‘Companies may face US sanctions’: Lanka to put ‘national interest’ first as 19 Iranian vessels seek help (ToI) Sri Lanka...
Sri Lanka CERT has warned the public of fraudulent social media advertisements offering admission to foreign universities after receiving complaints...
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,...
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a new set of sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC),...
United States President Donald Trump said that Russia has agreed to supply 300,000 tonnes of diesel fuel to global markets...
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake has hit southern Panama, triggering tsunami warnings across Central and South America. The US National Weather...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that Sri Lanka reaffirms its commitment to advancing the rights and well-being of women and girls, and to translating principles...
It’s often said that a picture can speak a thousand words. The one in Indian newspapers on Monday morning showing female journalists occupying front-row seats at...
Bangladesh won the toss under grey skies in Visakhapatnam and chose to bat first, in a bid to get their World Cup campaign back on track...
Hamas has released all 20 living Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip as part of a ceasefire deal Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West...
Hamas has released seven Israeli captives into the custody of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as the hotly anticipated first phase of a...
China has called United States President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical as it defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and...
American actress Diane Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977’s Annie Hall and her role in The Godfather films, has died at the age of...
It’s been a change of fortunes for both sides since their respective opening games at the Women’s World Cup 2025. After a crushing defeat in their...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 13 OCTOBER 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 13 October 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
The proposed Independent Prosecutor Office (IPO) should be answerable to the Parliament, former Human Rights Commissioner Prof. Prathibha Mahanamahewa, says. Prof. Mahanamahewa said so in answer...
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala yesterday pledged an impartial inquiry into Friday’s incident at the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court premises, involving a lawyer and a police...
Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told The Island that the declaration that the government would establish an IPO (Independent Prosecutor Office) meant that the AG (Attorney General)...
