A sick student, who could not attend school for more than 3 months due to a rare ailment had scored 186 marks at the Grade 5 scholarship examination.

The government yesterday agreed to provide clinical training in government hospitals for students of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), which is located  in Malabe.  

Police said three people hanged themselves, one AIADMK supporter committed suicide by self-immolation,...

Train services on the Northern Line came to a standstil last vening when the Colombo bound Yal Devi Express derailed between the Randenigama...

Several workers attached to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), who claimed to have been politically victimized in 1977and 1980,...

Parliament sessions were confined to two hours yesterday (24) as neither a Bill nor a regulation was taken up for debate.

Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar inquiring into the killing of Bambalapitiya businessman Mohamed Shyam yesterday re-remanded former DIG Vaas...

National Languages and Social Integration, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara yesterday said that they were going to submit proposals to the president...

A smartly dressed man got into a metered three wheeler taxi one afternoon. He had asked the three wheeler driver to proceed.

Seventeen shops standing behind the main bus stand at Mawanella were burned to the ground by a fire. The losses run into many millions.

Eight people, including the vice chairman and three members of the Hali Ela Pradeshiya Saba, who had been taken into custody on suspicion of attacking...

The National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) said yesterday that some 45,000 Sri Lankans were drug addicts and that four camps had been set up...

A strike launched by the Kahatagaha Graphite Mine workers in Dodangaslanda on several demands has been called off yesterday...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa who arrived in New York late Monday afternoon, accompanied by the first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa and with a huge...

The Construction Industry Development Bill, under which that makes the masons and other workers in the construction sector as how to register with...

Upon receiving several video footages pertaining to the election violence activities in the Uva PC elections; ..

Chan­di­ma Weer­akk­o­dy yes­ter­day shot down an at­tempt by Uni­ted Na­tion­al Par­ty (UNP) front-lin­er Sa­jith Pre­ma­da­sa to raise the is­sue of post-elec­tion...

De­fence Sec­re­ta­ry Go­ta­baya Ra­ja­pak­sa is visiting the Peo­ple’s Re­pub­lic of Chi­na to strength­en de­fence ties be­tween the two coun­tries.

At least three people were injured and some vehicles damaged when a tree crashed on them at Kynsey Road near Carey College in Borella yesterday.

The general public staged a demonstration yesterday, Monday (22) for closing the Sappachchimawadi Pillaiyar Kovil Street adjacent to the Jaffna...

While proposing to abolish the Executive Presidency, National Languages and Social Integration,...

The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry yesterday said it had no plans to auction boats and trawlers apprehended from...

The Bar Association President appearing for Pathmasiri Adhikaram who claimed to have the right to function as a Kapurala...

An injunction would be sought in court on the illegal surveys of lands in the Northern Province, Chief Minister of the Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran said yesterday.

The islands and islets off the Jaffna Peninsula were virtually under the control of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party for more than 25 years,..

For the first time in the post war period, the total number of votes polled by the opposition outnumbered that of the UPFA.

Five hundred recruits from Jaffna who recently joined the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces (SLAVF) passed out in a parade after three month training...

The first copy of a Crafts Map Of Sri Lanka was presented to President Mahinda Rajapaksa by Buddhi Keerthisena, Chairman of the National Crafts Council...

Veddah Chief, Uruwarige Wannila Aththo, said that the historic value of certain places of worship had diminished due to commercialisation,..

A Thai woman, who allegedly purchased goods from super markets using a forged credit card, was remanded by Panadura Chief Magistrate...