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...
Saturday 31st October, 2020 The 20th Amendment (20A) has become law. Yesterday, we carried a picture of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena signing it into law....
Ex – ‘Weeraya’ and Ex – ‘Jagatha’, the two ships which had rendered an invaluable service to the Navy for more than four decades were decommissioned...
The Commercial Documents Registration Division (CDRD) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with the purpose of providing an uninterrupted service to its customers’ is now geared...
British High Commission in Colombo (BHC) hosted a panel discussion on the role of women in peace building and announced new global programme of support to...
“String of Archeological Sites on the East Coast and Other Articles” P.G.Punchihewa [Review by Tissa Devendra] Readers of this most interesting collection of articles should not be...
By Prasanna Pradeep Samarakoon Commissioner General of Examinations Sanath Pujitha yesterday said that non-programmable calculators would be allowed to be used when answering the Accounts papers...
The government of Japan has provided US$ 636,363 (approx. Rs. 115 million) to the HALO Trust for humanitarian demining activities in Northern Sri Lanka. The grant...
New Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, upon his arrival yesterday evening said that he intended to promote the strategic cooperative partnership between the two...
Sri Lanka Athletics to receive US$ 40,000.00 grant from World Athletics by Reemus Fernando Several Asian Junior Athletics Championship medallists are among the top track and...
The Navy has nabbed 25 persons engaged in illegal fishing and other unlawful activities in different parts of the country during operations conducted last week in...
By Dr Channa Ratnatunga Having been a victim of a disastrous stroke five years ago, I am reasonably well enough, that I can pen this ‘piece’...
To produce one kilogram of beef requires 25 kilos of grain to feed the animal and roughly 15,000 litres of water. Pigs and goats are almost...
