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...
Songs of the ’70s are still very popular with Sri Lankans here and abroad and the organisers, in Toronto, Canada, are all geared up to give...
The Buddha Abhivandana Vesak Festival will be held in Panadura from May 30 to June 2 to mark the 2570th Buddhahood anniversary. This is being organized...
“Opportunities do not wait. If you hesitate, someone else will seize them.” — Lee Kuan Yew When policymakers, investors and industry leaders discuss Sri Lanka’s economic...
HNB General Insurance (HNBGI) announces the appointment of Dilshan Perera as Chief Operating Officer (COO). This appointment reinforces the company’s commitment to strengthening its leadership pipeline...
CSE trading picked-up yesterday due to a slight rupee appreciation together with positive news from West Asia that negotiations are progressing in a positive direction between...
At least four people have been killed and 17 are missing after a building under construction collapsed in the Philippines, authorities say as search and rescue...
A consignment of 134 single cabs gifted by the Government of India under the Indo–Sri Lanka Friendship Programme for the use of the Sri Lanka Police...
The National Building Reasearch Organisation [NBRO] has extended the landslide early warnings issued to the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura till...
Attacks on Ebola health facilities are intensifying in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the World Health Organization warns the outbreak could worsen...
Oil prices have fallen sharply amid tentative hopes for a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Brent crude, the primary benchmark for global oil...
US President Donald Trump says he has instructed negotiators “not to rush into a deal” with Iran, after earlier suggesting an agreement was close. The deal...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 25 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 25 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The Southwest Monsoon is gradually establishing across...
