WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western ...

Sri Lanka Navy Hydrographic Service (SLNHS) has achieved a historic milestone by producing 27 Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) covering major ports, harbour approaches and coastal waters around ...

Sri Lanka’s semi-final hopes in the Women’s T20 World Cup went up in smoke on Sunday as they suffered a disappointing eight-wicket defeat to West Indies in Bristol. Expectations had soared following ...

The JVP-NPP government, like all its predecessors, has got obfuscation down to a fine art. It muddies the water whenever issues concerning fuel prices are raised in Parliament or elsewhere. Its ...

Prasad Gonakumbura on behalf of civil society group, Next, has requested the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka to inquire into the arrest of Binoy Hettiarachchi, a media coordinator with the People ...

SJB leader Sajith Premadasa has invited the UNP and other political parties to join his party. Premadasa, who is also the leader of the Opposition, has emphasised that the UNP and the SJB could reach ...

The NPP government has not taken a final decision regarding filling of the vacancies in the judiciary. A group of Opposition MPs, led by SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, on 12 June, requested Speaker Dr.

West Indies spinners set up a third straight victory as they strangled Sri Lanka’s batters before Stefanie Taylor steadied a ...

To those who knew her, Nanda Pethiyagoda Wanasundara or Nan to her readers, conjures up the image of a graceful lady immaculately dressed in an Osariya. But to her slew of nephews, nieces, ...

Cody Gakpo and Brian Brobbey both scored twice as the rampant Netherlands thrashed Sweden 5-1 in a World Cup warning to the favourites. The big win on Saturday in front of nearly 69,000 at Houston ...

United States President Donald Trump has pledged there will be no tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, unless they are collected by his own country. Trump’s statement, made in a Saturday ...

Can the democracy of the US last more years of such Pyrrhic victories under Donald Trump? King Pyrrhus made this statement when he won a war against the Romans at such devastating cost that it was ...