Convenor of Janathawadi Joint Opposition Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (12) urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to pardon Ven. Galagodaththe Gnanasara. Prof. Peiris said that the primary issue was ...

Rear Admiral Rohan Joseph formally assumed duties as the Director General Training of the Sri Lanka Navy at Navy Headquarters today, 12 October 2026. Rear Admiral Joseph joined the Sri Lanka Navy as ...

As part of the new government’s initiative to formulate scientifically grounded, long-term solutions to the human-elephant conflict, a programme aimed at sustainably fulfilling the natural food and ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 12 OCTOBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 October 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in  the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and ...

The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) has alleged that the ruling UNP, in a ridiculous bid to whitewash illegal US sanctions on Iranian oil carriers stranded off Sri Lanka, has taken on itself the ...

The Presidential Secretariat (PS) yesterday said that prison regulations concerning Buddhist monks serving prison sentences were expected to be adopted within the next two weeks. The PS said: “Once ...

By S.K. Samaranayake The Malwathu Mahavihara Chapter has released an official statement on the recent discussion between the President and a delegation of the Maha Sangha, representing the Mahanayake ...

India rules out reopening agreements Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekaran has welcomed the Indian declaration as regards the status of Katchatheevu. The NPPer appreciated ...

Nalin Herath There is a question that the international community must periodically ask itself: What happens to a State after its regime has been ousted? The question is particularly relevant when ...

Sri Lanka’s national economic discourse takes center stage today as the country’s premier private-sector body, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, hosts the Sri Lanka Economic & Investment Summit 2026 at ...

It is in the national interest to save civilian lives facing death within Sri Lanka’s EEZ” In an urgent letter sent on Friday (09) to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the National Shoora Council ...

By Nilakshan Perera commemorate 45 years since 26 young men embarked on a journey that would become an enduring chapter in the history of the Sri Lanka Army. For me, the story has a particularly ...