Dubai has been chosen as a neutral venue for India to play their matches at next year’s Champions Trophy, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced.

Controversy surrounds the illegal clearance of a plantation belonging to the Forest Conservation Department in the Lunugamwehera range adjacent to the Yala National Park.

Despite Elon Musk’s Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, being granted licence to operate in Sri Lanka, the organization is yet to apply for the import of devices to be used in connecting to the service, a top source said.

The Western Province Education Zonal Ministry has issued a circular prohibiting private tutoring classes for students by school teachers.

The Education Ministry has instructed all government schools not to organise various programmes on Sundays, as they may disrupt Sunday school activities.

The Democratic People’s Front (DPF), a prominent member of the Tamil Progressive Alliance and a key partner of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya coalition, appointed Barath Arulsamy as the party’s new Vice President.

The former government’s collective hard work and determination in steering the nation from crisis to growth are now yielding strong, tangible results, former State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said.

An island-wide traffic operation will be launched tomorrow to inspect passenger buses during the festive season, the Police Media Division said.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited his mother who is receiving treatment at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital on Friday night (20). The President is sitting by his mother inquiring into her health.

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy hospital ship ‘Peace Ark’ arrived in Colombo on a formal visit yesterday.

A total of 2,243 people have died in road accidents this year, police said.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island’s largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday, days after completing a long-delayed foreign debt restructure.

A nine-year-old child and four adults have been killed after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.

People have the complete right to convince others that something true is false or something false is true, as it is a democratic right, NPP MP Nilanthi Kottahachchi said today.

Three people have died and at least 30 others injured in an accident that occurred this morning (21) when a bus veered off the road on the Hatton-Kandy main road.

The Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company (Private) Limited has announced extended operating hours for the festive season.

The Department of Meteorology in a press release mentioned that Sri Lanka experiences more than 90% of its major disasters due to meteorological phenomena, with dozens of incidents occurring annually as a result of torrential rainfall.

Basketball players seen enjoying the game in Colombo on December 20, 2024, ahead of the World Basketball Day celebrations on December 21.PIx by Pradeep Pathirana

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ’CCC+’, from ’RD’ (Restricted Default).

The Western province continued to lead the provincial gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, albeit slipping from the 2022 levels while the North Western and Central provinces following as the distant second and third in the provincial distribution of

Sri Lanka’s recurring rice shortage during December and January has become a predictable yet pressing issue. This challenge is rooted in the country’s reliance on its two main paddy cultivation seasons, Maha and Yala, alongside structural ineffic

The government is hoping to initiate discussions with India to update the Free Trade Agreement between India and Sri Lanka, which was signed several decades ago, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.

The Centre for Environment Justice (CEJ) urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka to immediately halt informal practices across the island that harm wildlife and to adopt a scientific approach to environmental management.

A person who was killed in a shooting incident in Dadalla, Galle today, the police said.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that the Local Government elections are expected to be held before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in 2025.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the Chief Prelates of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters this afternoon (20) and received their blessings.

Geethanath Cassilingham, the Jaffna District Chief Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), criticized the current government for failing to deliver on the promises it made during the election.

MP D.V. Chanaka has been appointed as the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) new National Convenor.

Customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake arrested three individuals attempting to smuggle electronic devices worth Rs. 50 million into Sri Lanka.

MP Dayasiri Jayasekera has rejected allegations that he improperly benefited from the President’s Fund.