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...
Has the time come to consider seriously the merits of restructuring the government’s external debt obligations? The Sri Lankan authorities have indicated that they are in...
Santa Claus did come all the way from the hugely snow-covered forest-mountains of Finland, bringing joy to the children of Sri Lanka. The kids who slept light...
By SKJ Kurera Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, on Friday, said the country needed a revolutionary change to save it from decline. During the service, held...
The government is ready for negotiations to increase its numbers in Parliament in case of any of its coalition partners pulling out, says Chief Government Whip...
Some of the world’s most picturesque coral reefs are at risk of being wiped out in the next 50 years, said a report by The Guardian....
Monday 27th December, 2021 Railway Station Masters’ trade union action has caused a huge loss to the state coffers. Trains continue to run, and tens of...
By Rosanne Fernando Christmas 2021 When the joy and laughter around you, makes you sad and brings you to tears; When the Christmas carols only serve...
Sri Lanka Under 19s romped to their second consecutive victory in the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup tournament as Chamindu Wickramasinghe and Sadisha Rajapaksa scored...
Two teams of the University of Colombo School of Computing (USCSC) have won “TADHack Sri Lanka 2021” competition as well as the “TADHack Global award” for...
by Sirimanta Ratnasekera The JVP last week warned of an imminent food shortage in the country soon and said that the crisis was nothing but a...
by Rajan Philips For a second year in succession Christmas has come under the pall of a global pandemic. It is not just Christmas, for the...
by Goolbai Gunasekara Several schools have been negatively highlighted of late thanks to the reprehensible goings on of certain groups of Prefects. I must really wonder...
