Vast majority of wounded also non-convicts A file picture of the Negombo Prison during the recent riots By Shamindra Ferdinando...
The death of 128 wild elephants during the first four-and-a-half months of 2026 has triggered renewed concern among Wildlife authorities...
United States President Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi have met at the White House in Washington, DC,...
Spain snuffed out France’s dream of a third World Cup triumph, taming their galaxy of forwards to win 2-0 and...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply to appoint S....
Oil prices have surged to their highest level in a month as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran...
England will make a late decision on whether Declan Rice is fit to start the World Cup semi-final against Argentina....
The US military says it has launched a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, hours before a reinstated naval...
India’s spinners made light work of England on the final day of the first ever women’s Test at Lord’s, wrapping...
Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the architect of Qatar’s remarkable transformation into an ultra-wealthy modern nation with...
The ECB has sacked Brendon McCullum as England’s Test head coach but he will remain in charge of their white-ball...
Yastika Bhatia followed India team-mate Kranti Gaud in etching her name onto the Lord’s Test honours boards with a...
Singer Sri Lanka PLC has marked a significant milestone in its partnership with global technology brand HONOR with the opening of the first HONOR Experience Store...
(Continued from yesterday) This too has enabled and embolden the current attempt by Washington to occupy and colonize the Indian Ocean, and levy tolls on ships...
Investor concerns over global market conditions combined with bank interest rates to trigger a downward trend among certain high value stocks yesterday. Consequently, investors used these...
Beth Mooney’s unbeaten half-century led Australia into the T20 World Cup final after a miserly display by Australia’s spinners outclassed West Indies in a dramatic first...
The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, promoted...
Guo Wengui, who was once believed to be one of China’s richest businessmen, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail in the US for running...
Morocco defeated the Netherlands in a penalty shootout to advance to the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup after a thrilling battle in Monterrey finished...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met a top official from the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), which backs the government in eastern Libya and...
Germany’s World Cup 2026 campaign is over after a shock defeat – arguably the competition’s greatest – by Paraguay in the round of 32. The Germans...
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori is ahead in Peru’s presidential race as the country’s electoral authorities concluded their tally of the vote count after a contentious run-off,...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 30 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 30 June 2026by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in the Western,...
The United National Party (UNP) has asked President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to reveal the identities of those who fraudulently transferred nearly USD 1 bn (approximately Rs...
