The US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, has been hit by a missile – video shows fire and smoke rising in the aftermath. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump says “every military target” on Iran’s key oil island ...

Salman Ali Agha said that he would have done things ‘differently”, after Mehidy Hasan Miraz ran him out in controversial circumstances in the second ODI in Dhaka. Agha, who made 64 from 62 balls, had ...

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) has issued a public advisory urging internet users to exercise caution when engaging with online advertisements in the run-up to the festive ...

The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), the country’s leading provider of non-state higher education, successfully concluded its March 2026 Convocation. The event recognized over ...

During an operation conducted in the dark hours of 11 Mar 26, the Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian fishing boat and apprehended 02 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, in the ...

The bodies of 84 Iranian sailors killed in a torpedo attack by a US submarine last week in the Indian Ocean are due to be flown home on Friday, Sri Lanka’s defence ministry has said. The seamen were ...

Four of six members of a US military refueling aircraft’s crew have been confirmed dead after it crashed in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) says. Rescue efforts continue after the loss of ...

Qantas Airways has agreed to pay A$105m (£55m; $74m) over claims that it should have issued cash refunds for cancelled flights during the Covid-19 pandemic. The class action lawsuit was made on behalf ...

The Department of Cultural Affairs said that a discussion will be held next Monday, under the patronage of the subject Minister, Hiniduma Sunil Senevi, to prepare the auspicious times (nekath) sheet ...

Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of  Meteorology at 3.30 p.m. on 13 March 2026, valid for 14 March 2026. The public are warned that the Heat ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 14 MARCH 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 March 2026 by the Department of  Meteorology  Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva ...

Sun Siyam Pasikudah, the boutique luxury resort that earned the Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best award in 2025 and was named the Best Global Hotel Design winner at the Homes & Gardens ...