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 There shouldn’t be an issue as regards the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Cabinet of ministers accepted the responsibility...
By Shavini De Silva, Programme Officer, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies South Asia is home to 40% of the world poor, even though it is considered...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Former President Maithripala Sirisena was a micro-manager, but he had had neither knowledge nor capability to do so former Minister Harin Fernando, on...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE gathered more momentum yesterday with over Rs. 3 billion turnover yet again and both indices rose in what some brokers hail...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana We are not sure whether Andare is a legendary figure or a ‘Matara Man’ born around 1742 in the village of Udamalala,...
By Dr D. Chandraratna The proposed ban on cattle slaughter by the Prime Minister has little ethical merit in it. The only purpose it serves, if...
CEAT Kelani Holdings has announced the achievement of an 85 per cent increase in the production of tyres for the ‘two-wheeler’ segment over just three months,...
By Chitra Weerarathne Awrit application filed in by Ranjith Aluwihare of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya, in the Court of Appeal, calling for a recount of the...
A news item on Sri Lanka was splashed across a page of the New York Times on September 8. However, hang your heads, Countrymen and Co-women,...
By Saman Indrajith SJB Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday said that people had a right to know who had prepared the 20th Amendment to the Constitution...
By Rajitha Ratwatte fromoutsidethepearl@gmail.com Who or what is a journalist? We have investigative journalists who do meticulous research and put together reports that win them world...
By Ifham Nizam In addition to Rs. 340 million sought by the Sri Lankan government for operations undertaken by its Air Force and Navy to prevent...
