A no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition against Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody was defeated in Parliament yesterday by a majority...
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong yesterday assured that China would not allow a fuel crisis to arise in...
We commend the Government’s decisive move to revise fuel prices mid-month without prior notice. This action protected consumers from artificial scarcity and market manipulation. By breaking...
Nuwara Eliya District Member of Parliament V. Radhakrishnan has warned that if the government does not act with a proper understanding of the current global crisis...
The Navy seized a haul of foreign-origin cannabis weighing approximately 78kg and 300g during a search operation conducted in the seas off Devil’s Point, Kilinochchi on...
Israel has claimed two high profile assassinations of Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, according to Israel’s Defence Minister Katz, and the commander...
New Zealand levelled the five-match T20I series against South Africa with a dominant performance in Hamilton. After being put in to bat on a surface the...
The Israeli military has claimed in a post on X Tuesday that it has killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the Basij unit, the internal security...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is planning to delay a high stakes visit to China later in March by about a month...
Pakistan have complained to match referee Neeyarmur Rashid over the on-field umpire Kumar Dharmasena’s decision to allow Bangladesh to take an lbw review off the penultimate...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 17 MARCH 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 March 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that, in light of the challenges that have arisen due to the prevailing conflict situation in the Middle East, plans are...
Zuhair castigates sponsors who failed to condemn aggressors Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said that the recently adopted United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that strongly condemned...
Japanese ambassador in Colombo Akio Isomata on 16 March signed a grant contract for reinforcing a bridge in Buttala under the scheme of “Grant Assistance for...