A powerful earthquake has ro ked Colombia  and neighbouring countries, with the epicentre 400km (250 miles) west of the capital of Bogota. Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella says that the ...

By Norman Palihawadane The government had allocated funds to import body scanners for 33 prisons, involving visual inspection of prisoners’ anal areas, to end the practice of strip searches, Justice ...

Capt. G A Fernando Former President, Aircraft Owners and Operators Association of Sri Lanka. President, Colombo Flying Club, Sri Lanka. Representative for ‘Aviation’ in the Organisation of ...

Human skeletal remains belonging to 501 individuals have been excavated from the mass grave near the Siththupaththu Cemetery in Chemmani, Jaffna, in what a historian described as the first instance in ...

The International Masters Cricket Over-60s tournament got underway in Toronto, Canada, yesterday, with a strong Sri Lankan side hoping to make its mark against some of the best Masters teams in the ...

By Sanath Nanayakkare Sri Lanka’s financial safety net has caught a second wind. According to the latest data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the country’s official reserve assets ...

Diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC (CSE: SUN) recorded a strong revenue performance for the first quarter ending June 30, 2026 (1QFY27), achieving a 16.6% year-on-year growth in ...

The Annual Cricket Awards conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket and sponsored by Dialog was held at City of Dreams on Thursday. The Island’s Reemus Fernando was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award in ...

Text and Pic SK Samaranayake The Sri Lanka Army has once again provided copra for the traditional torches along the route of the historic Kandy Esala Maha Perahera, continuing a practice it has ...

SriLankan Airlines has resumed flights between Colombo and Kuwait, with a six-weekly service commencing from 8 August 2026. Flight UL229 from Colombo to Kuwait will depart at 17:10 hrs every Monday, ...

El Niño conditions may be contributing to a decline in fish catches in the seas around the country, prompting the Ministry of Fisheries to seek a scientific assessment of fish stocks from the National ...

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) has uncovered a large-scale organised extortion racket targeting social media users through... Oil prices are surging as hopes dwindle that the ...