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...
The contribution of the rubber industry to the national economy would be enhanced by establishing rubber-related industries throughout the country, Company Estate Reforms, Tea and Rubber...
By Capt. Elmo Jayawardena Elmojay1@gmail.com Christmas is special, rather very special. Everybody looks forward to Christmas. Silent nights and silver bells, mistletoe and pine smells, all...
Event streaming on brand’s FB page & youtube Global favorite for innovative smartphones and devices, OPPO has announced ‘O FANS NIGHT’ an evening of fun, games...
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) announced the following changes in S&P Sri Lanka 20 index constituents made by S&P Dow Jones Indices at the 2020 year-end...
Continued from last Saturday by Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa Efflorescence Going back to the “cultural desert” remark, Goonetilleke records that Jennings thought of “Thurstan Road as an...
by Executive Committee A new party constitution for the SJB was approved by its Executive Committee on Saturday in Bandarawela. The new constitution had vested the...
A webinar on a unique subject of “Changing the paradigm in health/immunization record management” has been organized by the Institute of Directors (SLID) in partnership with...
More than 630 COVID-19 cases had been detected in the Southern Province, the Provincial anti-COVID-19 coordination office said yesterday. Coordinating Officer Chamara Mahagamage said that by...
By M.A. Kaleel Coronavirus does not spread through soil or groundwater and even if you bury the COVID-19 infected bodies without a burial vault, the transmission...
Kiriella: Why should we go to reinvent the wheel? By Shamindra Ferdinando Chief Opposition Whip and senior Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday (20)...
By Gwynne Dyer Ten years ago, this week Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage...
By M.C.M. Iqbal PhD The decision to make cremation the mandatory form of disposing the COVID-19 dead in Sri Lanka was based on the premise that...
