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President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that foreign saboteurs, which level baseless allegations against Sri Lanka should visit the country and have a first-hand experience about the reconciliation process and measures taken to strengthen communal harmony. […]

The European Union stated that it will actively support efforts to enhance accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka, including a credible and independent investigation into alleged war crimes. […]

The Sri Lankan government is considering ban on sending its nationals as housemaids abroad, particularly to Middle Eastern countries.

At least five persons were killed and five others were injured when a van collided with a truck at the 233rd Kilometer post between Mankulam and Kilinochchi on the A-9 road, this morning, police said. […]

The police have arrested 33 persons for begging in public places in a raid carried out in Colombo last night. […]

FILE PHOTO – The Indian Coast Guard has arrested 25 Sri Lankan fishermen for trespassing into Indian waters in Nagapattinam. The Coast Guard has also seized five boats and 5000 kg fish. […]

The police said yersterday the Leader of the Nawa Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the Gampaha District Leader, could be arrested in the wake of allegations levelled against the NSSP over the submission of fake nominations and false details of candidates in the nomination list. […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron met with a host of representatives of Tamil organizations in the UK before attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka last year, it has been revealed. […]

Pope Francis on Saturday told a group of Sri Lankan immigrants living in Italy that he welcomes the invitation to visit Sri Lanka and said, “I think the Lord will grant us the grace.” […]

Around 20 houses have been destroyed after a fire broke out and spread through a row of houses at Estate No. 101 in Nagahamulla, Wellampitiya today, police said. […]

Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris will visit China next week in an effort to strengthen relations between the two countries, the ministry said Friday. […]

(Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded a tad weaker on Friday on importer dollar demand and dealers expect the local currency to ease next week with foreign investors exiting the island nation’s bourse as part of a selloff in emerging markets. Lower interest rates that could drive credit growth, and expected seasonal importer dollar […]

FILE PHOTO – Kalutara District UNP MP Palitha Thevarapperuma, who manhandled the party’s National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe at Wednesday’s parliamentary group meeting, was suspended from the party yesterday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has written to congratulate the new Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdota Straujuma. Extending his best wishes, President Rajapaksa described the appointment of the country’s first female prime minister as “a landmark event in the history of Latvia.” […]

India will extend visa-on arrival to tourists of all nations barring eight, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Iran, as it looks to boost tourism, Planning Minister Rajeev Shukla said on Wednesday. […]

Three brothels were raided and 26 alleged prostitutes were arrested in Maradana police area by the Western Province Police Crime Division yesterday, police said. […]