Vast majority of wounded also non-convicts A file picture of the Negombo Prison during the recent riots By Shamindra Ferdinando...
The death of 128 wild elephants during the first four-and-a-half months of 2026 has triggered renewed concern among Wildlife authorities...
Years of political history and football rivalry will collide in Atlanta when England face Argentina in a World Cup semifinal...
The 2027 ODI World Cup, to be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, will be a 14-team event but...
United States President Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi have met at the White House in Washington, DC,...
Spain snuffed out France’s dream of a third World Cup triumph, taming their galaxy of forwards to win 2-0 and...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply to appoint S....
Oil prices have surged to their highest level in a month as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran...
England will make a late decision on whether Declan Rice is fit to start the World Cup semi-final against Argentina....
The US military says it has launched a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, hours before a reinstated naval...
India’s spinners made light work of England on the final day of the first ever women’s Test at Lord’s, wrapping...
Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the architect of Qatar’s remarkable transformation into an ultra-wealthy modern nation with...
After his recent trip to England where he was originally scheduled to do three shows but ended doing seven, Ravi Sebastian is in the news again....
Easter Sunday attacks: The Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar yesterday (15) declared that the verdict in the case filed by the Attorney General against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri...
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (CanCham Sri Lanka) will convene a high-level dialogue on strengthening women’s development, economic empowerment and women-led Small and...
A multistakeholder forum on ‘Empowering Estate and Rural Communities for Climate and Disaster Resilience and Social Equity’ convened at the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)...
The Media Fest, Sri Lanka’s premier gathering of media professionals, is back, bringing together some of the industry’s leading voices to discuss the trends, technologies, and...
At the time of closure yesterday the CSE benchmark index rose 3.43 percent following news of a US-Iran peace deal, brokers said. ‘The positive sentiment was...
A nerveless Super Over from Kugathas Mathulan, the 19-year-old slinger, helped Sri Lanka A pull off a thrilling win over India A in their tri series...
There are heists, and then there are heists, and the one at Sabina Park on Sunday will live long in the memory of those who watched...
Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma bailed India out with bat and ball respectively to fire them to an emphatic opening win over Pakistan in front of...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 15 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 15 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Harsha rejects what he called frivolous accusations Chairman of Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) Dr. Harsha de Silva dismissed Free Lawyers’ claim that his Committee had...
The number of patients hospitalised due to viral illnesses, including dengue fever, had increased significantly, health officials said yesterday, adding that there had been a rise...
