The USS Stockdale of the United States Navy arrived at the port of Colombo on a replenishment visit today. The Sri Lanka Navy warmly welcomed the ship upon its arrival.

The government today approved a project to implement “Artificial Intelligence-related Students’ Societies” as a pilot project in 100 schools, Cabinet spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.

The Postal Department announced September 8 (Sunday) as the special day for the distribution of official polling cards for the 2024 Presidential election.

No Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian represting the Anuradhapura District participated in organising the SLPP’s maiden rally held in Anuradhapura yesterday, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said today.

The Supreme Court five-judge-bench headed by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya today ordered the Election Commission to make the necessary arrangements to hold the Local Government elections at the earliest possible date.

Tamil actor Vijay unveiled the representative flag for his political party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam today.

A magnificent half-century from Milan Rathnayake helped the debutant break a 41-year Test record.

A full emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport today following a bomb threat on an Air India flight from Mumbai, airport sources said.

Sri Lankan batter Harshitha Samarawickrama has joined the Trinbago Knight Riders for the 2024 Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL). She replaces Meg Lanning who has been forced to withdraw due to injury.

Divers searching the wreckage of a superyacht which sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers, and recovered four of them to shore.

Sphen the gentoo penguin - one half of a world-famous same-sex ’’power couple’’ - has died in Australia, aged 11.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Thalatha Athukorala who shockingly resigned from her parliamentary seat just weeks ahead of the Presidential election said she made this decision as she saw no clear road ahead with the SJB and said she co

The Brampton Municipal authorities in Canada have disregarded the Sri Lankan government’s protest over the construction of what is called ‘Tamil genocide memorial’ as its Mayor Patrick Brown requested Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister M. Joly t

Around 90 liquor licences have been issued before the approval of a new procedure of issuing licences, Chairman of Ways and Means Committee Patali Champika Ranawka told Parliament today.

Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) today warned legal action against any candidate or political party that would decorate city roads, streets or public places for any election related propaganda without their permission or paying due charges.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) said that the assets declarations of Presidential candidates are now available on its official website for public access.

SLPP Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa said he is never scared of challenges and that he loves challenges.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe received the credentials of two newly appointed High Commissioners and three Ambassadors to Sri Lanka at the President’s House, Colombo today, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The Cabinet has decided to allow 35 countries visa free access into Sri Lanka from October 1, 2024, Adviser to the Ministry of Tourism Harin Fernando said.

Karu Paranawithana is to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of SJB MP Thalatha Athukorala as he is next in the party’s list in the Ratnapura District.

Former SJB MP Thalatha Athukorala, who resigned as an MP, said she wondered whether Sajith Premadsa was trying to act the second episode of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa era.

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) national list MP Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana, has been appointed as the Non-Cabinet Minister of Development Projects with effect from today.

Ukraine has launched one of its largest drone attacks on Moscow, as it presses on with a major incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Russian authorities said.

Former Western Provincial Council member Jayantha De Silva has passed away at the age of 78.

The tally of dengue cases recorded for 2024 has topped the 35,000 mark, according to the National Dengue Control Unit.

USS Okane of the United States Navy arrived at the port of Colombo on a replenishment visit today (21 August 2024). The Sri Lanka Navy warmly welcomed the ship upon its arrival.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah is all set to replace the incumbent Greg Barclay as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Due to the prevailing inclement weather conditions, the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued a landslide warning for the Colombo, Galle, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara-Eliya and Ratnapura districts.

A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in Iran, killing at least 28 passengers, Iranian state media report.

SJB MP Thalatha Athukorala announced that she will resign from the Parliamentary seat.