The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo at Navy Headquarters, in collaboration with MRCC Chennai, coordinated the successful rescue of four (04) fishermen from a distressed...
Thailand has announced its first confirmed case of a new, potentially deadlier strain of Mpox – the first in Asia, and second outside of Africa. According...
A commemoration marking three years since the untimely departure of veteran politician – Mangala Samaraweera, will be held today (Aug. 23). The commemoration, which calls for...
The UN Human Rights Office has called on Sri Lanka’s creditors to provide the Government with the fiscal space needed to realize economic, social, and cultural...
A gazette notification has been issued reducing water and sewerage charges. The gazette was issued by Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman....
A. Mohammed Ilyas, an independent candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election, has passed away at the age of 78. He reportedly died last night (22) while...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says he is not sorry about postponing the Local Government Election in 2023, despite the Supreme Council today (Aug. 22) ruled that the...
The second-largest diamond ever found – a rough 2,492-carat stone – has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond. It...
The helicopter crash in which Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused by weather conditions and the aircraft’s inability to handle the...
Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and 3 others were further remanded until August 29 by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court over the controversial Human Immunoglobulin case.