Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, held talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko at the Foreign Ministry,...
Police yesterday arrested 157 foreign nationals in connection with an alleged organised online financial scam, conducted from a hotel in...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
Iraq’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2026 has completed the lineup of 48 nations for the tournament hosted by...
A total of 365 US service members have been wounded in action since the start of the US-Israeli war with...
The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has resigned, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to...
Iranian forces have said they struck down two fighter jets belonging to the United States military, one over the southwest...
Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they head on...
With the US-Israeli war with Iran waging on, the White House earlier announced that it will ask the US Congress...
Punjab are the Kings of 200 plus chases in the IPL. They’d done it eight times before Friday night, and...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 03 April 2026, valid...
Pro-euthanasia film The Room Next Door has won the Venice Film Festival’s best film award. The feature film starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore took the...
The Venezuelan government has said opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has left the country, seeking asylum in Spain. Mr González has been in hiding, and a...
Aryna Sabalenka won her first US Open title as she put the disappointment of last year’s final behind her to hold off home hope Jessica Pegula....
Kate Cross claimed career-best figures with bat and ball on her captaincy debut to lead England to a four-wicket win over Ireland in the first ODI...
In a tucked-away corner of paradise, overlooking the clear waters of the South Pacific, a cyclone of controversy was about to descend on Fiji’s Pearl Resort...
Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis rebuilt Sri Lanka on a see-sawing second day that closed early due to bad light yet again, but this time...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 September 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Northern and North-western...
ECONOMYNEXT —A National People’s Power (NPP) government will hold a referendum on a new constitution, hold the delayed provincial council and local government polls within a...
By SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT –Uva Provincial Governor A J M Muzammil resigned his post as the representative of the country’s President and pledged his support to opposition...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced a series of attractive concessions for students making payments to foreign universities in the next three months. The Bank...
Rex Clementine in London The Finance Minister has more clout than the Central Bank Governor but while the Finance Minister can be a person elected by...
Former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaatunga says that she has decided to remain neutral at the presidential election, despite a large number of requests for support from...
