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...
Finetech, the Google Premier Partner for Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bangladesh has been recognized by Google as an Expertise Partner in the areas of Work Transformation...
Prof Ranga Dias and team make world’s first-ever room-temperature superconductor By Sajitha Prematunge It is not a vaccine for COVID-19, but it could be the next...
Promotion of Buddhist ties Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay has suggested that USD 15 mn grant made available recently for the promotion of Buddhist ties between...
The age of 5G has dawned. Huawei, a pioneer in 5G technology and the global smartphone manufacturer recently unveiled the first ever mid-range 5G smartphone. Huawei...
Deepa Mehta’s film based on Sri Lankan born Canadian author Shyam Selvadurai’s novel, Funny Boy, has been selected as Canada’s Oscar entry for best international film,...
by Saman Indrajith The new government would present its first budget to Parliament on November 17, Parliament sources said yesterday, adding that however the matter on...
by Rathindra Kuruwita A large quantity of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) Fertiliser containing significant heavy metals had been released to the market, Chinthaka Rajapakshe, Moderator of...
EPF Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has informed all its stakeholders on the arrangements that have been made to provide its services uninterruptedly...
by Prasad Elangasinghe Chartered Engineer New Zealand The news about the collapse of a five-storey building in Kandy has received wide publicity. Three lives were lost...
Monday 2nd November 2020 The government has been compelled to extend quarantine curfews as COVID-19 is ripping through the country in what looks like an unceasing...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon was declared the ‘Best Trade Finance Bank in Sri Lanka’ for the third year in a row at the 2020 Asian...
by Ifham Nizam More than 1,500 dolphins, nearly 40 sperm whales, three blue whales and few Hump back whales had been spotted yesterday off Kalpitiya, a...
