A man who posed as a Media Secretary to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and allegedly swindled Rs. 40,000 was yesterday produced before Mt. Lavinia Chief Magistrate Nirosha Fernando, who remanded him till September 8...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi official has denied a Sri Lankan maid’s allegations that the couple she worked for in the Arab kingdom hammered nails and needles into her body. Doctors in Sri Lanka have said they removed...

Jayakodi Arachchilage Oman Perera alias Jayasekara Arachchilage Olcott Perera was shot dead by the STF while he attempted to escape from STF arrest on Tuesday night. The postmortem was to be held yesterday at the...

A suspect wanted in connection with eleven killings including that of three policemen between 2006 and 2007, kidnappings and other criminal activities in the Colombo district was arrested by police in Koswatta. The suspect was...

The United Nations on Tuesday launched a global action plan to combat human trafficking, with senior UN officials urging that governments worldwide to take coordinated and consistent measures to try to defeat the scourge...

The mastermind behind the abduction of Lasith Rasanjana the nine-year-old boy of Sapugaskanda who crawled to safety after being thrown into an incline on the banks of the Victoria Reservoir in Talatuoya was arrested by...

The 26th Commemoration Day of the STF War Heroes was held at the Katukurunda STF training wing yesterday. It was held in memory of the 462 heroes who sacrificed their lives for the sovereignty and the integrity of the...

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena has decided to seek parliamentary approval to impose the death sentence or life imprisonment as punishment for stealing drugs from hospitals. He said he had decided on that course...

The total number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Menik Farm relief village has dropped to 28,659 as of yesterday (1 Sep), due to the Government’s speedy resettlement programme, Government official website...

A major road rehabilitation and development project in the Northern Province is to be undertaken by the Government with Chinese financial assistance. Accordingly, 332km of roads, including the Kandy-Jaffna A9 highway, will be...

If there is any political party which has united independent thinkers in Government and Opposition ranks for the common good of the people it is the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. I can clearly state so with pride and humility...

The Ministry of External Affairs was following the case of Ariyawathi who has alleged that she suffered ill-treatment and physical harm by her employer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Ahamed Jawad, Sri Lanka's...

MP Wijedasa Rajapakshe says the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) is terminally ill as the health sector deteriorates. He says if the Health Minister is serious about life imprisonment for those stealing medicine from hospitals...

The SLFP which was born in 1951 with the Pancha Maha Balavegaya has become a major political force with the addition of several other forces into it and it has been further stabilized by gaining 118 seats in Parliament, said...

Sri Lanka’s earnings from exports grew by 23 percent in June 2010 to US dollars 697 million led by higher earnings from the industrial and agricultural exports. Earnings from exports and expenditure on imports have grown...

Sri Lanka needs to build fashion and creative cultures that innovate new products, business models and services, Export Development Board Chairman Janaka Ratnayake told Daily News Business. He said most Sri Lankan...

Several MoUs were signed between Sri Lanka and China at the inauguration of the Sri Lanka-Yunnan (China) Exchanges and Cooperation Promotion yesterday. These MoUs were signed in the fields of tourism and leisure...

India has taken a strong interest in taking the plunge into the Sri Lankan business sector with the latest venture being Gilbert Tweed, the human resources pool company. A leading executive search practice in India, an...

The corruption scandal that exploded this week is the latest damaging blow to Pakistan cricket and former players fear it could be the one that finally crushes the credibility of the sport in the South Asian nation. Over the last...

Rugby World Cup organisers are hoping Australians will have their eyes on the ball to fire more interest in tickets for next year’s tournament. Tourism New Zealand’s giant rugby ball, which has been used to promote the tournament...

Mohammad Asif may be dropped from an Indian film in which he was supposed to play a cricket coach after it emerged he was one of the three Pakistani players embroiled in a spot-fixing scandal. The 27-year-old pace...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement yesterday that the sex enhancer endorsed by its cricketers has been listed as a “health product” and in no way comes into conflict with a sportsman’s conduct. “Sri Lanka Cricket has...

AMMAN - The Sri Lanka embassy on Tuesday agreed to lift a ban on sending domestic helpers to Jordan after a compromise was reached between the Sri Lanka government and the Jordanian recruiters. The ban, which was imposed...

A survey conducted by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has revealed that the drop-out rate among primary students is significantly higher (8.4%) in plantation schools than elsewhere. The average primary...

In yet another move to crackdown on pornographic material in the country, the Juvenile Court yesterday ordered a ban on 107 porn websites and local movies with adult content, officials said. The Police Women and Children’s....

Trouble is brewing in a leading service organisation over its failure to settle a loan taken from a senior member in support of major event held a few months ago. Informed sources said an irate member recently declared that he would quit...