Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
A court in South Korea has sentenced the country’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to five years in jail after...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
High-level delegations from the United States and China are to meet in London to try to save a fragile tariffs deal and avert a possible trade...
It has been reported that the Cabinet of Ministers have sent Commissioner General of Prisons, Thushara Upuldeniya, on compulsory leave.
Harry Brook had said at the toss that he “fancied a chase” in the second T20I in Bristol. Well, he was handed one all right, as...
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade. “Connection has...
The veneration ceremony marking the conferral of the title of Deputy Chief Sanghanayaka of Southern Sri Lanka to Venerable Mapalagama Buddhasiri Thero, the Chief Incumbent of...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 09 JUNE 2025 Issued at 2.00 p.m. on 08 June 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showery condition is expected to enhance in...
The highest levels of government have expressed serious concern about the sluggish pace of capital spending by Ministries, with some having utilised as little as 11%...
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners yesterday (08) said it would be President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s responsibility to take punitive action against the Prisons Department...
One of Sri Lanka’s beloved and iconic artistes, Iranganie Serasinghe, celebrates her birthday today (09).Born in 1927, Serasinghe is a pioneering figure in Sri Lankan theatre...
The country has been without aviation gasoline (Avgas) for more than six weeks, and that had disrupted flight training schools and grounding light aircraft, SLPP National...
Chamal Rajapaksa, a former Minister and senior member of the Rajapaksa family, is to be questioned by the police in the coming days, over allegations that...
A blue-and-yellow macaw, valued at over Rs. 500,000, has been stolen from the Dehiwala National Zoological Gardens, according to a complaint lodged with the Dehiwala Police...
