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...
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...
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
Based on the heavy rainfall currently being received in the Kalu River Basin and the analysis of water level data...
A considerable rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya Basin as atb5.00 AM today (22). By...
A significant rainfall of nearly 300 mm has been recorded in the upper catchment areas of the Kelani River Basin....
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Gampaha, Kalutara and Ratnapura valid...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro – Paris...
Israel has deported hundreds of foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier this week,...
Minod and Asitha set to make Test debuts Four of Sri Lanka’s players who featured in the opening Test match have been ruled out of the...
Sri Lanka’s corrugated carton industry is facing hard times with many manufacturers struggling to insulate themselves against global price escalations which an industry player warned posed...
Govt. party leaders’ meeting: By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Minister and Communist Party veteran D.E.W. Gunasekera has urged the SLPP government to address the simmering crisis over...
The Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI) reiterated their commitment towards ensuring the availability of efficacious, safe and good quality medicines to the general...
By Anuradha Hiripitiyage The government had no plan to face the coming economic crisis created by the downgrading of Sri Lanka by Fitch rating agency to...
By Norman Palihawadana A number of police and CID teams had been deployed to investigate the disappearance of 15 kilos of explosives from a granite quarry...
So much has been said and continues to be vociferously propounded about the virtues of democracy, and the word “democracy” is being used and mis-used at...
By B. Nimal Veerasingham Rev. Reginald Heber, while writing in his Journal of a voyage to India in 1823, took great length in capturing a moment...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) commenced operations in August 1950 and completed 70 years of its unique and valued contribution to the prosperity of...
No room would be left for separatism and extremism in 2021, Defence Secretary Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne yesterday warned. He said that the government had taken...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE ended 2020 with a 10.5 percent gain, the highest annual increase since 2014. Further, the 2020 gain was only the 12th...
The ceremonial induction of Dr. Pradeep de Silva as the 35th President of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists will be held at the...
