India wants to upgrade the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, signed in 2000 during Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga’s presidency. Declaring that...
Sri Lanka’s creditors were unlikely to classify the recent USD 2.5 million Treasury fund heist as a technical debt default,...
The California man who allegedly tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a Washington gala has been indicted on a...
The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a “short period of...
Chennai Super Kings came into IPL 2026 with a dodgy look about their bowling attack. They lost three games straight...
Three prison guards attached to the Welikada Prison have been arrested by Borella Police following the death of an inmate...
Spanish police have seized what is thought to be a national record haul of cocaine from a ship in the...
Three people have died and a UK national is seriously ill in hospital after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a...
President Donald Trump says the US struck seven Iranian “fast boats” after vowing to help stranded vessels out of the...
There were smiles at last for Mumbai Imdians (MI) on a night that hadn’t looked promising when Nicholas Pooran’s fireworks...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 May 2026, valid...
President of the Maldives, Dr Mohamed Muizzu, who is on a State Visit to Sri Lanka at the invitation of...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 02 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 02 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
… number of individuals accused of fraud and corruption would face imprisonment in 2026 President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said that legal proceedings against individuals accused...
The Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government has issued Circular No. 11/2026, introducing a new mechanism to grant permanent appointments to thousands of...
The Coast Guard has rescued 19 individuals from drowning last month, including 14 foreign tourists and five locals, officials said. The rescues were carried out through a...
Media personnel covering the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) May Day rally were yesterday prevented from carrying out normal frontline coverage and were moved to the rear...
A panel of four forensic medical consultants has been appointed to conduct the post-mortem examination on a senior Finance Ministry official whose death is being treated...
Saturday 2nd May, 2026 The government and some Opposition parties held big rallies purportedly to mark May Day yesterday. The JVP/NPP staged as many as 21...
The European Union (EU)-funded “Together We Rise” initiative, implemented by World Vision and SAFE Foundation in Sri Lanka, is a €2.6 million project designed to strengthen...
Students interested in understanding society, education, communication and human behaviour now have an opportunity to pursue that path through CINEC Campus, which is promoting its Faculty...
Ranil Asanka, who hails from Matugama, is a dedicated team leader at Quizine Restaurant in City of Dreams Sri Lanka. He speaks with pride and passion...
Australia’s Sri Lankan-born community has recorded steady growth, reaching an estimated 184,800 by mid-2025, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The...
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) has launched a targeted drug prevention training programme for its officers, aiming to shield schoolchildren from rising narcotics use. The initiative...
