the restrictions on foreign tourists and journalists visiting the area have been lifted.

Another person injured during the shooting incident at Kotahena last Friday has succumbed to his injuries. The injured person was receiving treatment at the National hospital at the time of his demise.

Fomer MP Lakshman Wasantha Perera has been arrested after he surrendered to police over an alleged assault, Police spokesman told media.

SLFP spokesman Dilan Perera yesterday said that two UNP candidates, Srinath Perera, PC and Deputy Justice Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe had confirmed that Friday’s attack near St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena involved two underworld gangs jousting for dominance.

Undeterred by the upcoming election, a confident Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has declared that the 2016 fiscal program will be presented under the more effective ‘Zero-Based Budgeting’, claiming that past practices had been imprudent.

Construction work on the first stage of the Colombo – Kandy Expressway from Kadawatha to Meerigama will be launched by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today.

Fuel prices are likely to be reduced further within the next three months with world prices going down and Sri Lanka now being able to buy oil directly from Iran, following the lifting of sanctions by the United States, a top official said yesterday.

A fire had erupted in a three-story house belonged to Minister C.B. Rathnayaka, police said.

Three persons were killed while another 16 suffered injuries following an accident involving a small lorry in Udawalawa this morning.

SriLankan Airlines has written to the Presidential Secretariat claiming nearly 114 million rupees accrued as expenses for Presidential voyages since 2011.

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said he would probe whether a request issued by the Prime Minister’s office requesting media coverage for the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Central Expressway was a violation of election laws.

The bank accounts of tele-actress Aksha Sudhari be frozen following an order given by Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishanta Peiris.

One person has been confirmed dead while at least 11 supporters of UNP Colombo District candidate Ravi Karunanayake have been hospitalized with injuries following a shooting incident at Bloemendhal Road, Colombo.