The Opatha Police have commenced an investigation to arrest a charmer (Kapuwa) who allegedly raped a twelve-year-old minor girl at a house in Opatha, Galle while performing a Pooja for eight days.

Referring to the recent incident of hundreds of people rushing to Colombo for a bogus foreign employment opportunity in Turkey, Association of Licensed Foreign Employment Agencies Sri Lanka (ALFEASL) warned the public not to fall prey to such scams i

Sri Lanka said yesterday that permission will not be granted to remove scrap metal from the “MV X-Press Pearl ship” without payment of applicable taxes. State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, during a discussion with the President, pointed out

Social media even attempted to convince people that providing mobile toilet facilities was a mistake

In another human trafficking scheme, nearly 100 young Sri Lankan graduates, mostly men have been lured to work in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Laos, known as the home of Southeast Asia’s transnational organised crime networks.

Cabinet has decided to drastically curtail allocations of state funds for non-essential projects

The temperature was close to freezing as the rain came down and there was no electricity or fuel in the city

A man and his 12-year-old daughter drowned after they fell into the Kumbukkan Oya in Pulasthipura while taking a selfie yesterday. Police

The Supreme Court three-judge-bench fixed the petitions to be taken up for argument on March 20

Jakarta Police have begun investigations into the death of Managing Director of OPEX Holdings and billionaire businessman, 45 year old Onesh Subasinghe, whose body was found in a serviced apartment in Jakarta, Indonesia

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa graced the Last day of the Gangara

The European Union (EU) says the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) remains “problematic” and steps taken so far to address issues over the law are not sufficient.

The suspect arrested over the death of a businessman whose body was found in a swiming pool in Thalangama recently reportedly confessed to the police that he had killed the businessman following a dispute over their rela

The full scale of the infrastructure damage is yet to be fully known, the initial assessment has been devastating.

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday morning on a short visit.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate the findings of preceding Commissions and Committees has submitted

Shocked survivors in Turkey rushed out into the snow-covered streets in their pyjamas, watching rescuers dig through the debris

The fate of the local government election totally depends on the judicial order, a government Minister said. Minister Prasanna Ranat

A project funded by India to construct 10,000 houses in plantation areas are to begin soon, Minister of Water Supply and

Slight enhancement of rainy conditions is expected in the country within the coming days due to an Easterly wave in the vicinity of the island

They have also decided to boycott the two day debate on the President’s policy statement

It is impossible to carry out election duties and routine work of the commission without further funding from the government

A 12.5kg cylinder by Rs. 200, 5kg cylinder by Rs.80.00 and 2kg by Rs.32.00

Jakarta Police have begun investigations into the death of Managing Director of OPEX Holdings and billionaire businessman, 45 year old Onesh Subasinghe, whose body was found in a serviced apartment in Jakarta, Indonesia, a

One died when a car bumped against a moving train at Borolla road level crossing in Kamburugamuwa on the so

Police Special Task Force seized a stock of foreign brand of cigarettes, which had been smuggled into the country sans paying duty from a shop in Ragama in the weekend. The STF

Only paddy cultivation in Anuradhapura, and Mahaweli C and H zones had been affected

The Sri Lanka Belgium Association commissioned a water treatment project (RO plant) on January 20, in Kadurugaswewa, a remote village in Wadigawewa, Medirigiriya. The project, rehabilitated an abandoned water-well in t

The Magistrate permitted to refer the samples of the deceased’s body for DNA tests

Police believe that a family dispute would have resulted in the incident