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...
Weightlifters Chinthana Vidanage and Dinusha Hansani Gomes will carry the Queen’s Baton when the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Sri Lanka; the...
It would be a challenge for the government to solve the post-Covid economic problems practically, going beyond the textbook theories, MEP leader Dinesh Gunawardena said on...
By A Special Sports Correspondent Schoolboys have got a great opportunity to get back on to the rugby field after a lapse of nearly two years...
People’s Bank reached yet another milestone when launched its 200th People’s Wiz credit facility enabled branch in Athurugiriya on 27th December. “People’s Wiz” Retail Loan Originating...
Sri Lanka has welcomed 69,941 tourist arrivals from December 1-26 , this year and India, Russia, UK, Germany, Australia, US , France , the Maldives and...
Local automotive giant Associated Motorways (AMW), the marketer of Castrol lubricants in Sri Lanka, opened their latest distribution centre in Anuradhapura recently. This will ensure customers...
BWIO Awards Construction Category R S Wickramasinghe & Co, a trusted name in the field of construction, reaffirmed its excellence at the Business World International Awards,...
The ‘Fill and win’ Mega Campaign conducted at 205 petrol sheds of Lanka IOC launched on January 13, 2020 and concluded on March 15, 2020. However...
SMB Leasing PLC was recognised for its outstanding response to the covid-19 crisis at the 2021 South Asian Business Excellence Awards held in Colombo recently with...
The Central Bank Governor has ordered all licensed banks in the country to sell 25% of converted US dollars to the CBSL on a weekly basis....
By Dr. Laksiri Fernando The first ‘communist’ system in the Soviet Union collapsed 30 years ago. On Christmas day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and dissolved the Soviet...
By Lynn Ockersz Stones are being hurled at the ‘Fallen Woman’, By those who found her rise intolerable, Though knowing fully well in their hearts, That...
