The internationally recognized “Walk for Peace,” originating from the United States, is set to take place in Sri Lanka starting...
The World Bank Group and the Sri Lankan government on Thursday launched a new five-year country partnership framework to support...
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...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
A meeting between the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Levan S. Dzhagaryan, and the Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, took place on...
The Ministry of Health and Mass Media plans to obtain direct assistance from foreign governments to secure essential medicines, until present issues within the medicine supply...
Considering the need of providing a qualitative and quantitative solution to the prevailing drinking water issues faced by the Ruwanwella, Bulathkohupitiya, and Yatiyantota Divisional Secretariat areas...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 31 MAY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 31 MAY 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times...
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) yesterday said that over 1,700 individuals, belonging to 485 families, affected across nine districts, were grappling with the impacts of the severe weather,...
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday slammed the government’s decision to suspend the admission of local students to the Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Medical Faculty,...
A Grama Niladhari Officer, attached to the Jaffna Divisional Secretariat, was arrested yesterday on charges of soliciting a bribe, according to the Commission to Investigate Allegations...
The Colombo High Court on Friday decided that the case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa—second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa—and his maternal grandmother Daisy Forrest, also...
A Lankan woman, attempting to illegally smuggle in a consignment of foreign-made cigarettes, worth Rs. 3.4 million, was apprehended by customs officials at Katunayake Airport early yesterday (30) morning. The 46-year-old woman,...
Saturday 31st May, 2025 The true beauty of Colombo, which boasts its Ramsar status, lies essentially in its lush greenery and scenic wetland patches scattered across...
Lanka among SA countries with above-average shortfalls in consumption tax revenue South Asia is grappling with significant fiscal challenges that affect its governments’ ability to provide essential public...
A total of 10.3 kilos of cocaine has been seized at the arrival terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), in Katunayake, during a joint operation...
