Influx of substandard drugs is of particular concern The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has warned of renewed and intensified...
Sri Lanka’s latest elephant census must result in immediate policy action, not remain a paper exercise, Centre for Environmental Justice...
Palestine was the deadliest place to work as a journalist in 2025, with the Middle East as a whole the...
United States President Donald Trump has said that he will delay the implementation of tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets...
Australia batter Usman Khawaja will retire from international cricket following the fifth Ashes Test against England in Sydney this week....
Around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, police...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) in Kandy on Thursday...
Zohran Mamdani has been sworn in as mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and the youngest person...
Countries around the world are welcoming the New Year as midnight strikes from time zone to time zone. The island...
Highlighting the spirit of global and regional cooperation, the Sri Lanka Navy acknowledged the invaluable support by foreign warships, which...
A train driver has died and at least 40 people have been injured in a head-on rail collision near Peru’s...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her New Year message invited all Sri Lankans to step into 2026 with renewed...
US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to be briefed on its plans for war against Hamas militants. The announcement that President Biden will...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 October 2023 by the Department of Meteorology The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and...
… dares SLPP to move court against rebel group By Shamindra Ferdinando Top Opposition spokesperson Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (16) dismissed Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s...
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has moved the Supreme Court against the ‘Online Safety’ Bill. The Catholic Church has sought the SC intervention in terms...
Arrangements are being made to hold the annual general meeting of the Lanka-Japan Friendship Society at 6 pm on Friday, Nov. 24, at Sasakawa Hall, Colombo...
Tuesday 17th October, 2023 Adversity made the SLPP and the UNP strange bedfellows, last year, but their political marriage is now on the rocks to all...
By Norman Palihawadane The Navy seized over four kilos of Crystal Methamphetamine, over a kilo of heroin, and more than five kilos of hashish during a special search operation conducted...
By Jehan Perera The interest in the electoral process has suddenly been sparked off by news that the government is contemplating holding a referendum on abolishing...
The half-a-billion USD global organic textile market1 is set to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 40% within the next five years and with...
The transparency of Dr Upul Wijayawardhana (UW), residing in England and writing under his own name, is appreciated. He should be grateful to his country of...
Applications have been called for appointment of members of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. Under the provisions of the Article 41B of...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa are in Beijing for the third Belt and Road Forum. The conference in Beijing on 17-18 Oct....
