Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
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...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
Four people have been killed in a shooting near a mosque in Oman’s capital Muscat, the country’s police say. In a brief statement, they say “a...
Rwanda President Paul Kagame is on course to extend his 24-year rule by another five years in a landslide victory, with most of the votes counted...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the joint proposal presented by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Justice, Prison...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Education to consider the minimum qualification recognized for university admission by the 193...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilisation and National Policy to implement...
The government has planned an island-wide newspaper article competition to educate school students about the Financial Management Bills and the Economic Transformation Bills. This initiative aims...
Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose...
Sri Lanka Tea Board Chairman, Niraj De Mel said that under the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka commenced the repayment of...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 16 July 2024 by the Department of Meteorology The prevailing windy conditions over the island are expected to continue...
By A.J.A. Abeynayake The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a fundamental rights petition filed seeking an order to delay the presidential election and imposed a cost of Rs...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that the judiciary should not interfere with the affairs of the Executive. Speaking at a ceremony where freehold land deeds...
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) had approved a reduction of electricity tariffs by 22.5 percent overall, PUCSL Chairman Prof. Manjula Fernando said. The...
