Heavy and persistent rains lashed several parts of Sri Lanka yesterday, triggering flooding, transport disruptions, flight diversions and multiple disaster...
Twenty-one alleged underworld operatives, deported from Dubai, were taken into custody by the CID, upon their arrival at the Mattala...
The National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued landslide early warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
The US has announced a new policy that means most immigrants seeking a green card will have to leave the...
Tulsi Gabbard will resign from her position as the US director of national intelligence in the Trump administration, citing her...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the largest and most powerful rocket in history after its highly anticipated test flight was...
Two Indian climbers have died on Mount Everest during a record-breaking period of ascents via Nepal’s southern route, as experts...
Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] won, and yet it didn’t feel like a win. Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] lost, but it didn’t...
The warning mentioned in the flood warning message No. 01 issued for the Aththanagalu Oya basin on 22.05.2026 at about...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 23 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 23 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
A discussion with the Catholic Council was held on Thursday (21) afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat under the co-chairmanship of...
Italian Navy’s ITS GIOVANNI DELLE BANDE NERE, which arrived in Colombo (21 May 2026) on a replenishment visit, departed the...
The booming Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) last week, after a two-year Covid-impelled silence, hosted its first news conference to share with the media what its chairman,...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Those who cast the vote count for nothing, those who count the votes count for everything. – Joseph Stalin The Republican Party of...
by Rajan Philips The title is a mouthful. But that is the state of Sri Lankan politics now. Nonetheless, some saw a spark, and others a...
Sri Lanka is travelling back into the stone age while all other countries of the world are moving ahead in technology and science, UNP Deputy Leader...
Exterminators Limited announces that the company is Asia’s 1st and one of the few pest control companies in the world to be certified as a ‘Great...
A business leader remembers by Charitha. P. de Silva (Continued from last week) Gaddum offered me the job of accountant shortly after I had passed out...
Dr. René van Berkel outlines the UNIDO Country Programme for Sri Lanka (2021-25) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) recently commenced its 18M Euro Country Program...
BY SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT- China’s Ambassador to Colombo, Qi Zhenhong dismissed speculation about a recent visit to the northern Jaffna peninsula saying the journey was without...
Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2022 released on Thursday charged that the Sri Lankan Government in 2021 suppressed minority communities, harassed activists, and undermined...
Users of mobile phones from the popular Huawei brand can now directly download ‘ComBank Digital’ – Commercial Bank’s single omni-channel digital banking application free of charge...
Govt. partners with Stimson Center, Commonwealth Blue Charter on Climate Risk Rapid Assessment Project The Stimson Center, Commonwealth Blue Charter, and the Government of Sri Lanka...
by Uditha Devapriya Sri Lanka’s Central Bank will be settling a USD 500 million bond the day after tomorrow. Earlier this month, Ajith Nivard Cabraal tweeted...
