Fisheries Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne today in Parliament vowed to fight against politics involving drug kingpins and underworld. […]

Sarath Fonseka has abandoned the hunger strike as he was taken for his medical checkup a short while ago, DNA MP Arjuna Ranathunga told Ada Derana. He added that since the authorities decided to take him for the checkup the fast was called off. […]

Sarath Fonseka has begun a hunger strike at Welikada prison a short while ago, his wife Anoma Fonseka claims. She added that Fonseka was scheduled to be taken for a medical checkup after the court proceeding and instead was rushed out a back door and taken to the Welikada prison. […]

The government has spent about Rs 21,000 million for development projects in the Anuradhapura district parallel to the Deyata Kirula Exhibition with the aim of reviving the past glory of the ancient capital, statistics of the Mass Media and Information Ministry Research Unit revealed. […]

Two people were killed due to a sudden fire that engulfed an apartment complex in Wellawatte early morning today. The fire had started in the fourth floor of the building which is situated down the 37th lane in Wellawatte. […]

Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Shashi who left with a group on Sunday to pay homage to a shrine in the Yala National Park had got lost in the deep jungles until three police teams rescued them yesterday, police said. […]

Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was reportedly admitted to a hospital in Melbourne, Australia following an accidental fall, sources stated. […]

Sri Lanka has achieved significant results in securing sustainable economic and social development, consolidation of democratic state institutions, Russian President Dmitry A Medvedev in a message to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sri Lanka’s 64th Independence Day said. […]

Prime Minister D.M Jayaratne and the Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa laid the foundation Stone for Jetwing Yarl hotel in Jaffna on Friday […]

Three American diplomats will travel to Sri Lanka for talks about alleged civilian casualties during the government’s military campaign to defeat the Tamil Tigers, an official said, AFP reports. […]

Some trade unions that are funded by the Western Countries are out to de-stabilise the country by their strike action, Minister of Housing and Common Amenities Wimal Weerawansa charged yesterday. […]

Those demanding the UnitedNations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to take up what they call Sri Lanka’s accountability issues had never been bothered when the LTTE was killing civilians in their thousands, UPFA parliamentarian Dr. Mrs. Sudarshini Fernandopulle says. […]

Steps will be taken to prevent the circulation of LTTE propaganda stamps in Norway, Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs told Ceylon Today. […]