(AFP) Sri Lanka’s maritime authorities were monitoring a fleet of 11 US-sanctioned Iranian oil tankers just off the island’s southern...
Parliament is to debate next Wednesday the Government’s proposal to abolish the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), with...
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) has announced a reduction in the prices of Petrol 92 and Petrol 95, effective from...
Seven people have died after a passenger boat capsized near northern Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriot PM says. Search and rescue operations...
Iceland has voted against resuming talks on joining the European Union 13 years after they were broken off. Public broadcaster...
Turkish and Somali forces have freed a cargo ship held captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland...
A ferry carrying around 260 people has capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus with a search underway for survivors,...
Imam ul Haq is unlikely to play the rest of Pakistan’s Lord’s Test against England after being diagnosed with a...
Voting has closed in Iceland’s referendum on resuming membership negotiations with the European Union. Voting stations closed on Saturday, but...
The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of...
Thirty-six (36) naval personnel completed an eight-month Basic Marine Qualification Course and received their Marine insignia at the main parade...
Water levels in the lake which formed amid the debris of the landslide in Tibet are rising once again, according...
The Chamber of Commerce Nuwara Eliya (CCNE) marked its first anniversary at a ceremony held at Hotel Araliya Red on August 15, with leading entrepreneur and...
Ceylinco Life has retained its position as Sri Lanka’s most valuable insurance brand in the 2026 Brand Finance ranking of the country’s 100 Most Valuable Brands....
MONETABRIEF –Ranjith Page, a key member of the Page family that controls the Ceylon Theatres group sold a stake in CT Holdings Plc. last week, market...
A former White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay more than $172,000 (£127,000) for using inside information to bet on US President Donald Trump’s speeches....
More than 600 people have died following Wednesday’s devastating flash flood in Nepal. An update from Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Authority (NDRRMA) confirms...
Norwegians are grieving the death of the beloved King Harald V, as a period of national mourning begins and his son Haakon VIII assumes the throne....
The United States has struck a deal with Caracas that would give them control of some 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves, President Donald...
The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of September due to its apparent southward...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 29 AUGUST 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 29 August 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in the...
Development officers to launch countrywide protest over pay, unfulfilled Govt. pledge Development officers in the State and Provincial Public Services are to stage countrywide protests on...
The number of dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka so far this year has risen to 94,805, with 72 deaths recorded, according to the National Dengue...
By SK Samaranayake More than two million people visited Kandy during the 11-day Kandy Esala Perahera festival to witness the annual procession, police said. President Anura...
