WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The Deep Depression over the West-central and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal is ...

The IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka, Evan Papageorgiou, and accompanying representatives of the IMF met with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Parliament on  Tuesday [22 September], with ...

The Catholic Church has welcomed the court verdict against those convicted in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, while stressing that the judgment should not mark the end of efforts to ...

Thursday 24th September, 2026 Tuesday (22) was a news-packed day. It saw a string of coincidences of judicial significance. Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne announced, in Parliament, the much-awaited ...

North Korean weightlifter Ri Song Gum has broken three world records en route to winning gold in the women’s 49kg (108lbs) competition, which saw India’s Mirabai Chanu win an elusive Asian Games medal ...

United States President Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived in the US for a three-day trip focused on issues such as security, trade and technology. Trump took the ...

A special discussion on developing a joint national and regional programme to protect children and young people from the risks they face in the digital environment and on social media was held at the ...

SL to regain access to international financial and capital markets next year in line with IMF projections Sri Lanka is on course to regain access to international financial and capital markets around ...

At a time when Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is coming under intense scrutiny by some local sections it is only right that impartial and independent commentators shed some clarity on what fundamental ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (23) handed over appointment letters to three Special Grade officers of the Judicial Service as High Court Judges, at a ceremony held at the Presidential ...

Gomi Senadhira Sri Lanka’s former ambassador to the United States Mahinda Samarasinghe is back in Sri Lanka lobbying for speedier finalisation of a new tariff deal with the United States. According to ...

Text and Pix by SK Samaranayake Most Venerable Tibbotuwawe Sri Sumangala Mahanayake Thero of the Malwathu Chapter has urged the United States to consider adopting more flexible policies on tax ...