Two people have been killed and a child wounded in an “emergency situation” on a Russian-built bridge linking the annexed Crimean Peninsula to Russia’s Krasnodar region, according to officials.
The announcement on Monday came hours after Moscow-installed officials said traffic...
The French Naval Ship Lorraine arrived at the port of Colombo on a formal visit this morning (11th July 2023). The ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval tradition.
The 142.20m long ship is an...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 July 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers will occur at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. A few showers may occur in...
Under the initiative of the United States Department of State, an international conference on synthetic drug prevention was held on July 7, 2023, through Zoom technology, under the chairmanship of Mr. Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 10 July 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts while several spells of light...
A disciplined performance from the bowlers backed up by a century from Brandon King saw West Indies complete a clinical seven-wicket win over Oman in Harare. Kyle Mayers and Romairo Shepherd were the pick of the bowlers before the...
A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago arrived back in its birth country on Sunday (03 July), following a diplomatic spat over the animal’s alleged mistreatment.
Thai authorities had gifted the 29-year-old Muthu Raja – also known...
Some SLPP grandees would have the public believe that they are opposed to the government’s domestic debt restructuring (DDR) programme because it has adversely affected the working class and exempted the super-rich. SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa has gone on...
Oman have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Zimbabwe in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier match in Bulawayo on Thursday.
Muhammad Javed of the ICC International Panel of Match...
Two eminent Sri Lankans joined the international election observer mission to observe and assess the conduct of the general election in Sierra Leone, held on 24 June 2023, in which that country’s president, parliament, and other local representatives would...