… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
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 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
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 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Did Raheem make a Customs declaration in Dubai? By Shamindra Ferdinando The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday backed an Opposition move to suspend MP...
The government has unleashed suppression on the Sri Lankan student movement because of the active role it played in the anti-government protests last year, Convener for...
Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, yesterday announced that the fuel quotas, currently allowed on the National Fuel Pass (QR) system, will be increased from...
by Rex Clementine Afghanistan cricket team that arrived in the island earlier this week has resumed practices in Colombo with SSC being their training base....
By A.J.A. Abeynayaka Controversial preacher, Jerome Fernando, has requested the Supreme Court to issue an order to the IGP and the Director of the CID to...
By Dinasena Ratugamage Politicians, representing the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and three other Tamil parties, are to visit New Delhi, in June, seeking a solution to...
Ninety percent of the rural poor had obtained loans from microfinance companies, National Movement of the Victims of Microfinance, Convener Nirosha Guruge said yesterday, addressing a...
Chief Incumbent of Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya, Ven. Walahahengunawewe Dhammaratana Thera said, on Thursday, that it was the IMF that ruled Sri Lanka. Addressing the media,...
By Hemantha Randunu The Customs has begun checking the baggage of those who come into the country, through the VIP and VVIP gates, with effect from...
The Navy yesterday (26) brought ashore a fisherman who had fallen ill aboard a multi-day fishing trawler. The rescue operation took place approximately 460 nautical miles...
By Nalin Hendurugoda Puttalam Police, on Thursday, arrested 17 students of Muslim Maha Vidyalaya, Thiladiya, for assaulting a teacher.The victim has lodged a complaint with the...
The government’s decision to make the economy contract has adversely impacted the small and medium enterprises (SME), Chairperson of Sri Lanka United National Businesses Alliance (SLUNBA),...
