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...
In a ceremony that marked not just the opening of a building but the celebration of a national financial institution, the People’s Bank inaugurated its new...
Thursday 9th October, 2025 Former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka is in the news again. He has launched a propaganda offensive to vilify the Rajapaksa...
Besides the White House trumpeting the latest Middle East peace plan as an outstanding success, quite a few prominent states of the West and the Middle...
Considering the Buddha’s advice that we should endeavour to see things as they really are, one may argue that rituals should have no place, at all,...
Speaker, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, on Tuesday (07), endorsed the certificate on the Convention against Doping in Sport (Amendment) Bill. The Second Reading Debate on the Convention...
The World After Gaza by Pankkaj Mishra (Fern Press, London) 2025 By Jayantha Somasundaram (Part II of this article appeared yesterday) The attack on the...
LOVI Ceylon, in collaboration with Events by Shero and Cinnamon Grand Colombo, hosted a heartfelt send-off dinner in honour of Sri Lanka’s national women’s cricket team...
Sumathi Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka’s leading Geospatial Engineering Solutions provider and a subsidiary of Sumathi Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, unveiled the country’s first-ever DJI Dock...
I am honoured and humbled to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from this most prestigious institution University of Peradeniya. I am grateful to...
Letters If tourism is being considered as a serious industry, then the criteria should be based on income generation. Like for example, 10 persons paying $1000,...
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption yesterday (08) arrested Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Sepalika Samankumari, in connection with an ongoing...
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is to conduct a planned full day of trading from the Disaster Recovery site using Automated Trading System Disaster Recovery Solution...
