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President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said that Sri Lankan cricket team must go to Pakistan and play there ...

University academics are urging the Government to appoint a high level committee to address undergraduate grievances and recommend apt solutions to their issues as one of their demands of the token strike planned for June 3 ...

The United National Party said today it was considering fielding a separate candidate from the UNP at the forthcoming presidential elections. ...

The Colombo Fort Magistrate today asked the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Thowheed Jamath (SLTJ) Organisation to apologise to the Mahanayakes of the three Chapters for making derogatory remarks on the Buddha. ...

New evidence has emerged on the contentious ‘white flag’ incident that cropped up during the final stage of the conflict, said Yasmin Sooka a human rights lawyer and former expert adviser on Sri Lanka to UN Secretary General ...

Sri Lanka Law College has stopped enrolling those with a Bachelor of Law degree from foreign universities or the Open University if they are above the age of 30 and this is a clear violation of the procedures governing the system, Parliament was informed today ...

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) is to stand up for the rights of the university students who were assaulted while in police custody and to file contempt of court action against police officials, including a senior DIG, over the arrests and assaults ...

Thailand's army declared martial law on Tuesday to restore order after six months of anti-government protests which have left the country without a proper functioning government, but the move did not constitute a coup, military officials said ...

A tense situation has been reported in Alawwa railway station after some passengers tried to assault the engine driver of the Colombo bound train, the railway Control room said ...

Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage today criticised the police on their definition of ‘minimum force’ and said minimum force did not mean assaulting someone till his or her eyes popped out. Pictures ...

A 19-year-old British woman was injured when caught in a trap gun at Wilgamuwa yesterday, police said ...

Thirty-one children and one adult were killed in Colombia yesterday when fuel exploded on a broken-down bus returning from a church event, an emergency response coordinator said. ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for China this afternoon to attend the 4th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). ...

Chandika Hathurusinghe will leave his post as coach of the Sydney Thunder Twenty20 team to take up the head coaching role with Bangladesh, Cricket NSW said on Monday. ...

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena was appointed as the Vice President of the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the World Health Assembly held in Switzerland, Government Information Department said ...

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education Nandimithra Ekanayake said today that he was ready to retire from politics. ...

The UNP said today that Sri Lanka too should learn lessons from the democratic manner in which the Indian elections were conducted ...

Two German nationals were killed when their motorcycle collided with a private bus at Unawatuna today, police said ...

One person was killed and another injured when they fell off the 11th floor of a luxury apartment in Rajagiriya today, police said ...

Access to Uthayan newspaper office in Jaffna and the Keerimalai Naguleswaram Temple were restricted by military forces today creating a tense situation in the areas in Jaffna, sources said. ...