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...
The Open University of Sri Lanka awarded the Doric de Souza Gold Medal for the first time at its Convocation held recently. The medal marks all-round...
Police have launched a comprehensive investigation after the body of a 33-year-old physiotherapist was discovered inside a locked vehicle near Teldeniya Hospital, with investigators seeking her...
Marlbo Trading Company has introduced Holmatro Rescue solutions, a globally recognised range of rescue equipment and emergency response technologies from the Netherlands, to enhance emergency preparedness...
Horana Taxila Central College will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a grand educational exhibition and carnival titled ‘Taxila Ultimate 80’, scheduled to be held from June...
Disaster management officials from the United States and Sri Lanka came together in Galle from June 16–18 for a three-day workshop focused on strengthening preparedness for natural disasters...
The Double Blue Ball 2026 was officially launched recently with a grand ticket-launch ceremony at the Old Wesleyites Sports Club, heralding what organisers described as a...
Can the democracy of the US last more years of such Pyrrhic victories under Donald Trump? King Pyrrhus made this statement when he won a war...
Well.. “I’m the boss”, he joked, but the room understood the message without needing translation. Donald Trump had arrived at the G7 carrying something far more...
Sri Lanka will once again resonate with the vibrant sounds of the Fête de la Musique, also known, internationally, as International Music Day today (21)and 23...
A striking feature of current international relations (eg. Ukraine, Iran and Israel) is the almost total absence of the U.N. in any of these proceedings. The...
Soon after the outbreak of war in Sri Lanka, a borderland wedged between, and connecting the north and east, called Manal Aru by Tamil-speakers and Weli...
Towards the end of September 1996, a few days before I was due to leave on an official visit to Sweden, a major crisis arose. Some...
