Vast majority of wounded also non-convicts A file picture of the Negombo Prison during the recent riots By Shamindra Ferdinando...
The death of 128 wild elephants during the first four-and-a-half months of 2026 has triggered renewed concern among Wildlife authorities...
Years of political history and football rivalry will collide in Atlanta when England face Argentina in a World Cup semifinal...
The 2027 ODI World Cup, to be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, will be a 14-team event but...
United States President Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi have met at the White House in Washington, DC,...
Spain snuffed out France’s dream of a third World Cup triumph, taming their galaxy of forwards to win 2-0 and...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply to appoint S....
Oil prices have surged to their highest level in a month as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran...
England will make a late decision on whether Declan Rice is fit to start the World Cup semi-final against Argentina....
The US military says it has launched a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, hours before a reinstated naval...
India’s spinners made light work of England on the final day of the first ever women’s Test at Lord’s, wrapping...
Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the architect of Qatar’s remarkable transformation into an ultra-wealthy modern nation with...
Sri Lanka’s first paediatric liver transplant was successfully performed at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital at Ragama on 14 July. The hospital released information about the...
NPP Kalutara district candidate Dr Nalinda Jayatissa addressing a health workers’ conference at Hotel Nippon in Colombo. by Saman Indrajith Health workers while fighting against the...
A soldier guards an entry point to the Kandy Esala Perahera route to prevent people entering it when the Perahera began last Saturday. (Pic by Cyril...
These wild buffaloes which stumbled on a strolling leopard in the Wilpattu National Park charged at the predator instead of fleeing. Moments later the leopard disappeared...
By Saman Gamage and Pradeep Kumara Dharmaratne Raids conducted by the STF commandos, on Saturday and Sunday, helped net 10 underworld characters and a haul of...
by PRIYAN DE SILVA National coordinator of the Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Manjula Gajanayaka, addressing the media, yesterday, voiced his concern about the increase...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said he would obtain the highest number of votes in the Polonnaruwa District. He said he would poll more than 150,000...
By Emanthi Marambe Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will meet Public Health Inspectors tomorrow (28,) to discuss the issues they face. A spokesman for the Public Health...
The courts had declared that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) was a separate party and UNPers who would try to subvert the party by working with them...
Air Force intelligence officers had informed the State Intelligence Service (SIS) of the activities of Islamic extremists on several occasions since 2014, a senior Air Force...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Pulasthini Rajendran aka Sarah Jesmine, wife of Atchchi Muhammadu Hastun, who detonated the suicide bomb at St. Sebastian’s Church at Katuwapitiya, Negombo had...
* Monday 27th July, 2020 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has undertaken to rid the Colombo city of slums and shanties by implementing housing projects for the...
