Parliament proceedings were disrupted yesterday when Opposition MPs staged a protest demanding an immediate debate on the delay in filling...
Climate change, pollution, deforestation and water degradation are no longer abstract environmental concerns but mounting economic threats already affecting Sri...
The Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Legal Aid Act No. 27 of 1978 with the...
A series of political, economic, and administrative problems in the Eastern Province have arisen due to the misuse of government...
Ellyse Perry produced one of her best innings of a long T20 World Cup career to lead Australia to a...
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the...
Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 at New York New...
More than 5,300 people remain trapped in online scam centres in Myanmar near the Thai border, despite a multinational crackdown...
The United States Senate has passed a bill to pause President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran and seek congressional...
A merciless unbeaten 106 off 61 balls from captain Chamari Athapaththu sent Sri Lanka scorching to the target of 131...
After hectic double-headers and triple-headers, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 only has one game in store for us on...
The ICC, UNICEF UK and the ECB will host a “special match day takeover” at Lord’s when England and West...
Sabri Lamouchi has been sacked by Tunisia after just one game of World Cup 2026. The 54-year-old former France international was sacked the day after Tunisia’s ...
A rest day on Monday will be followed by a double-header on Tuesday. Defending champions New Zealand will take on Sri Lanka from 1.30pm GMT in Southampton,...
A daredevil social media free-climber nicknamed the “Spider-Man of Yemen” has died after falling into a volcanic crater in the country’s south-west. Al-Qaqa Ibn Antar had...
Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and sentenced to four years in...
US President Donald Trump has said a preliminary deal to end the war with Iran has already been signed and suggested that details of the agreement...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 16 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 16 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, yesterday urged the Department (CID) to question former Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, regarding his claim that the...
Beijing Capital Airlines to resume direct flights between Beijing and Colombo in September this year, restoring an important air link and strengthening tourism, business, and people-to-people...
A delegation of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is in Colombo. The SPT’s second visit, from 15 to 24 June 2026, takes...
Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha on Sunday (14) highlighted several projects being implemented under the Government of India’s INR 75 crore Indian Origin Tamil Package, upgradation...
The Mediation (Civil and Commercial Disputes) Bill was passed by the Parliament on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Harshana Nanayakkara, Minister of Justice and National Integration, introduced...
Tuesday 16th June, 2026 The world must have breathed a sigh of relief yesterday following the announcement that the US and Iran had agreed to sign...
