The ongoing West Asia war, triggered by joint Israel-US attack on Iran on 28 Februar, has benefited the China-run Hambantota...
A three-day “study visit” by the subject Minister to the Norochcholai coal power plant has triggered concern among power sector...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
A suspect has been arrested in New York over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn. Police...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 23 December 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa,...
Violation of Regulation of Election Expenditure Act: Penalties range from fines to civic disabilities by Rathindra Kuruwita The Election Commission of Sri Lanka (EC) has announced...
13 killed in road accidents on Saturday: A large number of road accidents reported during the past several months have prompted the police to inspect buses...
By WM Wickremesinghe Trincomalee Acting Magistrate Abdul Saleem has ordered that the 12-member crew of a boat that entered Sri Lankan waters with 103 Myanmar refugees...
By A Special Sports Correspondent Kandy Sports Club continued impressively for the second week in the domestic league rugby tournament when they thrashed Army Sports Club...
By Ifham Nizam The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), under the leadership of its Chairman Hemantha Withanage, has strongly criticized the ongoing unscientific and ad-hoc practices...
Allocation of land for new industries: The Industrial Development Board (IDB) would allocate lands for industries in the electrical, electronic, and mechanical sectors on a priority...
Probe underway – Police Spokesman Three cops transferred by Norman Palihawadane and Dhammika Salwathura Three policemen have been transferred out of the Athurugiriya police station with...
by Susil Jayakody There had been around 8,000 complaints of human rights violations pending since the COVID-19 period, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) Commissioner,...
Monday 23rd December, 2024 The much-awaited good news has come at last. On Friday, Fitch Ratings upgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to...
PALESTINE and IRELAND: UNITED BY PARTITION – I by Jayantha Somasundaram “Partition is the Englishman’s favourite way out of a difficulty. But it is a confession...
