… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Prime Minister in her capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the President in principle to prepare a draft to establish a public-private partnership unit headed by...
Nepal beat Scotland in most dramatic circumstances in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match in Dundee on Monday when, off what turned out...
Italy’s Mount Etna has erupted, with large plumes of ash and smoke seen rising from the volcano. Images and video from the island of Sicily showed...
A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only a deal to swap more prisoners of...
A seabed clean-up operation was officially launched on Monday (02) morning in the Pigeon Island area off the coast of Trincomalee. The initiative aims to enhance...
President Anura Kumara Disanayake assured that not a single rupee of the tax money paid by the people will be misused or lost to corruption. He...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 03 JUNE 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 03 June 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Amidst mounting pressure on the NPP government not to introduce a new anti-terrorism law in place of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act (PTA), Justice...
Defence Secretary AVM (Rtd) Sampath Thuyakontha has directed relevant authorities to collect information regarding ex-military personnel involved in Russia-Ukraine conflict. The following is the text of...
The Gratiaen Trust, in partnership with John Keells Foundation, on Sunday announced the winners of the 32nd Gratiaen Prize for English creative writing and the H.A.I....
Secretary to the Treasury Mahinda Siriwardena, will retire at the end of this month. Following his retirement, Siriwardena will assume duties as an Alternate Executive Director...
