Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando told court on Thursday that then State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Nilantha Jayawardena was also...
The National Child Protection Authority has warned that corporal punishment continues to cause serious harm to children, revealing that it...
The Pakistan Super League will have a popular winner this season. It is either Peshawar Zalmi and their adored leader...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 02 May 2026, valid...
Somali pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, according to multiple Somali security officials that spoke...
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) outplayed Mumbai Indians (MI) for the second time this season, leaving Hardik Pandya’s men on the...
Maliban Biscuits, Brandix Apparels, Star Garments, Mobitel, Future Life Holdings, Alliance Insurance, Stafford Motors and CDB ‘B’ qualified for the...
New Zealand 104 for 4 in 11.4 overs (Tim Robinson 23, Bevon Jacobs 62*, Dean Foxcroft 15*; Mahedi Hassan 1-2, ...
Sri Lanka completed a clean sweep of Bangladesh after winning the third T20I by three runs. In the rain-affected match...
The United States military has said that it will pull 5,000 troops out of Germany amid ongoing tensions with the...
Bangladesh go into the third T20I chasing a bit of history: they have never won more than one series against...
In their last match in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals [RR] were asked to bat first, scored around 230, and never looked...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24 APRIL 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 April 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
Playing the first IPL El Clasico of their career, Chennai Super King’s Sanju Samson (101 not out) and Akeal Hosein (4-1-17-4) handed Mumbai Indians their biggest...
Payment made to new account number outside agreement Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’, which exposed the payment of USD 2.5 mn loan instalment by the Treasury...
Hambantota International Port (HIP) successfully handled container vessel MSC Marie Leslie, marking one of its highest-volume vessel calls to date. The achievement further strengthens the port’s...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told his Sri Lankan counterpart Vijitha Herath that US sinking of Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lankan waters was...
The alleged diversion of Sri Lanka’s $2.5 million debt repayment is unlikely to be a simple “hack,” but rather a case of a compromised payment process,...
The first quarter of 2026 has recorded a 26.5% increase in workers’ remittances, compared to the same period last year, despite the West Asian conflict. Sri...
The U.S. military has intercepted and redirected three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, news agencies reported.Washington...
US President Donald Trump has said next week’s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations with the UK. When asked in...
A suspected cyber fraud targeting Sri Lanka’s Department of External Resources has triggered a high-level investigation after hackers allegedly manipulated official email communications to divert funds...
World DNA Day falls on 25 April: On 25 April 1953, Watson and Crick published an article, in the acclaimed journal “Nature” titled “Molecular structure of...
REVIEWED BY Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Earlier this year, I sent her most recent book by an old friend, Kamala Wijeratne. Death of the Sperm Whale is...
