Pakistan and Iran have agreed to “de-escalate” tensions after an exchange of missile and drone attacks this week raised fears of further instability in the region, Islamabad said.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and the foreign minister of Iran,...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning.
Showers will occur...
It was a night to remember at Al Janoub Stadium – a night that belonged to Palestine irrespective of the result on the pitch.
The crowd’s noise, flags and numbers all were in the favour of the team that came...
The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has expressed strong displeasure at the Ministry of Finance and the Inland Revenue Department’s failure to collect foregone taxes from major corporations implicated in the 2020 sugar scam.
The COPF has instructed the Inland...
Houthi rebels have hit a US-owned cargo ship with a ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen, the US says.
The vessel, Gibraltar Eagle, reported “no injuries or significant damage”, according to the United States military command for the Middle...
Danil H Thisararachi recently became the best boxer at the Intermediate Boxing Championship organized by the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL). This rising star in the Sri Lankan boxing scene hails from St. Peter’s College, Colombo. His journey...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology
Showery condition is expected to reduce in the North-central, Uva and Eastern provinces from today (12)
Several spells of light showers will occur in Eastern and...
Mogadishu (Somalia) AFP: Somalia’s military said Thursday it was searching for a number of people “taken hostage” by the militant group Al-Shabaab after a Sri Lankan air force helicopter operated by the UN made an emergency landing in hostile...
The Sinhalese Sports Club will celebrate its 125th anniversary this year and a series of events have been planned to mark the event.
One of the key events planned as part of the celebrations is the ceremonial opening of the...
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Dissident SLPP National List MP Gevindu Cumaratunga has accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of blatantly abusing ousted predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s mandate.The lawmaker questioned UNP leader Wickremesinghe’s recent declaration in Jaffna regarding the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, enacted...