Payment made to new account number outside agreement Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’, which exposed the payment of USD 2.5...
Hambantota International Port (HIP) successfully handled container vessel MSC Marie Leslie, marking one of its highest-volume vessel calls to date....
Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington...
Playing the first IPL El Clasico of their career, Chennai Super King’s Sanju Samson (101 not out) and Akeal Hosein...
US President Donald Trump has said next week’s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 23 April 2026, valid...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Kurunegala and Ratnapura effective from...
US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says. It comes as...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Rebel Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) lawmaker Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday (31) denied speculative media reports pertaining to him being the presidential candidate of the ruling...
by A Special Sports Correspondent Unbeaten CR & FC faced stiff resistance from CH & FC in their Division 1 Inter-Club league rugby tournament fixture played...
Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa says that not only former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella but also the 113 MPs who defeated the no-faith motion, should...
The police have so far arrested over 20,000 suspects in connection with drug-related offences and other criminal activities during ‘Operation Yukthiya’.The operation reached its 14th day yesterday, the...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Director of the Colombo National Hospital will submit a report on the death of a female patient who underwent a surgical operation on Thursday (28)...
Pakistan Defence Secretary, Lt. General (R) Hamood Uz Zaman Khan, is here for the fourth Sri Lanka-Pakistan Defence Dialogue. Sri Lanka-Pakistan staff talks were elevated to...
Monday 1st January, 2024 We wish we could strike a positive note today, but to do so would be to ignore the harsh socio-economic reality, and...
JVP-led NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Saturday that post-Independent Sri Lanka was led astray by politicians playing the ethnic card to muster votes. Addressing...
Forty four Sri Lankans who had been in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by a Royal order. The Ministry of Foreign...
Today, the collective misery we experience as a society has nothing positive to show for the promotion of the so-called ‘positive thinking’, which encourages us to...
Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya writes extensively about the mismanagement of the power and energy sectors, but the government takes no action to rectify the mistakes. I am...
Imeth de Silva emerged victorious at the Sri Lanka National Scrabble Championship 2023 organised by the Scrabble Federation of Sri Lanka held at S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia recently....
