Four families had ruled 65 of Sri Lanka’s 75 year history since 1948, MP Dullas Alahapperuma said.

A bus veered off the Hingurakoda-Minneriya road and crashed into a roadside shop after its driver suffered a heart attack.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, addressing the nation to mark Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Day anniversary,

Wasantha Mudalige walked out a free man after being released on bail

Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando of the Colombo Archdiocese said that Catholic priests will not attend the Independence Day celebrations.

There is a greater demand for black flags than Sri Lanka flags, a man sewing and selling flags in Dematagoda told Daily Mirror.

Members of the Ports Authority trade unions protested against the government’s tax policy today.

A mother and her two children were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in a house at Mahamankadawala in Anuradhapura last night, the Police said.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the spotlight yesterday by attending the Indian Republic Day celebrations held at India House in Colombo.

India celebrated its 74th Republic Day in Colombo yesterday.

“Your anger against the government is justified. But express your anger and pain with your vote on March 9, not by pelting stones,” Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka urged the public.

Former State Minister Nalaka Godahewa and two others were today acquitted and released from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

MP Dayasiri Jayasekara lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)

A thief was caught on CCTV stealing biscuits, milk powder and other items from a grocery store in Matugama.

Videos circulating on social media show employees of the House of Fashions clothing store embroiled in a brawl with a customer.

The final rites of the victims of the tragic accident in Nanuoya in which a family of five were killed, was held at the Dickoya Jumma Mosque.

A number of people injured in the Nanuoya accident, including students from Thurstan College, Colombo, are receiving treatment in hospital

Former President Maithripala Sirisena accepted money collected from people on the street, even from a beggar, by Sudaththa Thilakasiri, a YouTube activist to pay as compensation for the Easter Sunday terror attack victims.

Vedda Chief Uruwarige Wannila Aththo handed over a petition to the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission seeking legal recognition of the rights of his community. He said that the petition was also handed over to the Government and the opposition.

A train heading to Colombo Fort from Avissawella along the Kelani Valley line derailed this morning near the Kosgama railway station.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today questioned MP Lakshman Kiriella if he was listening into the telephone conversations of Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.

The 14th anniversary of the assassination of The Sunday Leader founder Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickrematunge, which falls on 8 January, was marked with a service at his graveside today. Family, friends, former colleagues and others gathered at Borel

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa recently showed that he can handle any ball, and not just balls thrown at him in the political arena.