Sri Lanka’s banking sector has provided a collective and categorical assurance that it remains stable, resilient, and secure despite a...
Most of the country’s major rivers remained at normal levels despite intermittent overnight rainfall, according to the Irrigation Department’s Hydrology...
A new draft peace proposal says Iran would fully restore commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels...
With the Women’s T20 World Cup looming into view, this three-match series across the green swards of Chelmsford, Bristol and...
It has been revealed that fake news created using the name, photographs, and video footage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini...
The commander of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Odeh, has been killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday...
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s IPL 2026 was going nowhere four games into the season. They had won just one game, their bowling...
Dozens of people have been killed in an intensive wave of Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon, after Israeli...
Rajat Patidar led defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) into the final with the quickest innings of 90 or more...
Vijay Shankar, who retired from Indian domestic cricket and the IPL recently, headlines the Lanka Premier League 2026’s marquee signings....
The Paddy Marketing Board has approximately 115,000 metric tonnes of paddy stocks purchased from farmers, which are currently stored in...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance,...
Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week following heavy rain and landslides. Two other...
The newly equipped television studio, which had remained an incomplete component of the media complex constructed for the practical training of students at the University of...
Multiple people have been killed and injured and some are still missing after a major chemical explosion at a paper mill in Washington, authorities said. The...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 27 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The South-west monsoon has established over the...
As the Sri Pada pilgrimage season commences, the Police Media Division has reported the arrest of 322 individuals in possession of various illegal narcotics while travelling...
Iranian Ambassador in Colombo Dr. Alireza Delkhosh says the Islamic Republic of Iran remains fully prepared to face US-Israeli aggression. In an interview with The Island...
Wednesday 27th May, 2026 The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Reviewing Election Laws, which recently had its first meeting under the chairmanship of the Minister of...
‘Ferocious in battle, Magnanimous in victory (Col Tim Collins- Brit Army) Sri Lanka commemorated the 17th anniversary of the end of the 30-year Eelam conflict with...
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe asserted yesterday that Sri Lanka’s latest round of coordinated policy tightening had already begun restoring economic stability, effectively containing external...
‘Aragalaya’ betrayed? ‘The treason of the intellectuals’ in the age of populism – Part III The JVP/NPP government, which relied heavily on social media to come...
Former Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris, on Monday (25), claimed a change of US policy in respect of Sri Lanka. Prof. Peiris said President Donald...
Customs Narcotics Control Division at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday morning thwarted an attempt by a Sri Lankan passenger to smuggle in a consignment of...
