Payment made to new account number outside agreement Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’, which exposed the payment of USD 2.5...
Hambantota International Port (HIP) successfully handled container vessel MSC Marie Leslie, marking one of its highest-volume vessel calls to date....
Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington...
Playing the first IPL El Clasico of their career, Chennai Super King’s Sanju Samson (101 not out) and Akeal Hosein...
US President Donald Trump has said next week’s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 23 April 2026, valid...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Kurunegala and Ratnapura effective from...
US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says. It comes as...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
A high court in South Korea has upheld the conviction of a 24-year-old man for a series of sexual crimes, including rape – after the attack...
Three newly appointed foreign Ambassadors to Sri Lanka presented credentials to President Anura Kumara Disanayake today (24) at the Presidential Secretariat. The newly appointed Ambassadors represent...
Sunday was a day of surprises at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25. While the likes of Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Gudaf Tsegay lived up to...
Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney has moved to dissolve Parliament and trigger a snap election on April 28. The widely anticipated decision on Sunday kicks...
Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a mass shooting between two rival groups at an unsanctioned car show on Friday in the US...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24 MARCH 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 March 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
State coffers suffered huge losses A probe conducted by the Auditor General’s Department and the Parliamentary watchdog committee, COPA (Committee on Public Accounts) has revealed that...
SLMC General Secretary Nizam Kariapper, MP, yesterday (23) said that the National People’s Power (NPP) government owed an explanation as to why it continued to ignore...
There has been an increase in underworld activities and gun violence this year, and 27 shooting incidents have left 22 persons dead, and more than a...
Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) R.M.A.L. Ratnayake said that the printing of ballot papers for the May 06 Local Government (LG) elections had commenced yesterday...
General Secretary of the Public Health Inspectors’ Union, Chamil Mutukuda, has warned the public of a racket where some individuals are posing as PHIs and obtaining...
Police have identified three suspects linked to a brawl involving a group accompanying Yoshitha Rajapaksa at a nightclub in Union Place, Colombo. The incident, which took...
