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A foreign woman who tried to smuggle out a consignment of gems belonging to 39 varieties valued at nearly Rs. 4 million was arrested by A...

Suspicious seting fire to thousands of files containing important documents of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the work of the Counc...

The Education Ministry yesterday announced the Advanced Level Examination 2013 will be held from August 5-31. Addressing a press conf...

How many would agree that imperialism hasn’t ended and it is found in what we know today as “international law”? The stark reality is tha...

Sri Lanka is in the fourth year since the defeat of terrorism. Now the whole country is on the fast track to development and the priority...

Transport Minister Kumara Welgama said that 100 new luxury buses will be deployed to commence an intercity bus service shortly. “We h...

At least five people were killed and several others injured when a van collided with a train at a railway crossing near the Aluthgama ...

Plans are afoot by the Government to increase the Information Technology competency to 65 to 70 percent within next five years, said C...

Non-state and foreign university participation in fulfilling the higher education needs of students who are unable to enter state univ...

Colombo Additional Magistrate A.M Shaheed yesterday further remanded interdicted former DIG Vaas Gunawardena untill July 9, 2013. Six oth...

The Deputy Director's Office of the Mahaweli Wildlife Region reports that during the last five months, five people and 30 elephan...

Residents of Thelawela Road, Angulana took to the streets yesterday ( 24) to protest against the inconveniences they have been subjec...

Restoration work at the ancient Abhayagiri Temple, declared as a heritage site by UNESCO, that commenced in 1997, under the direction of ...

Incidents of bribery and corruption seem to be rampant at the Registration of Motor Vehicles (RMV)Department that comes under the Western...

The Cabinet of the Eastern Provincial Council is likely to be reshuffled shortly, to settle the dispute between the Provincial Governor o...

UK MP Simon Danczuk, who had visited Sri Lanka some time back to find out the progress made with regard to the trial in connection with t...

Teachers' Union (CTU), yesterday accused the government of trying to recruit retired officials who are loyal to the government, to the...

An unlit Olympic torch will be sent into space ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The Russian Federal Space Agency will take t...

India's Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan on Sunday said any decision against Sri Lanka shoul...

One person was killed and 13 others were injured in an accident which took place in the Morapitiya area in Baduraliya on Sunday night. The ...

Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that the Australian-based Crown group will invest US$ 350 million on a ...

The FutureGov SAARC Summit, an important ICT conference for Government policy makers, will be held in Colombo on 25th & 26th June. ...

Following a steep rise in demands for seats to Colombo, Emirates Airlines is increasing seat capacity to Colombo from June 30th with th...

Around 20 families have relocated to safety zones owing to heavy rain in the Dimbulapathana Bogahawatte region. ...

The government has decided to impose a tariff on gold imports. The Ministry of Finance and Planning said that a tariff of five percent...

Train services travelling upcountry have been disrupted after a truck carrying cement toppled over at a railway crossing in the Kolathann...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has congratulated the newly elected President of Iran Hassan Rouhani. In the congratulatory note, Pres...

The nursing staff of the Dambulla Base Hospital commenced a strike action beginning 10 a.m Saturday. W. Upali Ranjith, chairman of...