… highlights injustice caused to Justice R. Gurusinghe The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has alleged that due to...
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa on Saturday (29) challenged the government to hold the long-delayed Provincial Council elections, saying the polls...
The inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy, scheduled for February 2027, will be moved out of Sri Lanka with the SLC set...
Iran says it launched missiles at two US bases in Jordan following a US attack on Larak Island in southern...
The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of...
The United States has struck Larak Island in southern Iran in the first attack against the country since late July, a...
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) has announced a reduction in the prices of Petrol 92 and Petrol 95, effective from...
Seven people have died after a passenger boat capsized near northern Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriot PM says. Search and rescue operations...
Iceland has voted against resuming talks on joining the European Union 13 years after they were broken off. Public broadcaster...
Turkish and Somali forces have freed a cargo ship held captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland...
A ferry carrying around 260 people has capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus with a search underway for survivors,...
Imam ul Haq is unlikely to play the rest of Pakistan’s Lord’s Test against England after being diagnosed with a...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 31 AUGUST 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 31 August 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in ...
By Chaminda Silva Police yesterday warned that loudspeakers, amplifiers and other sound equipment used in a manner that causes public disturbance could be taken into police...
Sri Lanka was set to deploy disaster relief teams to flood-hit Nepal in the coming days, Deputy Minister of Defence, retired Major General Aruna Jayasekara, said....
By Hemantha Randunu Nine Sri Lankan underworld figures, including notorious drug trafficker Gamange Saranga Pradeep alias Welle Saranga, who were arrested in Dubai during a joint...
After nearly 77 years of wildlife conservation, Sri Lanka must strengthen the institutions, professional leadership and political will needed to safeguard its natural heritage for generations...
Monday 31st August, 2026 It never rains but it pours. While taking a huge political gamble by trying to amend the Constitution to raise the retirement...
On Monday 27 December 2021, according to a Flight Safety Foundation narrative, “Cessna 172L 4R-GAF (ex 4R-HDC) of Sakurai Aviation crash landed in a paddy field in...
The Ministry of Environment has called on the public to reduce reliance on single-use plastic water bottles and switch to reusable alternatives as part of efforts...
The government was monitoring vessels reportedly anchored near Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Media Director General Thushara Rodrigo told the media...
by Norman Palihawadane A 17-year-old schoolboy was fatally attacked with a sharp weapon at Arapola, in Eheliyagoda, yesterday. The victim, an Advanced Level student at Eheliyagoda...
The Sri Lanka Surgical Congress 2026 (SLSC ’26), the 55th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, will be held from September...
Demand for drug rehabilitation services had increased amid signs of a shortage of illicit drugs, National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) Director of Treatment and Rehabilitation,...
