News Room : Showers above 75mm are likely at some places...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m.on 05 December 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
The Severe Cyclonic Storm “MICHAUNG” (PRONOUNCED AS “MIGJAUM”) over West-Central Bay...
News Room : Sam Curran, England spinners star as Will Jacks,...
Sam Curran and Jos Buttler bounced back to form with ball and bat respectively, while Will Jacks served further notice of his opener’s credentials...
News Room : Showers or thundershowers over most provinces of the...
Dullas urges govt. not to cause further destabilisation
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Controversy surrounds the inordinate delay in appointing the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief...
News Room : Youth declaration submitted at COP28 presented to the...
President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, addressing the centenary celebration of the Government Valuation Department held at Solis Hotel in Pitakotte today (06), announced the initiation of...
News Room : Nimisha Priya: The Indian nurse from Kerala on...
Nimisha Priya, barely 19, left the southern Indian state of Kerala for Yemen in 2008 with big dreams.
She had found work as a...
News Room : Israel’s new Gaza evacuation zones leave Palestinians few...
Aid agencies are warning that Palestinian civilians are running out of places to flee to, after the Israeli military first ordered tens of thousands...
News Room : German cabinet tries to solve ‘no-debt’ crisis after...
You know it’s a crisis when Germany’s Green vice chancellor cancels attending a climate summit.
Robert Habeck, who’s also economy minister, was supposed to...
News Room : State Minister – The Island
By Saman Indrajith
Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha on Tuesday (05) told Parliament that he would take steps to recruit over 2,000 university lecturers to...
News Room : Prez undermining EC ahead of elections: SLPP rebel group
By Shamindra Ferdinando
The rebel SLPP group yesterday (04) accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to bring the legislature under his control ahead of presidential...
News Room : ‘VAT will drive prices of fuel, electricty up’
By Rathindra Kuruwita
The petroleum sector unions warn that fuel prices will rise by around 11 percent from 01 January 2014 due to 18% VAT.
Dr....