The Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy, Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi who is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, met with Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera at the Navy Headquarters yesterday (25 Feb.).

The Fort Magistrate s Court today (26 Feb.) issued an order preventing any protest marches from taking place in the Kollpitty and Fort areas.

BBC reported that vote counting is under way in Nigeria’s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. Turnout appeared to be high, with many young, first-time voters arriving before dawn to cast their ballots. Saturday’s voting was marred by long delays at polling stations, as well as scattered reports of ballot box snatching […]

BBC reported that finance ministers of the world’s largest economies have failed to agree on a closing statement following a summit in India, after China refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beijing declined to accept parts of a G20 statement that deplored Russia’s aggression “in the strongest terms”. Moscow said “anti-Russian” Western countrie...

Four people have been arrested after the dismembered body of a model and influencer was found at a house in a Hong Kong village. Abby Choi was first reported missing on Wednesday and grisly details about her death have now been released by police. Her 28-year-old ex-husband was arrested over the murder on Saturday while […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday called for timely and orderly processes under common framework with regards to Sri Lanka s debt resolution. The island nation faced severe economic crisis which resulted in high debt.

The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kalutara, Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night.

Addressing at the inauguration ceremony of the 6th annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Military Medicine (SLCOMM) under the theme of ‘Resilience of Military Medicine In the Times of Crisis’ held at the Eagles Lagoon in Katunayake on Friday (24) evening, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that  a separate unit would be established […]

Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.22m to add one centimetre to his own world pole vault record at the All Star Perche, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in Clermont-Ferrand on Saturday (25). The 23-year-old Olympic and world champion attempted the record height on his season opener in Uppsala at the start of this month, eventually […]

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 26 February 2023 Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kalutara, Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night. A few showers may occur in Eastern province and in Mullaitivu district.  Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the Island. […]

By NAMAL SUVENDRA ECONOMYNEXT –The unprecedented economic crisis in Sri Lanka may have its genesis at Royal College Colombo which has produced an impressive list of politicians contributing to the country’s steady decline. President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing students at his alma mater this week made an unintended confession that old boys of Royal College were […]

The MCC World Cricket Committee has reaffirmed its stance on the matter of bowlers who run out non-strikers leaving the crease prior to delivery – colloquially referred to as a “Mankad” – which may help settle the cries for less severe punishment than the batter losing their wicket. In the same statement issued on Thursday […]

The Elections Commission on Friday announced that they will announce the new date for the conduct of the local council elections on March 03.The commission came up with this decision when they discussed whether elections will be held on March 09. The commission said that local council elections will not be held on March 09 […]

Sri Lanka is among six countries due to be reviewed in the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The 137th session will begin tomorrow (Feb. 27) and continue till March 24 will review the State reports of Sri Lanka, Peru, Panama, Egypt, […]

The official red-carpet premiere of ‘Yaaluwoda Yaaluida’, Sri Lanka’s first fashion movie written and directed by Dilshara Jayamanna, produced by Rasitha JInasena, was held recently at the Colombo City Centre Scope Cinema. The movie, a Netflix flavoured Sinhala romantic comedy for the TikTok age, is to released in cinemas islandwide next week The two newcomers […]

Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Deepika Padukone: A look at jewellry trends followed by Bollywood actors Priyanka Chopra’s style is all about comfort. However, the actress had our eyebrows raised for setting a new trend with the underboob jewellry and it’s been on the wish list of a lot of people to try it out at […]

The High Commission of Pakistan, in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), organized a promotional event for Pakistani Kinnows (Mandarins), at the BMICH in Colombo today. Mohan Priyadarshana de. Silva, State Minister for Agriculture and A. H. M. Fowzi, Member of Parliament graced the occasion as Chief Guest and […]

Sri Lanka Telecom Group (SLT Group), the National ICT Solutions Provider, posted impressive overall growth with annual revenue surpassing Rs 100 Bn once again, recording Rs 108 Bn for the financial year 2022. This resulted in the Group recording a revenue increase of 5.2% for the financial year 2022, strengthened by a healthy bottom line […]

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Demands local elections be held The Church of Ceylon on Friday said that they are deeply concerned with the deteriorating situation in the country with regard to governance and the erosion of public confidence in the democratic process. “We are all aware that the country was rendered bankrupt due to policy blunders, corruption, waste and […]

Commencing a new chapter in military medicine, a separate unit would be established to send military personnel overseas to help out at the times of health disasters, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday evening (Feb. 24).

Four police officers have been arrested in relation to the incident in which a suspect, who was arrested at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) fled custody this evening (Feb. 25).

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has shaken the central Anatolian Turkish province of Nigde, the Kandilli earthquake monitoring centre said, just over two weeks after two devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit off the eastern part of Japan s northern island of Hokkaido on Saturday, authorities said, and no tsunami warning was issued.