… 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),...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 30-03-2026 to provide relief by granting up to rupees 20/-...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital...
The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
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 06 April 2026, valid...
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...
Rohit Sharma broke the record for the most sixes in ODIs [351] during the first match against South Africa in Ranchi. He overtook Shahid Afridi, who...
All Universities, Higher Education institutes, training institutions under the perview of the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education have suspended all academic activities until...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused in long-running corruption cases, has submitted a formal pardon request to President Isaac Herzog. “The Office of the President is...
The situation report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 1600 hrs today says that 212 persons have lost their lives while another 218 persons have...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the President’s Fund to provide Rs. 1 million as compensation for each individual who died as a result of the...
Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), conducted inspection visits across the Badulla District to review the welfare of families affected by recent adverse...
The District Secretary of Colombo has urged residents living along both sides of roads in low-lying areas, from Kaduwela to Malabe, Athurugiriya to Malabe, and Malabe...
The situation report issued at 6:00AM by the Disaster Management Center today [30th November 2025] confirms that 159 persons have lost their lives and 203 persons...
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque – widely known as the Blue Mosque – in his first visit to a Muslim place of...
Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across parts of southern Asia, killing around 600 people. Monsoon rain exacerbated by tropical storms caused some of the...
Venezuela has accused US President Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed. The country’s...
The National Disaster Management Council convened on Thursday (27) night at the Ministry of Defence under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. The meeting focused...
