Election monitors have strongly condemned JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva’s Jaffna declaration that the long-delayed Provincial Council polls couldn’t be...
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) says Sri Lanka’s total exports, comprising merchandise and services, reached US$ 1,380.93 million...
The Paddy Marketing Board has approximately 115,000 metric tonnes of paddy stocks purchased from farmers, which are currently stored in...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance,...
With the objective of improving the productivity of paddy cultivation, a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the agricultural sector...
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has extended the landslide early warnings issued to the districts of Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
A meeting between Upcountry Hindu Priests and the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, was held this morning...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] might look at Gujarat Titans [GT] across the ring in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2026, and...
The United States has launched strikes on targets in southern Iran, the US military has said, as Tehran’s top negotiators...
Pope Leo XIV has called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “new forms of slavery” are tied...
The Sri Lanka Cricket selection panel has handed the white-ball captaincy to Kusal Mendis for the upcoming all-format tour of...
Cambodia’s former opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was serving a 27-year sentence for treason, has been pardoned, the country’s former...
Pakistan have been docked five World Test Championship (WTC) points and fined 25% of their match fee for maintaining a slow over rate during their 10-wicket...
Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, has called on the ICC to “deliver on their own rules” when it comes to women’s rights in Afghanistan*, as...
The names of three new Members of Parliament to serve on the Committee on Parliamentary Business and four new Members of Parliament to serve on the...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa,...
The second ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand being played in Hamilton, New Zealand has been delayed due to rain.
by Saman Indrajith Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananda Wijeypala informed Parliament yesterday that new evidence had emerged in the investigations into the Easter Sunday...
Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves would reach USD 7 billion by the end of 2025, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said...
Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne yesterday informed Parliament that he would initiate an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment of female employees in the Parliament IT Department.The...
Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne told Parliament yesterday that a committee was currently probing Jaffna District MP Ramanathan Archuna’s complaints against Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa. The Speaker said...
by Gomi Senadhira The second term of Donald Trump as the President of the United States will begin on January 20, 2025. He will return to...
Wednesday 8th January, 2025 It is still being claimed in some quarters that the current rice shortage has come about owing to the use of rice/paddy...
Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne yesterday announced in Parliament the names of three new MPs to serve on the Committee on Parliamentary Business and four new Members...
