By PRIYAN DE SILVA The government’s position on the abolition of the Executive Presidency and the future of the Provincial...
By Chaminda Silva The National Building Research Institute (NBRI) has issued a Level 3 (Red) landslide early warning for several...
The National Business Facilitation Centre (NBFC), which is being established under the Presidential Secretariat with the aim of removing administrative...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Mayadunna Sri Mevan Anthony Edirimannasuriya Corea as the Acting President...
A discussion to review the further measures that could be taken regarding Sivarasa Anojan, a young Sri Lankan national who...
It’s a rematch of the 2023 Asian Games final as India meet Sri Lanka with gold on the line once...
Australia concluded their first Zimbabwe tour after 12 years with a clean sweep of the hosts, who were unable to...
Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich took a second off the women-only half-marathon world record on Sunday when she won the World Athletics...
Due to heavy rainfall received in the upper catchment areas of the Mahaweli River over the past few hours, there...
The National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued landslide Red Alerts to the districts of Kandy, Kegalle and Nuwara Eliya...
A 49-ball unbeaten hundred from Shafali Verma and three-wicket hauls apiece for Nandani Sharma and Deeoti Sharma helped India march...
Chamari Athapaththu hit six sixes in an unbeaten 50-ball 83 to lead Sri Lanka into the final of the Asian...
Powerful explosions at a weapons depot in northern Syria have injured at least four people, according to state media, with officials urging the public to stay...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that having a disability or other special needs should never be a barrier to a child’s future, and that the...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 21 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 21 September 2026 by the Department of meteorology The low-pressure area that has formed over...
By Chaminda Silva The ongoing El Niño weather pattern has affected 169,071 people from 51,959 families in 39 Divisional Secretariat Divisions across 10 districts, the Disaster...
Monday 21st September, 2026 Sri Lankans always use highways and waterways recklessly as if they had a death wish. This fact is borne out by the...
The Irrigation Department has warned of possible minor floods in low-lying areas along the Kuda Ganga and Maguru Ganga following heavy rainfall in their upstream catchment...
A group of estate-sector youth staged a silent protest in Hatton yesterday (20), calling for the release of a Sri Lankan national who has reportedly been...
By Norman Palihawadane Three Thai nationals were arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake yesterday (20) for allegedly attempting to smuggle ‘Kush’ and hashish...
Female unemployment remains higher Services sector accounts for nearly half of jobs Monthly-paid males earn higher average salaries Literacy rate at 93.3% Sri Lanka’s employed population...
World Gratitude Day by Lalith de Silva Senior Advisor for Governance and Transformation As we commemorate World Gratitude Day on 21 September, perhaps it is an...
By Norman Palihawadane Two main suspects, wanted in connection with the murder of a man in Kotahena, and another person who allegedly aided and abetted the...
Former Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has urged Saudi Arabian authorities to grant clemency to Sri Lankan national Anojan Sivarasa, following reports that his five-year prison sentence...
