The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) says that the number of high-risk dengue zones have increased due to the prevailing rainy weather conditions in the country.

Minister of Education, Susil Premajayantha, announced that the G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O'L) and Advanced Level (A'L) examinations will be expedited to facilitate faster university enrollment for students.

A 31-year-old woman has been found attacked with sharp weapons and murdered inside a house in the Thalahena area of Thalangama this morning (11).

Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, who is currently in Russia to participate in the BRICS 2024 Foreign Ministerial Session with developing countries, had a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday (10).

Four American educators from a small Iowa university were injured in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China s Jilin province on Monday, according to U.S. media and U.S. government officials.

The Colombo District Court has extended the restraining order issued against Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, preventing him from functioning as the Chairman and a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

Two persons were critically injured after a head-on collision between a private bus and a van occurred this morning (11) at around 07.30 am on the Hatton-Colombo main road in the Diyagala area.

Minister Bandula Gunawardana has said that the government is currently unable to allocate additional financial resources to resolve wage disparities in the public sector through the 2024 Budget.

The Constitutional Council has postponed the granting approval for the President s recommendation to extend the tenure of Attorney General Sanjay Rajaratnam by six months.

The Chinese regime succeeded where the Soviet Union failed: it kept and revamped Communism, making the West pay the price It happened a few hours before dawn. It was June 4, 1989, 35 years ago, more than a generation ago. In the dark of night, peaceful demonstrators camped out since April 15 in Tiananmen Square, […]

An aircraft carrying Malawi s Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president s office has said.

South Africa survived an almighty scare to to maintain a 100% win-record at the T20 World Cup 2024 and in New York, where they chose to bat first in their final fixture at Eisenhower Park. On a used wicket, Aiden Markram decided to put a total on the board, and it almost looked like a […]

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 June 2024 by the Department of Meeorology Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers about 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces. Showers or thundershowers […]

‘A violation of unanimous parliamentary resolution’ By Saman Indrajith The SJB yesterday said that the government had published a gazette allowing the incumbent Sri Lanka Cricket President and Secretary to remain in their positions, purportedly in exchange for providing funds for government members to contest future elections. Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office […]

The Heart to Heart Trust Fund, in collaboration with Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd., has donated emergency equipment valued at over one million rupees to the Operating Theater at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL). On behalf of the Trust Fund, its Trustees Dr. Rajitha De Silva, Dr. Mahendra Munasinghe, Dr. Kumudini Ranatunga, and Executive […]

Soon after taking oaths as premier for a historic third term, Narendra Modi assured participating leaders from India’s neighbourhood and Indian Ocean region India would remain committed to its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and ‘SAGAR Vision’. Prime Minister emphasised that in his third term, India would continue to work for the peace, progress and prosperity of […]

A fundamental rights petition filed against pastor Jerome Fernando will be taken up for consideration before a three-judge bench chaired by the Chief Justice, on 22 July. Several religious leaders have filed the petition seeking an order to prosecute pastor Jerome Fernando under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) over […]

The National Freedom Front (NFF) has issued the following statement to coincide with the 34th Russian National Day: ” On 12th June 1990, the First Congress of the People’s Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR, part of the Soviet Union) which was established after the dissolution of the United Soviet Socialist Republic, […]

Rex Clementine in New York Long Island in New York on Sunday looked like a street in Karachi or Kanpur. Indian and Pakistan fans were roaming the streets heading to the purpose-built cricket stadium here which will be demolished after the event. Quite hard to imagine that a stadium with only temporary stands could host […]

Political sources say Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, MP, and his son, Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, State Minister for Defence, were not invited to an SLPP meeting held at Rattota over the weekend. The meeting, chaired by SLPP National Organizer Namal Rajapaksa, was addressed by party General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam, parliamentarians Johnston Fernando, Tissa Kuttiarachchi and several others. […...