China and Sri Lanka have intensified joint law enforcement efforts to combat cross-border online gambling and telecom fraud, crimes that...
An assistant manager and a security officer, attached to a state bank branch in Horana, have been arrested in connection...
After a 16-wicket opening day of the English Test summer, a further 17 fell on the second on an up-and-down...
A first ODI win in the West Indies since 2013 and more importantly, a winning start to Gary Kirsten’s tenure...
Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of...
Iran’s World Cup football players have been granted visas to enter the United States, according to a White House official,...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasooriya in her Environment Day message said that the environment is the foundation of our livelihood...
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started...
Qualifier Maja Chwalinska is one win away from a fairytale French Open triumph after setting up a final showdown with...
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the...
Shreyas Iyer is set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set for his maiden call-up,...
Pakistan edged home in a low-scoring tussle to secure their third straight ODI series win against Australia. They batted with...
US President Donald Trump will host Volodymyr Zelensky today [Monday] for their first meeting since the pair’s heated exchange in the White House earlier this year...
A classy all-round performance from skipper Liam Livingstone took Birmingham Phoenix to a statement victory that breathes new life into their campaign against an off-colour London Spirit.....
A cracking partnership of 47 from just 21 balls between Spirit’s breakout opener Kira Chathli and the megastarGrace Harris took the game away from Phoenix, who...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 18 AUGUST 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 18 August 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Several Tamil political parties have planned to stage a hartal today (18) in the Northern and Eastern provinces demanding the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism...
Of nearly 17,500 varieties of medicines sold under different brand names by private pharmacies, only about 700 are subject to price control, a medical professionals’ association...
Former Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has been summoned to appear before the Financial Crimes Investigation Division’s Bribery and Corruption Investigation Unit on Wednesday...
Sri Lanka Railways has revealed that it payed more than Rs. 5 billion as overtime to its staff last year (2024), locomotive operators accounted for over...
Monday 18th August, 2025 The Opposition is a kind of space of penance and purification, where politicians ousted due to corruption, abuse of power and incompetence,...
When Prime Minister, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, began speaking about new education reforms, earlier this year, many people had high hopes. Despite the government’s decision to continue...
The Island of 14 August draws attention to the difficulties faced by Senior Citizens (over the age of 60). Despite the fact that so many of...
The government initiative to reform and revamp the education system in the country is timely and most welcome, provided it paves the way for meaningful change....
