By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said yesterday that the Cabinet was studying a set of...
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was admitted to a private hospital yesterday morning (12). Meanwhile, former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, who...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 13 October 2026 Issued at 2.00 p.m. on 12 October 2026 by the Department of Meteorology A...
Maaz Sadaqat crashed 96 off 51,Sahibzada Farhan clobbered 73 off 44, and Pakistan scorched their way through the last 12...
At least 139 people, including 15 children, have died and 84 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast...
US President Donald Trump has said he thinks “it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president” as he responded...
Matt Renshaw produced a herculean 190 and powered Australia to an unlikely first-innings total before Josh Hazelwood dismissed South Africa...
Pope Leo XIV has declared that the death penalty is “inadmissible” while his home country, the United States, announces plans...
The latest attack on King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital has injured several people, according to the country’s...
Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone the day after it made landfall along the northern Gulf Coast...
Hundreds of protesters have been detained in Delhi during the latest demonstration by the Gen-Z led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)...
During the f8rst T20I against Sri Lanka on Friday, Pakistan demonstrated that 2026 is not quite like 2019. Back then,...
Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire in talks mediated by Qatar and Turkiye following a week of fierce and deadly clashes along their...
The Spanish town of Terrassa in north-eastern Catalonia has temporarily banned the adoption of black cats from animal shelters to prevent potentially sinister “rituals” during Halloween....
The US State Department says it has “credible reports” that Hamas is planning an “imminent” attack on civilians in Gaza, which it says would violate the...
Rishad Hossain’s 6 for 35, which included the first five West Indies wickets in a chase of 208, paved the way for a Bangladesh win in...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 19 OCTOBER 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 19 October 2025 issued by the Department of Meteorology Showers may occur in the Eastern...
The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has revealed that Lanka Sathosa incurred a loss of Rs. 15,157,031,018 due to irregular rice imports in 2014 and 2015,...
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed two fundamental rights petitions filed by former Minister Wimal Weerawansa and two others, seeking the annulment of the Memorandum of Understanding...
Prison records reveal that 826 inmates sentenced to death are currently in custody. Prisons Department Spokesman and Commissioner Jagath Weerasinghe said this group comprises 805 males and 21...
The University of West London (UWL) has officially opened its branch campus in Sri Lanka, marking a milestone in UK-Sri Lanka higher-education collaboration and creating new...
A spokesman for the Police Supplies Division told the Sunday Island that tenders had been called to import around 3,000 rubber batons required for the police....
There is no shortage of dog and pony shows in this country. They are usually staged by the government in power. The SJB-led Opposition has accused...
The government budget is the nation’s key economic policy document — the primary instrument through which a state translates its political priorities into concrete economic action....
