More than 200 Iranian sailors left stranded in Sri Lanka after a US torpedo attack are returning home after being...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, issuing a New Year message, extend his heartfelt wishes to all Sri Lankans for a peaceful...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowled Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) out for 146 and chased it down with nearly five overs...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 15 April 2026, valid...
Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has landed in Iran as part of a delegation to hold high-level talks...
The Indonesian Navy Sailing Ship KRI BIMA SUCI – 945 arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit...
Chennai Super Kings left the bottom of the table and joined four other teams on four points by achieving two...
About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according...
President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 14 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump’s planned naval blockade of Iran would further cripple international shipping, exacerbating the energy crisis roiling...
Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday (03) granted bail to self-styled ‘prophet’ Jerome Fernando, who was held on remand for having made derogatory statements against various religious...
Navy headquarters said that operations conducted during 2023 led to the arrest of 343 persons, both local and foreign, involved in a wide array of illegal...
By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera said yesterday (03) that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would submit to the...
The largest SLPP dissident group led by Dullas Alahapperuma too has split over the call made by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to form a wider...
The UK has banned overseas students from bringing their families, affecting thousands of foreign nationals, including Sri Lankans. The British media quoted British Home Secretary James...
Customs’ Revenue Task Force Directorate on Tuesday (02) evening detected a large consignment of ‘Hashish,’ weighing over four kilos. The contraband was found inside a parcel...
This will be an election year for South Asia. Sri Lankan citizens will join tens of millions of their counterparts in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to...
Thursday 4th January, 2024 The government and the power sector trade unions are engaged in a game of chicken over the proposed restructuring of the Ceylon...
I found Prof. Sivamohan Sumathy’s Kuppi Talk column (02 Jan.) very interesting. She says, among other things, “… going far back into our colonial history 200...
by Rex Clementine The national cricket team’s poor fielding standards became a focal point as the new selection panel headed by former captain Upul Tharanga took...
Farmers who supported the ban on the crop in 2021 now want it lifted by Sanath Nanayakkare Oil palm cultivation which underwent heavy criticism in Sri...
Under 19 Cricket by Reemus Fernando St. Joseph’s earned vital first innings points against tournament leaders St. Sebastian’s who managed to draw the Division...
