An accomplice of underworld figure ‘Gagana’, who is currently in prison, has been arrested with 12 T56 assault rifles during a raid carried out by the STF Organized Crimes Unit.

Highlighting that COVID-19 pandemic will prevail for two years in the globe, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said his party will base its election manifesto on saving Sri Lanka from a second wave and to build up the battered econ

Former Minister Harin Fernando & Sajith Premadasa today met with the Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at the Archbishop’s House, Colombo.

Two persons including a woman were arrested with more than one kilogramme of heroin worth over Rs. 10 million at Batuwita in Gonapola yesterday evening, Police said.

A drug dealer ’Ketawalapitiye Sampath’ was shot dead by police in a shootout at Malwathuhiripitiya in Gampaha, Police said.

A special SriLankan Airlines flight carrying 254 Sri Lankans stranded in Seychelles due to COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Sri Lanka this afternoon.

A fire broke out at a supermarket on the Kottawa-Athurugiriya Main Road in Kottawa this morning, the fire brigade said.

Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this morning to give a statement over his remarks that he killed some 2,000 to 3,000 Sri Lankan soldiers in one night at Elephant Pass.

Referring to the controversial remarks made by former LTTE member Vinyagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said the former parliamentarian’s history was no secret to anyone.

Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said today he did not have any proof of match-fixing allegations made by former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage. Aluthgamage earlier charged that he doubt whether the 2011 World Cup final

Two special SriLankan Airlines flight carrying 94 Sri Lankans stranded in Singapore and 169 Sri Lankans stranded in Maldives due to COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Sri Lanka this evening.

The residents of Aluthwewa, Galewala lodged a complaint with the police over the suspicious deaths of some 10 dogs. The locals discovered bodies of about 10 dogs scattered across the village this morning. Residents believe the dogs have been poisoned

UNP candidate A.S.P. Liyanage today alleged that former Foreign Employment Minister Harin Fernando asked him to perform an illegal activity when he was the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar and told that he would be removed if failed to do it.

Former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said today he submitted the police a six-page document relevant to the statement he made over match-fixing.

Referring to the statement made by Vinyagamoorthy Muralitharan alias “Karuna Amman” that he killed some 2,000 to 3,000 Sri Lankan Army personnel in one night, former UNP Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said Karuna could not kill soldiers of

One leopard was found dead while another was injured after they were caught in two separate snares at Kothmale last night.

Former Sri Lanka Cricketer Roshan Mahanama today said that some individuals closely involved in politics have taken sports in Sri Lanka for a joke.

Three Nigerian nationals and a female Ugandan national have been arrested by the STF in connection with an international credit card fraud operated through social media.

A leopard mother was found dead while its cub was injured after they were caught in two separate snares at Kothmale last night, Director Wildlife Health at Department of Wildlife Conservation Dr. Tharaka Prasad said.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena said today that the Easter Sunday attack was planned to disrupt the anti-drug campaign launched by him.

A 70-year-old man, who was working at SLPP Kalutara district candidate Sanjeewa Edirimanne’s house at Thalangama, was found dead last night, police said.

A total of 217 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in United States due to the Corona-19 pandemic has arrived in the country this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).

Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa today tended an apology to Colombo’s Archbishop His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith on behalf of its national list candidate Harin Fernando who criticised him recently.

The heartbreaking video footage of a dying mother elephant with a baby by its side was reported from Galgamuwa.the postmortem examination confirmed that the elephant had died of septicaemia.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera said today the prisons have become the playgrounds of criminals and pointed out that the prison department lacked honest and efficient officers.

While assuring that the construction of the Central Expressway Project (CEP) would be completed soon, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said there would have been no delay if their government had not been toppled in 2015.

The charred remains of an unidentified person were discovered yesterday at Gonawewa in Dambulla, Police said.

A total of 289 Sri Lankans including around 100 mothers and 8 children stranded in United Arabi Emirates (UAE) arrived in Sri Lanka today, the officer-in-charge of the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) said.

State Intelligence Services of Sri Lanka (SIS) Director Major General Suresh Sallay complained to the United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) today against the Executive Director of the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) Ms. Yasmin So

While claiming that law enforcement authorities have already commenced investigations on prisons officials who have links to corruption and the underworld criminals, Defence Secretary Maj.Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne yesterday revealed that State Inte