Drug controversy: “Setting up state-of-the-art drug testing facility will cost Rs 5 billion” Activists call for legal action against politicians,...
Air quality in Sri Lanka has deteriorated in recent days, with Air Quality Index (AQI) levels rising, particularly in the...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland...
There was a little bit of rustiness as India returned to action 50 days after becoming ODI world champions, but...
Opener Sameer Minhas blitzed his way to 172 off 113 balls, setting up Pakistan’s demolition of India in thDeepeshe Under-19...
In the third Test, they rose again, but there was to be no Christmas miracle. Despite a gutsy fight from...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that steps are being taken to abolish the Executive Presidency and establish a parliamentary...
The full speech delivered by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament (2025-12-19) “Today, we have presented to Parliament the largest...
The IMF Executive Board approved emergency financing under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), providing Sri Lanka with immediate access to...
In response to severe weather impacts, the Sri Lanka Navy conducted a diving and technical assistance operation on Friday (19...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
Rex Clementine in Bombay Stand-in captain Hardik Pandya applauded Sri Lanka’s fighting spirit and expected them to play exciting cricket during their tour of India but...
BBC reported that tens of thousands of people were expected to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI at his lying in state in the...
BBC reported that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil – the third time he has held the...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 02 January 2023 by Meteorology Department Mainly fair weather will prevail over the island. A cold weather can be...
Tamil Nadu intelligence issues alert saying the drug lord ‘Kanjipani’ Imran entered Rameswaram, asks senior police officers across the State to mount vigil along the coastal...
HNB, JKH to disburse USD 4 mn By Shamindra Ferdinando Approval of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) was not required for the launch lending...
The funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on January 5 in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican City at 9:30 a.m. local time,...
Rex Clementine in Bombay Under Chris Silverwood, the Sri Lankan team made many improvements in 2021 and while many applaud the victory in Asia Cup, a...
Senior officer in charge of the Presidential Security Division (PSD) and two senior DIGs are among 11 officers who retired on Dec 31, 2022, in terms...
By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca The terrorism of the LTTE ended in May 2009, and most Sri Lankans looked forward to a dawn of peace, reconciliation and...
by Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe This is the question in everybody’s mind these days. Anything up to 10 hours of blackouts have been predicted by the Ceylon...
W. A. Silva’s genius deprived him of sleep It was a Sunday evening, when an elderly member of the club, recalled the life and times of...
