The Army has recovered a thermobaric weapon and an explosive-laden LTTE water scooter from the Puthukkudiyiruppu area, military said. The Army headquarters said troops in PuthukkudiyiruppuEast, Puthukkudiyiruppu ....

Shocking revelations, such as Indian Peace Keeping Force Commander Harirat Singh defying orders given by the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to shoot LTTE Leader Prabhakaran when he came to an IPKF camp in 1987 ....

Police headquarters yesterday sought public help to arrest those engaged in illegal sand and gem mining, narcotics trade and timber rackets claiming to be agents of ministers and their relatives. A senior police headquarters...

Nanuoya police arrested four suspects allegedly involved in the triple murder at Pattipola, Nuwara Eliya. Among the suspects was the father of the 10 year old girl who was killed along with two other relatives. G.G. Premarathne,

The Crimes Investigation Department (CID) informed Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi that they have sought the indulgence and advice of the Attorney General on further action to be taken against...

Chennai (PTI) Discounting the possibility of creation of a separate Tamil nation in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday said he believed the day was not far off when a Tamil would head the...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi has said that the demand for a separate "Eelam" state for Sri Lankan Tamils is "an unrealistic dream." Instead of holding on to such a dream, he has advised the Tamils in the....

Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka, yesterday made his first visit to Jaffna Security Forces Headquarters after the successful completion of military operations to eliminate LTTE terrorism, the Army Headquarters...

Charging that the situation in the IDP camps in the North was grave with only one toilet for 400 people, the JVP yesterday alleged that the government had adopted a lethargic approach in resolving the issues in ...

National Freedom Front MP Nanadana Gunathilake was sworn in as Minister of Tourism, and Piyasiri Wijenayake as the non Cabinet Minister of Cultural Affairs, by President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. Milinda Moragoda, who ...

A senior UNP spokesman yesterday told The Island that former Opposition Leader of the Uva PC Upali Samaraweera would be their Chief Ministerial candidate at the forthcoming elections. S. Satyendran and Ranganathan ...

Charging that the situation in the IDP camps in the North was grave with only one toilet for 400 people, the JVP yesterday alleged that the government had adopted a lethargic approach in resolving the issues in ....

Visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said on Thursday, that China has always been a friend to Sri Lanka and that he was seeking closer bilateral ties during his five-day official visit. "China has remained a...

All political parties were invited for the All Party Conference by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mass Media Information and Investment promotion Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said. “All parties were confident that ...

In  a bid to strengthen the country’s education  and empower the island’s students with the latest education technology, Dialog TV, together with  Dharmavahini launched  LEARN TV yesterday, Sri Lanka’s first-ever 24 hour...

The Oasis Hospital (Pvt) Ltd., Colombo will diversify into the medical education industry with the setting up of a private medical school at a cost of Rs. one billion for those who could not obtain sufficient z-score to ...

A senior economist said the ad hoc changes to taxation is an impediment to growth and despite some gains in achieving economic stability after the war, fiscal and macroeconomic issues are still causes for concern. "Ad hoc ....

With the dawn of peace the Eastern province is to have more hotels to develop the tourism industry in the country. Coordinator for Tourism Development in the Eastern Region, A.M.Jaufer said there are nearly 1000...

People ravaged by a 30-year-old war and living in the north will get a taste of rugby in the near future, ‘Tharunyata Hetak’ announced yesterday. Namal Rajapaksa, Chairman, ‘Tharunyata Hetak’ told the media that the ....

A contest between England and Netherlands was not the ideal match to open the Twenty 20 World Cup. But Netherlands surprised everyone and shocked the hosts to create a major upset in the opening encounter of the...

For the first time in its 50 year history, the Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA) will host a Continental Championship when the Asian Under 16 Junior Badminton Championships are held from August 3 to 9 at S. Thomas’ ...

Sri Lankan Youth Beach Volleyballers Ashan Fernando and Madushanka Fernando with a clean record managed to enter the quarter finals at the on going Asian Youth Games here in Singapore. At Siloso Beach, Sentosa, ...

Some one thousand Internally Displaced Persons went back to their homes in Ampara yesterday, marking the first Government-organized return movement in the district in seven years. The UNHCR said in a statement that ...

The United Nations has hired a lawyer to work on the case of two UN staff members detained in Sri Lanka, Michele Montas, spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon told reporters in New York. She confirmed ...

A delegation from India plans to visit the Internally Displaced Persons in the North on an invitation from the Sri Lanka government, sources from the Ministry of Youth Empowerment and Socio Economic Development told ...

The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry requested the public to be more vigilant on mosquito breeding grounds and the dengue epidemic these days because the most affected districts have received occasional showers ....