The special team led by Chief Inspector Hemantha Owitigama examines the micro pistol previously used by the LTTE. (Inset) The LTTEweapon with eights rounds of 8mm ammunition and a hand grenade taken into custody. Pix by Nishan S. Priyantha. […]

  Deputy Minister of Co-operatives and Internal Trade Basheer Segu Dawood has tendered his resignation from the Deputy Ministerial post to the President today. Speaking to Ada Derana Segu Dawood claimed that he intends to carryout SLMC propaganda work for the upcoming Provincial Councils elections. […]

Housing and Construction Minister Wimal Weerawansa was reported to have fallen ill this morning and admitted to the Kurunegala Hospital. He was on his way to Trincomalee to attend the provincial council election campaign. […]

Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Anura Senanayake yesterday said that the police were happy that a massive operation they had conducted painstakingly for months to trace invaluable artefacts stolen from the National Museum in March had yielded the desired results. He said the police were looking for the main suspect. […]

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that the repairs on the Norochcholai power plant were successful. […]

DMK president M. Karunanidhi Tuesday requested the prime minister to introduce a resolution in the United Nation (UN) General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) for Sri Lankan Tamils and Sri Lankan refugees. […]

21 universities and educational institutes, except the Faculties of Medicine have been closed from yesterday until further notice. […]

The Presidents of Seychelles and Sri Lanka agreed on the need to protect the Indian Ocean and its resources as the ocean belongs to the countries in this region. […]

Dilith Jayweera, an advertiser turned investor who makes investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) through his investment vehicle Divasa Equity, yesterday affirmed that he has no involvement in the controversial resignation of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman, Tilak Karunaratne. […]

Jathika Hela Urumaya Leader Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera yesterday scoffed at police claims that the robbery of artifacts from the Colombo Museum had been carried out by a drug addict. He said Monday’s arrests were only a red herring drawn across the trail of the real culprit. […]

Sri Lanka will protest a travel advisory issued by Britain that warns its citizens of an upsurge in nationalism and anti-Western rhetoric in the island nation, a Sri Lankan official said Monday. The travel advisory issued by the British Foreign Office would adversely impact thousands of British tourists to Sri Lanka, Xinhua quoted External Affairs […]

Three foreigners have been arrested by Galle Police for behaving in an indecent manner near a Buddha statue. […]

Lawyers told the Colombo Magistrate today that MP Duminda Silva who is currently undergoing treatment abroad for injuries sustained at the Kolonnawa shootout will surrender, once he returns to the country after his recovery. […]

At least two suspects in the Colombo Museum robbery case were arrested by the police in Piliyandala last night, together with some of the stolen items, police said. […]

Japanese Special Representative Yasushi Akashi will arrive in Sri Lanka on a two day official visit today, a Japanese embassy release stated yesterday. […]

COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Monday raised concerns over the resignation of the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, observing that the regulator had been taking the right steps to ensure market participants obeyed the rules. […]