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...
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...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a...
An ODI between Canada and Netherlamds in King City Toronto on Tuesday was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch. The...
American teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus produced a stunning performance to hold off Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men’s 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Norway....
A cleaning team was combing Mount Everest’s perilous upper slopes for rubbish last Thursday, after a busy climbing season, when they spotted a man in a...
An enormous whale graveyard around 1,200km (745 miles) long has been discovered in the south-eastern Indian Ocean. The site, which is 7km (four miles) deep, has...
President Donald Trump has said on Wednesday that the US will hit Iran “hard” , after the two sides exchanged strikes overnight. “We hit them hard yesterday...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 11 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times...
Easter Sunday carnage: Investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks will not be halted due to protests, demonstrations or Satyagraha campaigns, Minister of Public Security...
A total of 267,138 children dropped out of the school system between 2018 and 2024, Prime Minister and Minister of Education Dr. Harini Amarasuriya informed Parliament...
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya told Parliament yesterday that Provincial Council elections would not be conducted under the existing proportional representation system and would instead be held...
Cabinet spokesman, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa, yesterday (10), said that the government had not taken any decision regarding extending the retirement age of the judiciary. There had...
Sri Lanka will open their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup campaign against hosts England when the 12-nation tournament gets underway in Birmingham on Friday. The event...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena has called for a report from an expert panel, regarding alleged 2019 Easter Sunday conspiracy suspect Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay’s medical...
Thursday 11th June, 2026 The law finally caught up with former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena, who caused losses to the state through some questionable deals, two...
