The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, stated that it is the Government’s priority...
Johan Manzambi scored a late brace after coming on in the 71st minute, following goals from Ruben Vargas and Granit...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said that those who had been unsettled by the ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday carnage were propagating...
Losses incurred by several Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) depots are largely attributable to their location in rural areas and the limited number of bus services...
Three Sri Lankan nationals were among seven suspects arrested in Kuwait in connection with an alleged drug trafficking operation, according to foreign media reports. Kuwait’s Ministry...
For a considerable length of time in the past, the global war on cancer relied on a strategy similar to carpet-bombing or shooting from the hip...
The Ceylon Motor Traders’ Association (CMTA), the senior-most automotive association in Sri Lanka affiliated with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, has issued an urgent appeal to...
Friday 12th June, 2026 Government politicians are giving a running commentary of the investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks. They usually do so in Parliament...
Businesses in Sri Lanka risk severe financial and operational disruption unless they urgently invest in climate adaptation and resilience measures, leading climate experts warned at a...
The Colombo High Court yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by Shashi Weerawansa, wife of former Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, against a two-year prison sentence and a Rs....
Parliament yesterday (11) approved an extension of the deadline earlier granted to the Special Parliamentary Committee appointed to conduct a comprehensive study into the lack of...
The government had not yet obtained Cabinet approval for raiing the retirement ages of judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Justice and National...
The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) will inaugurate its Research Conference 2026 on Saturday (13) at the Mahaweli Centre in Colombo 07, bringing together...
The Pilot Francis Gary Powers was born in Jenkins, Kentucky on August 17, 1929, the only son in a family of six children. His father, Oliver...
