DMK president M Karunanidhi today described as "important" Queen Elizabeth II skipping the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka in November and once again demanded that India boycott the meet.

"Since the formation of a Commonwealth federation, this is the first time that the Queen has boycotted the conference which is an important information," he said in a statement here.

For the first time in 40 years, Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth summit, deciding to send her s

UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson says the report on Sri Lanka on the UN actions during the final stages of the war was taken seriously.

“I was asked by the Secretary-General, to head a group to look, go through the recommendations of the report, and above all, look forward to the future so that we avoid coming in such situations as we did in Sri Lanka, and as we have in several other tragic situations. This group was established in January, and they have worked very diligently. It is co-chaired by Andrew Gilmour

The Matale Magistrate's Court ordered the Criminal Investigations Department on Friday to conduct investigations into the mass grave discovered in Matale.

Matale Magistrate Chathurika de Silva issued this order after taking into consideration the eleven affidavits that were submitted on May 8, by the relatives of missing persons believed to have been buried in the mass grave.

A teacher who is said to have sexually molested eleven female students have been arrested in Kekirawa.

Police said the suspect has served in a school in Galkiriyagama as a teacher.

Police further said that the forty-nine-year-old suspect had allegedly sexually molested eleven female students aged 8 and  9 on many occasions.

Meanwhile, the Katugasthota Police have arrested an individual who is reported to have allegedly sexually molested a twelve-year-year-old.

Germany has been briefed on the Jaffna situation including on what the army claims is a reduction of troops in the area.

The army media unit said that the German Ambassador in Colombo Dr. Jrgen Morhard, who is on a visit to the Jaffna peninsula, held discussions with the Commander of the Security forces in Jaffna, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe.

The ambassador was briefed on the reduction of troops and the reconciliation process in Jaffna in terms of security, peace building, economic development, rehabilitati

Prince Harry says that it is needed to assist to clear the land mines where there was a war.

He addressed a ceremony of  the 25th anniversary of “Hollow” fund while at a visit to USA and said that if Sri Lanka is given assistance, within the next 5 years Sri Lanka can be completely out of land mine risk.

A Sri Lankan woman was referred to Adan Hospital for treatment where she was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit in serious condition for allegedly consuming large quantity of pills in Mahboula.

In details, when a Kuwaiti woman saw her housemaid lying unconscious on the floor of her house in Mahboula and noticed some medicines beside her, she immediately notified the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior. Securitymen and paramedics rushed to the location and referred the victim to Adan Hospital. A case was registered and inv

Tamil Nadu has no right to demand Katchatheevu, for it is Sri Lanka’s as per an agreement, Traditional Industries and Small Enterprises Development Minister Douglas Devananda has said.

His statement comes in response to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s recent demand that the Centre retrieve the island ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974.

Last week, the State Assembly passed a resolution in this regard, in the wake of “continued violent attacks, torture and arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri L

A 15-year-old girl attending a leading school in Colombo was allegedly raped by her 16-year-old boyfriend, and thereafter raped again by an Afghan national, who was introduced to her by the boyfriend, according to police sources.

The boy and the Afghan national have been taken into custody, consequent to the girl's mother lodging a complaint with the Dehiwela Police.

Badulla: The UNDP’s Twinning Schools Programme (TSP), held at the Uva Wellassa University premises recently, brought out the multi-faceted talents of children in various fields including art, music, dance and sport.

Over 200 students from 21 schools in the Northern, North Central and Eastern Provinces, selected by their respective schools , enlivened the campus while learning, sharing and building bridges of friendship over a four-day period which concluded on April 21,when they boarded the ‘Peace Train’ from