All churches across Sri Lanka will observe a two-minute silence at 8.45 a.m. today (21 April) to mark the sixth anniversary of the devastating Easter Sunday terror attacks in 2019.
The Archdiocese of Colombo announced that this moment of silence...
Another away game, another Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) win in IPL 2025, it was their fifth in five matches and this one has taken them to ten points and third on the points table. Less than 48 hours after...
The Government is preparing to fast-track the repeal of the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) as part of its efforts to retain access to the European Union’s GSP+ trade concessions, Ceylon Today newspaper reported.
A high-level EU delegation is...
US air strikes on a key oil terminal on Yemen’s Red Sea coast controlled by the Houthi movement have killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others, the Houthi-run health ministry says.
The US military said it had destroyed...
Scotland and Ireland signed off from the Women’s World Cup Qualifier with a thriller that saw Ireland complete their highest successful chase, off the last ball of the game and with one wicket in hand, and knock Scotland out...
The Vatican will formally declare Easter carnage victims as ‘Heroes of Faith’ on Monday (21), Director of Communications for the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, Rev. Fr. Jude Chrysantha said.
He said that the declaration will be read aloud by...
UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka is introducing a transformative patron structure for its Working Groups, set to take effect in 2025. This initiative strengthens the Network’s commitment to advancing corporate sustainability by amplifying the leadership of select companies...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this evening arrested the driver of former MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, widely known as ‘Pillayan’, in connection with the 2006 abduction and disappearance of former Eastern University Vice Chancellor, Professor S. Raveendranath.
This latest arrest comes...
A US senator has met with a man who admitted to being mistakenly deported from Maryland to a mega prison in El Salvador by Trump administration officials.
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen posted photos of his meeting with Kilmar Abrego...
A suspect was arrested on Wednesday along with a stock of Kerala cannabis with a street value of approximately Rs. 15 million, concealed a house at Kilinochchi.
The search operation, carried out jointly by the STF and the Kilinochchi Police...