More information has been revealed about the suspect who had been arrested by the Kalutara Crimes Division with a large consignment of heroin.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe opened the newly built Cardiology and Nephrology Units at the Vavuniya District General Hospital on Sunday (26). The construction of the two units funded by the Netherlands (Dutch) government at a cost of Rs.3,329 million commenced in 2019 during President Wickremesinghe’s tenure as Prime Minister. The new three-story facility includes a comprehensive […]

At least a dozen people have sustained injuries after a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin was hit by turbulence while flying over Turkey, Dublin airport authorities have said. At least six passengers and six crew members were injured on Qatar Airways flight QR017, Dublin airport said in a statement on Sunday. It said […]

The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to more than 670. Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the United Nations agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said on Sunday the revised death toll was based on calculations by Yambali […]

North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite between May 27 and June 4, after putting its first spy satellite into orbit at the third attempt last November. The Japanese Coastguard said the eight-day launch window began at midnight on Sunday into Monday, with North Korea detailing three maritime danger zones near […]

Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria’s central Niger state, officials say. A large number of armed men, suspected to be from Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram, invaded Kuchi village on Friday night, local official Aminu Abdulhamid Najume told the BBC’s […]

More details have been revealed regarding the shooting incident reported near the Batawala Pathegama Model Primary School in Weligama, Matara this morning (27).

Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited says that necessary steps have been taken to streamline the parking of vehicles outside the arrival terminal at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.

Tropical Cyclone Remal made landfall in Bangladesh on Sunday, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds as it continues to move inland across eastern India, toppling trees, turning roads into rivers and causing large-scale damage.

As many as 2,000 people are feared to have been buried by last week s massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to the country s National Disaster Centre, as rescuers scramble to find any survivors in the remote region.

The Chairman of Aura Lanka Viranjith Thambugala who was arrested and remanded over allegations of financial fraud has been granted bail.

The Department of Irrigation says that the water levels of several rivers are continuing to rise following heavy rainfall.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for strong winds for the Northern, North-central, Western, Southern, North-western and Central provinces and in Trincomalee and Monaragala districts.

In light of the current political situation, the faction of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) led by former President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to carry out the future activities of the party from a new location instead of the party headquarters.

SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa has claimed that a serious conspiracy was underway to overthrow the government established by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Several political parties including the Mawbima Janatha Party (MJP) and intellectual groups have signed an agreement in Colombo to launch a new political movement named Sarvajana Balaya this morning (27).

Three opposition members have departed for Thailand early this morning (May 27) in order to coordinate a diplomatic mission aimed at rescuing Sri Lankans trapped in cybercrime camps in Myanmar and Sri Lankan war veterans stranded in the Russian-Ukrainian warfront.

The Commissioner General of Examinations, Amith Jayasundara stated that applications for the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination will be accepted online from today (27) onwards.

Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said.

The world economy had not recovered from the daunting impact of coronavirus, the geo-political headwinds such as Russia-Ukraine war impacted the recovery process in 2022 and before this war settled, Israel-Gaza conflict deepened the geo-politics and geo-political fragmentation. The geo-political disturbances and geo-political fragmentations caused price escalations in the international commodity p...

Monday 27th May, 2024 An attempt by the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) to convene a meeting as part of its ongoing inquiry into the on-arrival visa scandal has come a cropper once again owing to the unavailability of relevant state officials, according to media reports quoting an ‘X’ message posted by COPF Chairman Dr. […]

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 May 2024 by the Department of Meteorology The prevailing windy conditions is expected to continue further, due to the South West Monsoon condition. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-western and Southern provinces. showers and thundershowers can be expected at several places […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his pleasure in seeing the projects he initiated as Prime Minister in 2017 to elevate the health service in the Northern Province becoming a reality and  being able to hand over them to the people as President He highlighted that the Northern Province now boasts of modern hospitals and said that […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday announced plans to establish a dedicated commission to enforce legal measures aimed at empowering women. Addressing a ceremony held at the Kilinochchi District General Hospital after inaugurating the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Healthcare there, the President said that the Gender Equality Bill would be presented to Parliament before the end of [̷...