WEATHER FORECAST FOR 23 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 23 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The Depression over the Northwest Bay of Bengal, to the northeast of Sri Lanka, has ...

By Saman Indrajith Speaker Dr Jagath Wickramarate yesterday informed Parliament that the Supreme Court had determined that several provisions of the Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill could be passed by a ...

The Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation performs vitally important functions such as minimizing the risk of inundation in urban and lowland areas, maintaining drainage systems efficiently, carrying ...

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government to appoint a Cabinet Sub-Committee chaired by the ...

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation to appoint Ms. P. M. Jayadeera (Engineer) in the Special Grade of Sri Lanka ...

As per the decision taken at the cabinet meeting held on 27-06-2017, the administrative activities of the Dr. Nevil Fernando Hospital were transferred to the Ministry in charge of health, with effect ...

Easter Sunday carnage: By Nishan S. Priyantha The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday (22) found 15 out of 24 accused in the high profile 2019 Easter Sunday massacres case guilty. Among them was ...

Approval has been granted at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on 08.06.2026 to prepare a draft bill for restructuring Sri Lanka Cricket. Accordingly, the Legal Draftsman has formulated Sri ...

England are finally on the rise again in ODIs, after a long period of stagnation and decline. They pulled off their lowest ...

If India  playing T20I cricket in Japan  is the modern equivalent of Don Bradman playing in Ceylon  during a whistlestop in 1930, there was nearly a repeat of Bradman’s first-ball hit-wicket dismissal ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The low-pressure area that was prevailing over the sea area of the Bay of Bengal, to ...

What began quietly as a single-storey tourist hotel, on the edge of Katunayake-Seeduwa has, five years later, morphed into a looming five-storey cement factory and with it, a storm of fear, anger and ...