Suresh Sallay, who played a significant role in the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) during the war, has been arrested...
The Communist Party yesterday (25) said that all individuals, regardless of political affiliation or status, responsible for the coal procurement...
US and Iranian officials have met in Geneva for a third round of indirect talks seen as crucial to averting...
Zimbabwe won the toss and asked India to bat first in what was practically a must-win match for both sides....
Aiden Markram’s 82 not out led South Africa to a nine wicket victory over West Indies that, while not confirming...
“I’m going to put it very simple: it’s hurtful, it’s painful and it’s shameful,” Farveez Mahroof, the former Sri Lanka...
Four people shot dead by Cuban border guards in a US-registered speedboat were Cuban nationals living in the United States,...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya made while participating in the latest publication of the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies (BCIS)...
Blue jerseys on the backs of a teeming crowd along the Walajah Road on Thursday evening will finally not be...
Is the ICC’s Super Eight the silliest qualifying process in the sporting universe? The unfathomable permutations of UEFA’s rejigged Champions...
A stunning rearguard from Mitchell Santner and Cole McConchie knocked Sri Lanka out of the 2026 T20 World Cup in...
At least 25 people have died in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais after heavy rains on Monday evening...
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan and Harris Rauf are among more than 950 players to have registered for the Hundred’s inaugural auctions next month, as the...
A Japanese city has received a hefty donation to help fix its ageing water system: 21kg (46lb) in gold bars. The gold bars, worth an estimated...
US President Donald Trump says he will direct US agencies, including the defence department, to “begin the process of identifying and releasing” government files on aliens...
Oman have suffered three heavy defeats to Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, and Ireland at the 2026 T20 World Cup, and had been thumped by Australia the only...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 20 FEBRUARY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 February 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
Trade unions of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), backed by the powerful Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union, have warned of accelerated trade union action following the collapse of...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya yesterday (19) revealed allowances and benefits provided to Members of Parliament at present.She did so while responding to a question raised...
Former OIC of the Cyber Crime Investigation and Intelligence Analysis Unit of the CID, M.M.U. Subhasinghe, yesterday expressed his regret in writing to civil activist and...
Construction has commenced on Sri Lanka’s largest solar power project, a 150-megawatt facility spanning 450 acres at the ‘Solar Energy Park’ in the Gonnoruwa area of...
Sri Lanka is not among the 85 United Nations member states that have condemned Israel’s de-facto expansion into the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian Mission to the...
Friday 20th February, 2026 The JVP-NPP government finds itself in an unenviable position over the Provincial Council (PC) polls, which have been in abeyance for nearly...
During a recent panel discussion titled “Security Environment in the Indo-Pacific and Sri Lankan Diplomacy”, organised by the Embassy of Japan in collaboration with Dr. George...
