At least 35 people were injured when two Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) buses collided head-on in the Dummaladeniya area of Warakapola, along the Colombo-Kandy road.

The U.S. will tranfer another coast guard cutter to Sri Lanka in 2026, according to a statement from its embassy here on Saturday.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has officially nominated Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa as its candidate for mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).

The distribution of school uniform materials have been carried out this year for 10,096 government schools together with 822 government approved Pirivens, the Education Ministry said.

Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76, according to his family.

Two individuals were killed in a shooting incident last night on Sinhasana Road, near the southern entrance of the Devundara Sri Vishnu Devalaya in Matara.

Complications in fulfilling the requirements to include stipulated percentages of female and youth representation in lists, as well as lack of supporting documents of the contestants have led to a significant number of nominations lists from every po

The Court of Appeal extended its previous order to maintain the status quo for former Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) Director Neville de Silva in connection with the Weligama hotel shooting incident.

The third reading of the 2025 Budget was passed in Parliament with amendments by a majority of 114 votes a short while ago.

Six police officers from the Colombo Crime Division (CCD), who surrendered to the Matara Magistrate’s Court in connection with a shooting incident in front of a hotel in Weligama, have been granted bail.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived in Parliament today to participate in the final day of the third reading of the Budget.

Highlighting how closely the present government is working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayke today said the latter had accepted President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Incumbent government as its ’tru

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is expected to wind up the committee stage debate on the budget, Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayke told Parliament today.

Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Kamel Maddouri less than a year after his appointment, and named Sara Zaafarani as his replacement, amid a faltering economy and a worsening flood of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa countries.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has determined that Pro Care (Pvt) Ltd. and Shade of Procare (Pvt) Ltd. are engaged in a scheme prohibited under Section 83(C) of the Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988, as amended.

Nearly 425 nomination papers have been rejected in this year’s local government election nominations.

Due to the temporary closure of Heathrow Airport following a large fire at a nearby electrical substation, SriLankan Airlines flights UL 503 (Colombo to London), scheduled for 12:50 hrs, and UL 504 (London to Colombo), scheduled for 20:40 hrs on 21 M

The nomination of a German woman who was set to contest the upcoming Local Government Elections in the Matale District has been rejected.

The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today welcomed a special charter flight from Bulgaria Air, the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL) said.

Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekara today denied that he had accepted funds from Perpetual Treasuries owned by Arjun Aloysius.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been asked to conduct a probe against former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa on two land deals, Deputy Minister Mahinda Jayasinghe told Parliament today.

A tense situation occurred at Polduwa Junction near the Parliament access road following a protest by unemployed graduates, police said.

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe, has appointed a special investigation committee to probe the crash of the K-8 trainer jet.

Kalutara South Police are investigating into an incident where a man allegedly chopped off a friend’s finger during a drinking session.

A French tourist visiting Punchi Sri Pada (Mini Adam’s Peak) slipped and fell from the mountain, sustaining serious injuries.

Gary Anandasangaree, a Jaffna-born Tamil Canadian, has been appointed as Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney-General (MoJAG) in the newly formed cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Carney on March 14 2025, during the swearing-in ceremony at Rideau

India’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered “countless” government officials to execute such orders, Elon Musk’s X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi.

SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara and Minister of Industries Sunil Handunetti engaged in a verbal battle in Parliament during the oral question session.

Heathrow Airport is closing all day Friday because of a large fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it.

Thousands of Tesla Cybertrucks have been recalled in the US due to concerns about part of the electric car’s trim falling off in the model’s eighth and largest ever recall.