Canada-US trade minister Dominic LeBlanc said negotiators “have more work to do” as he left a meeting with US counterparts ahead of a midnight deadline to finalise a tentative trade deal with the ...

TikTok has agreed to pay $400m (£293m) to the US to end a lawsuit alleging its platform violated children‘s privacy, marking one of the largest ever settlements over the issue. The deal stems from a ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 AUGUST 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 August 2026 by the Department of Mereorology Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, ...

A meeting of the Special Cabinet Sub-Committee and Officials’ Committee appointed to address the impacts of the El Nino climate phenomenon was held on Friday (21) morning  at the Presidential ...

Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya yesterday paid a tribute in Parliament to veteran singer Nanda Malini, describing her as the “golden voice” of Sri Lankan music whose songs had become part of the ...

The Government is preparing to issue a Gazette notification on providing captive elephants for the Kandy Esala Perahera and other religious and cultural events, Deputy Environment Minister Anton ...

Elephant House Cream Soda, in partnership with ShowUp Entertainment, is set to give Sri Lankan youth a truly international festival experience with POP Culture 2026. On 28th and 29th August at Port ...

The wife of former military intelligence chief Major General (Retd.) Suresh Sallay has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake not to extend his detention order, warning that his continued detention ...

World leading thrower Rumesh Tharanga edged out India’s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra in a thrilling contest that saw both athletes surpass the 88-metre mark at Lausanne leg of the Diamind League on ...

Former Navy Commander Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda and Yoshitha, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, were indicted before the Colombo High Court, on Thursday, for an act of alleged ...

Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday paid tribute, in Parliament, to veteran singer Nanda Malini, describing her as a “democratic artiste” who stood firmly with the people, throughout ...

Parliament yesterday (21) observed a minute’s silence in memory of veteran singer Nanda Malini following a proposal by Dr Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya during the morning sitting. Nanda Malini, ...