Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Urban Development and Housing in session Steps had been taken to introduce a new online system for local authorities to approve construction...
PRAYING MANTIS The whole wide world wants her to be their President. An American says “If we had a President like her in the United States,...
By Uditha Devapriya With input from Pasan Wijesooriya The chronicles mention Polonnaruwa (Pulaththinagara in Pali) long before its advent as the capital of the country. We...
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution created the disagreements, contradictions and conflicts between the then President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and that resulted...
By Dinasena Ratugamage The Jaffna District COVID-19 eradication committee, on Thursday, decided to shut down a part of the Jaffna town and impose travel restrictions on...
Electric fencing, white elephant The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) revealed that although Rs. 490 million had been spent on building electric fences between 2019 and...
India is in the throes of a terrible viral epidemic. Much worse than the Bird Flu, much worse than swine flu. It has 91% mortality and, while...
Sri Lanka had lost support at the UNHRC because its double standards had been exposed, Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament on Thursday. The...
Saturday 27th March, 2021 The Opposition would have the public believe that the UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka could have been avoided if the government had...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE lost momentum as it closed on a marginally positive note, while turnover stood at Rs. 1.6 billion and was dominated crossings....
The People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) yesterday said that decisive international action is the only way to achieve justice and a sustainable peace...
By Saman Indrajith Former President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday told Parliament that he had received no prior information about the Easter Sunday attacks and that he would...
