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The National Freedom Front (NFF) had put the government on probation just like the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had done in the past, NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa said today. ...

Sri Lanka thrashed England today by 157 runs at the Riverside Ground at Chester-Le- Street in the second ODI of the five-match series to level the series 1-1. ...

The government yesterday hit out at the Northern Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran, saying it was a pity that he rejected the invitation to join the delegation led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to participate at the swearing in ceremony of India's Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi in New Delhi today. ...

Debris of a Sri Lanka Air Force helicopter, believed to have crashed sometime ago, were found from the Chalai seas in Mullaitivu by the Sri Lanka Navy. ...

As many as 50 activists of Naam Thamizhar Katchi (NTK) were arrested on Saturday for staging a rail roko to protest the BJP prime minister-elect Narendra Modi’s decision to invite Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in ceremony on Monday ...

As a goodwill measure on the occasion of Narendra Modi's swearing-in President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the officials to release all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as soon as possible, the President's office said ...

Police arrested three foreign men suspected to be members of the Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist group in Selangor, Malaysia ...

Two people including a woman were killed and another motorcyclist was injured when two motorcycles collided with a lorry at Koralawella in Moratuwa on the Panadura- Colombo main road this morning, the Police said. ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will boycott prime minister-elect Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony tomorrow, sources have told India's NDTV. ...

The body of a 24 year-old undergraduate female was found from a jungle near her house at Warapitiya in Matale this morning, Police said. Pictures ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has already sent an official invitation to the Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) for a short series but the probability of the tour taking place is 50-50 chance. ...

Indian Prime Minister designate, Narendra Modi has welcomed President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to release Indian fishermen from Sri Lankan custody. ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and National Freedom Front (NFF)leader Wimal Weerawansa today held discussions on the 12 proposals that were approved at the second National Convention of the NFF. ...

Leading journalist and Editor-in-Chief of 'Nation' newspaper Malinda Seneviratne won the coveted Gratiaen Prize-2013 for creative writing in English for his collection of poetry: 'Edges' this evening in Colombo. ...

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India on Monday. ...

The Water Supply and Drainage Board announced that the water supply would be interrupted from the Ambatale to Kolonnawa area today due to maintenance work. ...

The body of a 22-year-old female university student was found in a building near the Elpitiya bus stand this morning, police said. Pictures ...

Three female Asian elephants, including two Sri Lankan-born took up residence at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington on Friday after a 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) road trip from western Canada. ...

National Freedom Front (NFF) spokesman Mohamed Muzammil today said the 12 proposals approved at the second National Convention of the NFF was highly commended by the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) at the meeting held last evening between the two parties. ...

Police today arrested one of the main suspects in the killing of Peliyagoda Urban Council Member Shyamila Jayaratne ...