The United Nations has pledged US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri...
The Navy headquarters yesterday announced that 2,086 personnel, including 17 officers and 2,069 senior and junior sailors, had been promoted...
In his ‘Thai Pongal’ message President Anura Kumara Dissanayake invited everyone to come together with a shared sense of purpose and commitment to ensure the prosperity...
A bright comet could be visible in skies across the globe over the coming days for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa said the future...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya wishing all Tamil people in Sri Lanka and worldwide who are celebrating Thai Pongal joy and fulfillment stressed that it is...
With President Anura Kumara Disanayake’s departure from the country for a State Visit to China, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, five acting ministers...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa...
President Anura Kumara Disanayake departed the country a short while ago to commence a four-day state visit to the People’s Republic of China. Undertaken at the...
…10% to 20% decrease on the cards By Shamindra Ferdinando The Energy Ministry couldn’t intervene in the electricity tariff revision as the exclusive authority to do...
On Duruthu Poya yesterday, the Indian High Commission in Colombo inaugurated a Mobile Exhibition Series titled ‘Buddham Sharanam Gacchami’ at Maha Bodhi Agrasrawaka Viharaya in Maligakanda....
Milinda Moragoda, founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, met Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenghong to discuss bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of China and Sri Lanka. The...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has summoned Jesumaney Yartan Figurado, the joint co-ordinator of the North-East Coordinating Committee (NECC) over his participation in a recent protest...
Tuesday 14th January, 2025 The Health Ministry is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. It has become a metaphor for corruption. Irrefutable evidence...
Sri Lanka has secured the position of having the third strongest passport in South Asia, according to the latest Henley Passport Index for 2025. Ranked 96th...