6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, prompting the country to issue a tsunami alert for the coastlines near the epicenter. However when contacted by Ada Derana the Sri Lankan Meteorology Department said that there is no tsunami threat to the country.

Landmine clearance in Sri Lanka’s conflict-affected north could take more than a decade, experts say.

A young woman has immolated herself in Grandpass, Colombo. Police said the 22-year-old woman was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital last evening with severe burn injuries and had succumbed to injuries today (06) morning.

The Government has commenced a project to construct houses for those who do not have houses.

Two persons have been arrested over the involvement in a racket where vehicles were being pawned through forged documents.

The Ministry of Higher Education has decided to handover the answer scripts of the exams held at universities back to the students, after correcting them.

Police say they have arrested two Sri Lankans who are suspected of stealing hundreds of millions of rupiah using fake ATM cards.

More than 300 complaints against the posting of obscene and personal pictures of persons on Facebook – the social networking service - have been made to the Criminal Investigations Department. The CID’s Cyber Crime Division is probing the cases which also include a few cases of hacking into Facebook accounts.

The Sri Lankan government is ready to deploy additional troops under UN command for peacekeeping operations, the army has told the world body.

Fruits and vegetables continue to come in the traditional gunny bags and string sacks, long after the January 15 deadline that outlawed this form of transport, with the introduction of the plastic crate rule.

Two SriLankan Airlines flights to and from Heathrow Airport were delayed due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in London, airline sources said today.

Sri Lanka is seeking operators to revive the halted ferry service between Colombo and Tuticorin in India and has called for Expressions of Interest (EoI) from potential operators, an Indian media report said.

Sri Lanka may avoid a costly squeeze by the United States sanctions on Iranian crude by purchasing it in a currency other than dollars, following India’s lead, officials said on Sunday. 

The Health Ministry is set to amend the laws concerning fraudulent doctors who have no qualifications in the medical field stating that a minimum fail sentence of five years should be given instead of the Rs.10,000 fine that is currently being implemented.

The daughter of former MP Baratha Lakshman Premachandra, Hirunika Premachandra stated that she will join active politics through the Sri Lanka Mahajana Party.