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...
By Kalyananda Tiranagama (Continued from yesterday) Links of Zahran group with Muslim Politicians in the country The country expected the PCoI to inquire into and find...
A fully equipped branch of Minsara Bookstore, ceremonially opened under the title of ‘Minsara Galerie’ at No. 12, Holy Cross Road, Gampaha. This is a fully...
Sri Lanka’s longest rivalry in schools cricket comes alive this May as premier boys schools Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia, will battle...
by Sanath Nanayakkare Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange market has been volatile even after China has generously extended its helping hand to Sri Lanka with a US$...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, April 19: Former Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan underwent an angioplasty in a Chennai hospital on...
By Saman Indrajith Matara District SJB MP Buddhika Pathirana yesterday told Parliament that the Finance Ministry and Excise Department officials had misled Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa...
by Sanath Nanayakkare Sri Lanka’s Foreign reserves had dropped to USD 4.1bn in March 2021, the lowest since August 2009, on the back of over US$...
By Saman Indrajith Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday accused the Opposition MPs of abusing parliamentary privileges to mislead the public by propagating...
Conservation Outlook Assessment: Significant Concern By Professor Emeritus Nimal Gunatilleke The IUCN World Heritage Conservation Outlook Assessment in its latest assessment cycle of 252 global Natural...
The unprecedented surfacing of the COVID-19 pandemic has left a lasting scar on the global population and economy. With no precise warning on the horizon, businesses...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE witnessed a steep decline following worries over the possible outbreak of a Covid 19 third wave in the country and the continuation...
by Usvatte-aratchi Ediriweera Sarachchandra, the most celebrated man of letters in our country in the 20th century, wrote the prescient novel ‘With the begging bowl’. I...
