Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the government to begin negotiations immediately for a successor programme with the International...
Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Hiniduma Sunil Senevi yesterday told Parliament that 42 ancient paintings were missing from...
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 National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
Based on the heavy rainfall currently being received in the Kalu River Basin and the analysis of water level data...
A considerable rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya Basin as atb5.00 AM today (22). By...
A significant rainfall of nearly 300 mm has been recorded in the upper catchment areas of the Kelani River Basin....
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Gampaha, Kalutara and Ratnapura valid...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro – Paris...
Israel has deported hundreds of foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier this week,...
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would be forced be go for two-hour power daily cuts until May, a top official warned. “When the...
by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne President’s Counsel The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) has been faulted for not turning its attention to the process of constitution-making....
I was surprised, as one who worked at the Ministry for Power and Energy for nearly three decades, to read a newspaper advertisement calling for consultancy...
The national cricket team is facing a COVID scare prior to the three match ODI series against Zimbabwe that gets underway later this week. Following random...
Weekly Economic Indicators released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) for 1 – 7 January 2022 show crude oil prices taking an upward trend....
Sri Lanka has reached out to South Korea to obtain enhanced dollar assistance from its EXIM Bank and greater development assistance from KOICA, as the country...
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka to help Sri Lanka rebuild tourism as a resilient and sustainable sector through an initiative called,...
Sri Lanka Cricket has released a set of guidelines for players choosing to retire from international cricket, namely a requirement to provide SLC with three months’...
The Supreme Court will resume hearing petitions that have been backed by three ministers against the controversial Yugadanavi deal tomorrow (10) against the backdrop of State...
by Walter. R. Gooneratne (Continued from last week) About 5 pm we witnessed something we had never seen before. The river came alive with fish, mainly...
There is no escaping the reality that the government is back to the wall and very well aware of it. But it is not going to...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that it is starting 2022 on a rewarding note with the launch of ‘Win a Million’ – a remittance...
