The Welipenna Interchange of the Southern Expressway has been temporarily closed due to a minor flood, the Road Development Authority (RDA) has said. Meanwhile, a water...
The Department of Meteorology has issued a ‘Color: Red’ warning for heavy rainfall in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts,...
Acceptance of nomination papers from recognised political parties and independent groups to contest the 2024 General Election will end at 12 noon today (11). The Election...
Mrs. M.R.Y.K. Udawela has been appointed as the new Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). She had assumed duties...
Former SSP Shani Abeysekera is to return to the police service on a contract basis, reports say.According to reports, he has been reappointed by the Police...
South Korean author Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The 53-year-old fiction writer is a former winner of the Man Booker International Prize...
Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, has directed all government institutions to obtain written approval from the Presidential Secretariat prior to displaying the President’s...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed officials to allocate 11,000 acres of land, owned by the Kantale Sugar Company, to farmers for short-term crop cultivation. These...
At a ceremony held today (Oct. 10) at Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayake, U.S. Navy Admiral Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, officially handed over...
Admiral Steve Koehler, a four-star U.S. Navy Admiral and Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, paid a courtesy call on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the...