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Thailand's army chief has announced a coup d'etat, saying the military is taking control of government. In a televised statement, the army chief said the military would restore order and enact political reforms ...

A British tourist thrown out of Sri Lanka for sporting a Buddha tattoo is suing local authorities for $78,000 over her ordeal, which allegedly included sexual harassment, her lawyer said Thursday ...

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing public funds, in a case locally known as the "Presidential palaces case," three years after he was toppled by massive protests ...

JHU will be absent during the vote on the no confidence motion against the government, the General Secretary of the Jathika Hela Urumaya Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said at a press briefing held today. ...

India's next Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to invite all governments heads of SAARC countries including Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in ceremony on May 26. media reports said. ...

At least 25 passengers were injured when a CTB bus collided head on with a private bus at Panamura on the Embilipitiya-Panamura Road, a short while ago ...

Patients believed to be infected with Dengue, had been admitted to the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in large numbers, hospital sources said. ...

Action against 3000 cases of tax evasion had been taken during the first quarter of the year, Commissioner General of Sri Lanka Inland Revenue (SLIR) Mallika Samarasekara said ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met this afternoon on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Presidential Media unit said ...

The no-confidence motion moved by the main opposition United National Party against the government was defeated by 94 votes in Parliament a short while ago ...

Ten trains had been cancelled due to the failure of a several locomotive engineers not reporting to work, the Railway Control Room said. ...

The man who claimed to have had a romantic relationship with popular Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai had reportedly told his counsel that the mental distress he experienced following the actress’s marriage to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan would be relieved if he received an opportunity to meet the Indian actress ...

The main opposition United National Party (UNP) yesterday in Parliament renewed its call for the prosecution of LTTE’s chief weapons procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP or to hand him over to India for legal action for his alleged involvements in crimes committed there ...

The High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it had not received any official communication from the Sri Lankan Government on the non-cooperation with the Commission of Inquiry investigating alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by both sides during the final phase of the war ...

At least 118 people were killed Tuesday in twin blasts at a market in the central Nigerian city of Jos, an official said, warning the toll could climb ...

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is contemplating a probe on the professional conduct of Attorney-at-Law and police media spokesman, SSP Ajith Rohana ...

A 37-year-old male teacher at a school in Bambalapitiya had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside the college hostel this morning, police said ...

The Sri Lankan government should comply with the March 2014 United Nations Human Rights Council resolution creating an international investigation into allegations of serious abuses by both sides during Sri Lanka’s civil war, Human Rights Watch said today ...

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev has been ordered to pay about £2.7bn to his ex-wife in what could become the biggest divorce settlement in history. ...

The passengers who had been blocking the railway main line at Alawwa had called off their protest and let the trains move on the line, the Railway Control Room said ...