Sri Lanka is facing an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, with leading experts warning...
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has categorised 192 persons as missing as search operations were scaled down in flood-affected areas....
The Situation Report issued by the Disaster Management Center at 06:00 AM today [09th December] confirms that 635 persons have...
European leaders have said “now is a critical moment” to ramp up support for Ukraine and put pressure on Russia...
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck northern Japan on Monday. Tsunami advisories have been lifted for the Pacific coastline in northern...
A new strain of mpox, previously called monkeypox, has been detected in a person in England, say UK health officials....
A powerful earthquake has struck off Japan’s coast, triggering a tsunami alert, according to local media reports. An initial report...
Residents on both sides of Thailand’s and Cambodia’s border evacuated in droves on Monday as fresh clashes erupted, killing at...
New Zealand’s bowling spearhead Matt Henry (calf strain), seam-bowling allrounder Nathan Smith (side strain) and spin-bowling allrounder Mitchell Santner (groin...
The Level III RED landslide warnings issued to the districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Matale by the landslide early...
A special District Coordinating Committee meeting, convened to review the damage caused to the agricultural sector in the Nuwara Eliya...
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London today [Monday] amid a continuing deadlock...
In a major boost for Sri Lanka’s tourism sector, international lifestyle magazine Vogue has named the country’s south coast as this winter’s hottest travel destination. The...
By Hemantha Randunu Former Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, was arrested on Friday by the Mirihana Police on allegations of assault. The incident reportedly occurred...
(By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London) In a musical celebration marking the 87th birth anniversary of Sri Lanka’s iconic composer Maestro Premasiri Khemadasa, British conductor Colin...
Sri Lanka is currently facing a shortage of over 3,000 Grama Niladhari (GN) officers, Minister of Public Administration, Chandana Abeyratne, said on Friday.Due to this shortage,...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has called for the implementation of transparent and merit-based criteria in appointing judges to the Supreme Court. In a...
The formation of the Parliament Committee on High Posts remained incomplete as of last Friday, due to a lack of consensus among opposition groups over their...
BY RANDIMA ATTYGALLE Sports physiotherapy is a specialized field that focuses on the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries related to sports and physical activity. Unlike...
by Rajan Philips The ideological Left and Right in Sri Lanka have staked out their positions on the country’s perennial rice crisis. In the view of...
Expo Commodities (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of Aberdeen Holdings, secured three awards at the 2024 NCE Export Awards in the Extra-Large category. The company won the...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake last week met four new ambassadors to Qatar, Russia, Kuwait and Egypt and our first high commissioner to New Zealand who will...
In the recently conducted open Scrabble Championships of the United Kingdom, Dr Harshan Lamabadusuriya won the Championship with two rounds to spare and a lead of...
The name was a conversation piece. He was known as ‘Lenin,’ but that was actually an afterthought. Born Hirohito Edward Jayasinghe to a radical communist—Jones Alexander...
