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...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued an ‘uncirculated’ commemorative coin in the denomination of 20 rupees to mark its 70th anniversary. The CBSL, which...
by David Jansze Here I am on the ocean liner THE PACIFIC SKY in the Coral Sea on a pre-Christmas voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia. ...
by Sanjeewa Jayaweera It is precisely half a century ago that our family arrived in Moscow, the capital of the then Soviet Union (USSR). Since the...
Asked by a journalist about a death in a government hospital many decades ago, the then Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health laconically replied: “People...
Can you spread COVID-19 after vaccination? Here’s what we know by Kate Baggaley December 28, 2020 On December 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted...
Enjoy ginger, but it’s not a ‘cure’ for COVID-19, says WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while natural remedies such as ginger can...
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), the cultural arm of the High Commission of India, organized an online Dhamma Discourse on ‘Serivanija Jataka’ on Unduvap Full Moon...
by Norman Palihawadana The CID and intelligence sleuths have been detailed to probe the activities of Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) officers after it came to light...
by Randima Attygalle A motif of prosperity, new beginnings and goodwill, the betel leaf interlaces the multi-cultural Sri Lankan society. Bulath in Sinhalese and Vettilai in...
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador-designate to the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, formally assumed duties last week in Beijing. Prior to the assuming duties by Dr....
The Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka: by Prabhath de Silva “We are a vanishing tribe in Sri Lanka. The first paternal ancestor of my father’s family...
by Ifham Nizam A Sri Lankan leopard, scientifically known as Panthera pardus kotiya, killed a farmer and injured another villager on Wednesday night at Panama in...
