China and Sri Lanka have intensified joint law enforcement efforts to combat cross-border online gambling and telecom fraud, crimes that...
An assistant manager and a security officer, attached to a state bank branch in Horana, have been arrested in connection...
After a 16-wicket opening day of the English Test summer, a further 17 fell on the second on an up-and-down...
A first ODI win in the West Indies since 2013 and more importantly, a winning start to Gary Kirsten’s tenure...
Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of...
Iran’s World Cup football players have been granted visas to enter the United States, according to a White House official,...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasooriya in her Environment Day message said that the environment is the foundation of our livelihood...
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started...
Qualifier Maja Chwalinska is one win away from a fairytale French Open triumph after setting up a final showdown with...
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the...
Shreyas Iyer is set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set for his maiden call-up,...
Pakistan edged home in a low-scoring tussle to secure their third straight ODI series win against Australia. They batted with...
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) says Sri Lanka’s total exports, comprising merchandise and services, reached US$ 1,380.93 million in April 2026, recording a year-on-year...
Retired Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay’s Counsel Shavendra Fernando, PC, recently told Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena that Mohammed Milhilar Mohammed Hanzeer alias Azad Maulana’s statement that...
‘Those who benefited from her actions forgot her’ By Shamindra Ferdinando British citizen Kayleigh Fraser, who has been in hiding here since late 2022 following a...
At a symposium on reconciliation organised by the National Peace Council last week, more than 250 religious clergy, civic activists and political representatives from different communities...
Sri Lanka has sought Somali help to ascertain the whereabouts of a Sri Lankan sailor, abducted on 21 April this year. He was among a 17-member...
Environmental crises in Sri Lanka are no longer merely conservation issues but constitute an economic and corporate survival challenge that directly threatens the country’s water security,...
Aken Thilakawardhana produced an impressive all-round display as St. Sylvester’s registered a huge 101-run victory over Sri Rahula, Katugastota in their Under 17 Division I first...
Tuesday 26th May, 2026 The Opposition derived perverse pleasure from the rupee’s tumble, which they apparently thought signalled the beginning of the end of the JVP-NPP...
Aragalaya betrayed? ‘The treason of the intellectuals’ in the age of populism – Part II The JVP/NPP conceptualisation of the ‘Jathika punarudaya’ (national renaissance) interpreted the...
In a significant move aimed at steering Sri Lanka’s environmental governance towards a more science-based and evidence-driven path, the Ministry of Environment has initiated a new...
Recent rumours circulating on social media regarding a potential move to lift the ban on cattle slaughter, within the Kandy municipal limits, have been categorically denied...
Niluk Uswaththa, of Seven Notes fame, based in Dubai, surprised many when he and his wife Apeksha, turned up in Colombo, last week … unannounced. Yes,...
