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...
By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP Chairman and Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (1) said the government would surmount daunting challenges faced by the country in the...
Patali questions move to launch 500 more projects…. By Shamindra Ferdinando Close on the heels of the recent revelation of massive waste, corruption and irregularities at...
By Capt. Elmo Jayawardena (The writer of the State Literary Award-winning book, The Last Kingdom of Sinhalay, prompted by what he saw in the Mauritius.) The...
By Steve A. Morrell Chairman, Bank of Ceylon Kanchana Ratwatte, at the bank’s new year celebrations yesterday said the bank’s profits amounted to Rs.16.5 billion at...
By Uditha Devapriya A movie industry is, by default, an industry. It’s manned by a reserve force of actors, writers, directors, technical assistants, and tea boys....
Around 60 disputes had cropped up after the Manning Market was shifted to a new complex at Peliyagoda, State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena gave an interview to India’s The Hindu newspaper recently. Given below are some excerpts of the interview that appeared on 30 December...
Sri Lanka Athletics has prioritized relays as international medal winning disciplines and the athletics governing body looks forward to a busy year with international competitions. Officials...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) hosted the 24th SAFA Best Presented Annual Reports (BPA) Awards ceremony in Colombo last week...
By Dinasena Rathugamage TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran and ITAK leader Mavai Senathiraja have locked horns again over the party’s failure to retain its power in...
The government spent Rs. 95.4 million as research allowances to officers at the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) from 2015 to 2019, but it has only earned...
by Neville Ladduwahetty The government is reportedly planning to hold the provincial council elections while an expert committee is actively engaged in the making of a...
