Dr. Ashoka Ranwala, Member of Parliament representing the National People’s Power (NPP), has been unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Tenth Parliament of Sri Lanka....
The ceremonial opening of the First Session of the Tenth Parliament is scheduled for today (Nov. 21). Following the sounding of the quorum Bell at 9:55...
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged with fraud in the US, which has accused him of orchestrating a $250m (£198m) bribery scheme and concealing it...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 21 November 2024 by the Department of Meteorology A low pressure area is likely to form over the southeast...
The Sri Lanka Navy rendered assistance to bring ashore a critically ill fisherman, who was aboard a local multi day fishing trawler, about 78 nautical miles...
The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended its operations in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, following a violent attack on its staff and the...
Winter has come to Delhi and with it, a familiar sense of gloom. The sky here is grey and there is a thick, visible blanket of...
Temba Bavuma South Africa’s Test captain, has recovered from his elbow injury in time to be available for their two-Test series at home against Sri Lanka....
US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines, a US defence official told the BBC. The official, who was speaking on condition...
Former Minister of Education Dr Susil Premajayantha was appointed as the founding President of the National Committee of ‘The Center of Russian Geographical Society in Sri...