The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
At least 150 people are still missing in a single Texas county five days after deadly and devastating flash floods hit parts of the state, state...
Six crew members have been rescued and at least three others killed after a cargo ship was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis and sank in the Red...
Marking a significant milestone in Sri Lanka’s research and development sector, an ad-hoc committee was established on Monday (7 July) for the first time in the...
So far on tour [two Tests and three ODIs], Bangladesh have one win from five matches. This, they will feel, is not an apt reflection of...
The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) has withdrawn from a committee appointed by the Ministry of Mass Media to draft a National Media Policy, citing...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 09 JULY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 09 July 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Military-held land down to 9% in North and East The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said that the UN High Commissioner...
A high-level discussion on the urgent treatment of sick wild elephants was held on Monday (July 7) at the Ministry of Environment under the patronage of...
The Navy detected a significant haul of smuggled pesticides and seeds during operations conducted in Puttalam and Kalpitiya from 20 to 30 June, 2025. The separate...
Mohamed Sheriff Abthul Wazeeth was sworn in, yesterday, as a Member of Parliament of the Tenth Parliament before Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. Following the oath and...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has summoned National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa to its Headquarters today (09) to record a statement on the ongoing...
Kusal Mendis answered his critics in style with a sublime century as Sri Lanka posted a competitive 285 for seven in their allotted 50 overs in...
