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...
Pathum Nissanka’s return to the red-ball fold provides a downtrodden Sri Lanka with a timely boost, while debuts are also...
Former Zimbabwe fast bowler and umpire Sarah Dambanevana passed away in Harare on Monday. She was 36. A Zimbabwe Cricket...
Even counting the win against Bangladesh at the Asian Games Sri Lanka have lost 12 T20Is to the two they...
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...
The Sri Lanka Navy on Friday (03) entered into an agreement with the local representatives of two foreign Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSCs) to facilitate the...
The Provincial Council elections would be held before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in 2026, a government spokesperson said, adding that the government was planning...
A group of civil society organisations and activists have condemned, what they called, the surveillance, harassment, and intimidation, of Mullaitivu-based journalist Kumanan Kanapathipillai. The following is...
Monday 6th October, 2025 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has returned his official bulletproof vehicle in compliance with a government directive, according to the Opposition. There has...
The Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court yesterday granted permission to the Western Province North Crime Division to detain and question the brother-in-law of underworld figure Nedungoda Nirmala Prasanna,...
Sri Lanka’s long-delayed effort to curb plastic pollution must now move from talk to tangible action, says Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental...
Children around the world are being relentlessly targeted by the ultra-processed food and beverage industry, according to a new UNICEF report that warns of a deepening...
The time has come for the Sri Lankan intelligentsia to admit, grudgingly as it may be, that Buddhism has come to a crisis state just as...
A fatal road accident at Kananwila, on the Horana–Moragahahena Road, claimed the lives of a young married couple on Saturday (04) afternoon. The victims, a 24-year-old...
The Valley in Bloom The air is crisp and thin atop Horton Plains, the morning mist curling like breath over the rolling patanas. Then, as the...
The governments of Sri Lanka and Antigua and Barbuda have established diplomatic relations with immediate effect following the signing of an agreement on Friday (03). The...
Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) has successfully facilitated a landmark foreign investment in Sri Lanka’s apparel industry, reinforcing its position as a trusted financial partner for...
