Close on the heels of the USD 2.5 mn theft from the Treasury, the Welfare Benefits Board has reported payment...
NDF MP Ravi Karunanayake on Tuesday (05) raised in Parliament what he described as a matter of “grave national importance”,...
Two people in a serious condition who were evacuated from a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus...
The India and Zimbabwe women’s teams are all set to play an international fixture against each other for the first...
Oil prices have dropped and global stock markets have risen following reports that the US and Iran are close to...
Sadaf Shamas and Gull Feroza struck centuries as Pakistan Women piled up their second-highest total in ODIs – 343/4 –...
Catches win matches is probably one of the oldest and most overused clichés in cricket. But it couldn’t have been...
United States President Donald Trump says he has had “very good talks” with Iran over the past 24 hours and...
The schedule for the IPL 2026 playoffs has been announced, with matches set to be held in Dharamshala, New Chandigarh...
The California man who allegedly tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a Washington gala has been indicted on a...
The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a “short period of...
Chennai Super Kings came into IPL 2026 with a dodgy look about their bowling attack. They lost three games straight...
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Mark and Comm (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka’s leading boutique public relations and communications agency, has won two Gold awards at the 15th ACEF Global Customer Engagement...
CSE trading activities indicated an overall drop yesterday due to an escalation of tensions in West Asia, market analysts said. Local and foreign investors were reportedly...
INS Sindhukesari, a submarine serving in the Indian Navy, arrived at the port of Colombo on 03 May 26 to undertake Operational Turnarounds. The visiting submarine...
Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, officially visited the Russian House in Colombo to attend the Sri Lanka–Russia Medical Forum, where members of...
The official appointment letters for the members of the newly established “Cricket Transformation Committee” (CTC) were handed over on Monday (04) by the Minister of Youth...
Three prison guards attached to the Welikada Prison have been arrested by Borella Police following the death of an inmate on Monday (04).
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 05 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 05 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from...
‘Bar Association must reveal its stand’ Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’ has requested Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena to probe whether political pressure was brought on...
The Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Isabelle Martin over the last weekend met representatives of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) in...
A section of residents of Keppapilavu, in Mullaitivu, on May Day protested. demanding the release of lands still occupied by the military, 17 years after the...
SJB and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has strongly opposed the forthcoming Value Added Tax (VAT) increase. In a post on X, Premadasa has said that small...
The appointment of former minister Eran Wickremaratne to chair the Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee is significant for more than the future of cricket. It signals...
