Thirty-six (36) naval personnel completed an eight-month Basic Marine Qualification Course and received their Marine insignia at the main parade ground of SLNS Vidura in Sampur, Trincomalee today, (29 ...

More than 600 people have died following Wednesday’s devastating flash flood in Nepal. An update from Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Authority (NDRRMA) confirms the figure as ...

A former White House teleprompter operator has been ordered to pay more than $172,000 (£127,000) for using inside information to bet on US President Donald Trump’s speeches. Gabriel Perez was found to ...

Water levels in the lake which formed amid the debris of the landslide in Tibet are rising once again, according to Chinese state media. There is a continued risk of secondary mudslides or landslides, ...

Norwegians are grieving the death of the beloved King Harald V, as a period of national mourning begins and his son Haakon ...

The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from 28th of August to 07th of September due to its apparent southward relative motion. The nearest places of Sri Lanka over which the ...

Saturday 29th August, 2026 The JVP-NPP government has responded to UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite’s statement on its move to increase the ...

The Economic Crime & Geopolitics Index (ECGI) was introduced at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, during the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, in Workshop 5, which ...

The Peradeniya railway bridge is unlikely to be rebuilt until the Kandy city development plan is completed, the Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Association (SLRSMA) has claimed. SLRSMA Chairman ...

Sri Lanka has ranked 120th out of 130 countries in the latest comparative minimum wage report by Visual Capitalist, based on data from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The report puts Sri ...

ABANS PREMIER LEAGUE 2026 David Pieris Group of Companies and Golden Green Plantations will vie for the ‘Abans Challenge Trophy’ in the final of the MCA – Abans Premier League 2026 at the Thurstan ...

Legal provisions have been relaxed to enable Sri Lankan citizens, living as refugees in India, to return home safely through any international airport in Sri Lanka without being subjected to ...