The Parliamentary Committee on High Posts has approved three key appointments, including Sri Lanka’s new Ambassador to the Philippines, High Commissioner to Canada and Chairman of the Sri Lanka ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 26 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 26 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in the Western, Uva  and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in ...

By Norman Palihawadane The Sri Lanka Navy brought 25 Indonesian fishermen safely ashore at the Colombo Port on Thursday (24), following a multi-agency rescue operation after their fishing trawler ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested by prison officials on Wednesday (23) for allegedly using a mobile phone to record a prison bus transporting suspects and inmates from the Kandy Court Complex to ...

Certificate will be required for a range of key transactions in Sri Lanka from November 1, 2026, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced. The requirement, introduced under the Inland Revenue ...

India and Sri Lanka have agreed to further strengthen cooperation between their narcotics law-enforcement agencies to counter the growing challenges posed by illicit drug trafficking, particularly ...

Parliament yesterday passed the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill and the Judicature (Amendment) Bill with two-thirds majorities, with 158 MPs voting in favour and 63 against each Bill.

The US Embassy in Sri Lanka, through the US Department of State’s Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction and in partnership with the Atlantic Council, conducted a three-day training September 9–11 in ...

Reliable and affordable energy is essential to Sri Lanka’s economic growth, industrial development and competitiveness. As the country seeks to strengthen energy security while reducing its dependence ...

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama yesterday ordered the remand of Lakmanthi Hettiarachchi, wife of former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena, until October 6 over an alleged attempt to ...

Seylan Cards has partnered with City of Dreams Sri Lanka, to present ‘This Is Michael: Relive the Legend’, a live tribute to the legacy, music, and energy of Michael Jackson. Held at City of Dreams ...

The Canada Border Services Agency has seized suitcases packed with illicit substances bound for Sri Lanka at Toronto Pearson International Airport earlier this month. In a statement to CTV News, a ...