WEATHER FORECAST FOR 07 AUGUST 2025
Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 07 August 2025 by the Department of Meteorology
A few showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Nuwara-Eliya, Kandy, Galle and Matara districts while showers...
ReeceTopley carved his first ball and the penultimate ball of the match for four to take Southern Brave to a dramatic and unexpected one-wicket win against Manchester Originals in the Hundred.
Last man Topley walked out with three runs needed...
… questions his role as Eastern Commander in 2019
The parties in the Opposition have unanimously decided to submit a no-confidence motion against Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekera and hand it over to Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickremaratne next Monday...
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya told Parliament today (6) that the Sri Lankan government did not invest any funds in the SupremeSAT satellite project launched by Rohitha Rajapaksa, the youngest son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Responding to a question raised...
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has taken steps to bar five magistrates from performing their duties within the span of a week.
Among those affected are Moratuwa Magistrate Thilina Gamagē, Mahiyanganaya Additional District Judge Rangani Gamagē, and three newly appointed...
National People’s Power (NPP) MP Aravinda Senarath announced in Parliament today that he is stepping down from his position as Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA).
Senarath said the decision followed an agreement to allocate the post to...
United States President Donald Trump established a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles that he said would ensure the event is “safe, seamless and historically successful”.
The 2028 games will be the first Olympics...
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he is unaware of the government’s plans to reduce the privileges granted to former presidents.
He made this remark when questioned by reporters.
Q: The government plans to reduce the privileges given to former presidents. What...
Melco received 20-year casino licence from previous govt.
Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday (05) emphasised the responsibility on the part of the National People’s Power (NPP) government to enact a comprehensive law...
A damning report published by the US Coast Guard today looked at what went wrong in June 2023, when the Titan submersible took five people on an expedition to see the Titanic shipwreck – but the sub imploded, killing...