The Meteorology Department has forecast that the prevailing showery conditions will persist in the south-western part of Sri Lanka due to an atmospheric disturbance near the...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake conducted a virtual discussion today (Oct.11) with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ms Samantha Power. During...
DIG P. Ampavila has been appointed as the new Deputy Inspector General of Police overseeing the Criminal Investigation Department. Previously, he held a supervisory role in the...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed officials of the Ministry of Finance to take necessary action to provide a monthly interim allowance of Rs. 3000 to...
The Commissioner General of Elections – Saman Sri Ratnayake has announced that a total of 764 nomination papers were submitted by political parties and independent groups...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said that the government officials should be responsible for the pertinence and the benefits of the development projects implemented in the...
Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. Known as hibakusha, the survivors of the 1945 bombings of...
Former Anuradhapura district MP and Deputy Minister W.B. Ekanayake passed away at the age of 76. Police said Ekanayake was found dead in the bathroom of...
During the Carboniferous Period, Earth’s atmospheric oxygen levels surged, helping some plants and animals grow to gigantic proportions. One notable example was Arthropleura, the biggest bug...
The National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide warnings to multiple areas in several districts, as heavy rainfall continues in parts of the island....