… five senior officials suspended President’s Counsel Maithri Gunaratne has urged the Parliament to intervene in an ongoing investigation conducted...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest former SriLankan Airlines board member Shasheendra...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
Israeli attacks have killed five people in southern Lebanon, including a journalist, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, further straining...
South Africa completed their highest successful chase in T20Is and sealed the five-match series against India with two matches to...
It wasn’t the high-scoring spectacle that people might have expected, especially with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the house, but that didn’t...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 22 April 2026, valid...
Iran’s IRGC says it has seized two vessels for “disrupting order and safety in the Strait of Hormuz”, The IRGC...
The importance of establishing learning centers at regional level has been identified in order to achieve multiple objectives, including the...
A yacht carrying 12 activists that was trying to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza has been towed to the Israeli port city of Ashdod, after it...
A prisoner exchange is under way between Russia and Ukraine, governments in Moscow and Kyiv have confirmed. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the exchange would unfold...
High-level delegations from the United States and China are to meet in London to try to save a fragile tariffs deal and avert a possible trade...
It has been reported that the Cabinet of Ministers have sent Commissioner General of Prisons, Thushara Upuldeniya, on compulsory leave.
Harry Brook had said at the toss that he “fancied a chase” in the second T20I in Bristol. Well, he was handed one all right, as...
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade. “Connection has...
The veneration ceremony marking the conferral of the title of Deputy Chief Sanghanayaka of Southern Sri Lanka to Venerable Mapalagama Buddhasiri Thero, the Chief Incumbent of...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 09 JUNE 2025 Issued at 2.00 p.m. on 08 June 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showery condition is expected to enhance in...
The highest levels of government have expressed serious concern about the sluggish pace of capital spending by Ministries, with some having utilised as little as 11%...
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners yesterday (08) said it would be President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s responsibility to take punitive action against the Prisons Department...
One of Sri Lanka’s beloved and iconic artistes, Iranganie Serasinghe, celebrates her birthday today (09).Born in 1927, Serasinghe is a pioneering figure in Sri Lankan theatre...
The country has been without aviation gasoline (Avgas) for more than six weeks, and that had disrupted flight training schools and grounding light aircraft, SLPP National...
