Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe urged government to bring an amendment to the Constitution to enshrine right to education as a fundamental Right. He also pledged opposition support to such amendment. (Ceylon Today Online)

The resumption of operations at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, which was shut down after the crude oil stocks in the country ran dry, has been further ...

The three Leftist ministers in the government, Prof. Tissa Vitarana, D.E.W. Gunasekera and Vasudeva Nanayakkara have expressed solidarity with the Tamil ...

The Monk who was transferred to the Colombo National Hospital after he sustained sever but injuries due to setting himself on fire close to the Sri Dalada ...

Animal welfare activists voice concern over the killing of 38 stray dogs in Buttala, just hours before the dawn of Vesak.

A vehicle belonging to Anuradhapura Acting Magistrate M.M.N.W. Kumarasinghe was destroyed by fire on 24 May at his empty residence.

An explosion on a school bus in eastern Pakistan Saturday has killed 16 children and one teacher.

Investigations have commenced into the unexplained death of a woman at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL), who had passed away while under ...

SOCIAL workers have welcomed the opening of the first Sri Lankan embassy in Bahrain, which will help its 25,000 nationals working in the kingdom.

The Samurdhi Authority has failed to remit the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deductions of 2,700 Samurdhi officers to their individual accounts for one ...

Badulla Police have arrested a court peon (arachchi) attached to the Badulla Magistrate's chamber for allegedly stealing an ATM card from the Magistrate ...

Five Australia-bound Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka left stranded at a hotel in Coimbatore were rescued by the police late Wednesday (22) evening. The ...

Sri Lankan Airlines has signed a provisional deal with Airbus worth $ 1.3 billion to buy six A330-300 and four A350-900 aircraft between 2014 and 2023 to ...

The controversial right wing Sinhala Buddhist association, Ravana Balaya, has warned that steps will be taken to address the issue concerning a Japanese ...

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) expects nothing less than complete devolution of financial, police and land powers through the 13th Amendment to the ...