Actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89, her family has said.

Sri Lanka is set to experience intensified showery conditions over the next few days, beginning today (27), due to a low-level atmospheric disturbance near the island.

West Indies will play a three-match T20I series followed by a three-game ODI series.

Donald Trump has agreed to a last-minute meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky despite repeatedly criticising him on the US campaign trail.

Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Priyantha Weerasooriya has been appointed as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) with immediate effect.

The Korean government has affirmed its commitment to fully support the transparency agenda of the current government, offering loan assistance for projects aimed at preventing fraud and corruption in Sri Lanka.

All police security personnel assigned to former Parliamentarians and Ministers have been recalled, police said.

The Supreme Court today initiated contempt of court proceedings against former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Nilantha Jayawardena for failing to pay the full compensation owed to the victims of the Easter Sunday bomb attacks.

Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis continued his record-breaking Test streak, smashing his fifth hundred in only his 13th innings from debut during the second Test against New Zealand in Galle on Friday.

Astroid 2024 PT5, which the scientists call the second moon of the Earth, is to become visible from Sunday (29).

Director General of the Government Information Department Dinith Chinthaka Karunaratne has resigned from his position.

Tanzanian President Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan Congratulates President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on His Election Victor

An individual who had in his possessing a tortoise was fined Rs. 35,000 and the tortoise handed over to the Hikkaduwa Wildlife Office by Galle Chief Magistrate Isuru Netthikumara.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has ordered the police to reopen Sir Baron Jayathilake Mawatha and Janadhipathi Mawatha near the President’s House, to the public starting today.

A hill near the Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya in Vidulipura, Norton Bridge, is fa ing the risk of a possible landslide, leading to the temporary closure of the school.

Former MP Imthiaz Bakeer Markar has been appointed the new Chairman of the SJB, Party Leader Sajith Premadasa announced today.

The Japanese government has pledged to resume the construction of 11 stalled projects in Sri Lanka and has promised full support for the new government’s development programme, the President Media Division (PMD) said.

A comet that is visible once every eighty thousand years (80,000) years will be seen with the naked eye in Sri Lanka tomorrow evening after sunset, Space Scientist and Engineering Lecturer Gihan Weerasekera said.

While congratulating President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his victory, US President Joe Biden said he looks forward to working with President Dissanayake to advance peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain its policy interest rates at their current levels.

At least 46 people - including 37 children and seven women - drowned while celebrating a Hindu religious festival in eastern India, local officials said.

The Anura Kumara Dissanayake-led government must address the salary anomalies of teachers and principals, an issue that has been under discussion since the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration, Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph S

Claiming the Easter Sunday attacks was a well-orchestrated conspiracy rather than a mere isolated incident, ex-CID Director Shani Abeysekara said justice would be meted out to him in an NPP government.

Former Senior Adviser to the President on Climate Change, Ruwan Wijewardene, denied allegations yesterday that he had used a government vehicle during his tenure in the advisory role.

Clarifying the abandoned luxury vehicles in front of the Presidential Secretariat, President’s private secretary Ananda Wijepala said yesterday 107 vehicles have been parked in three locations and that none of the vehicles will be auctioned.

Sri Lanka’s Consumer confidence dropped marginally in August 2024 in lead-up to Presidential election, the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) survey showed.

The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order suspending the operation of the Cabinet decision granting approval to purchase 750,000 N-Series passports from two companies as part of the initial procurement for the supply of five million e-Passpor

Education Minister and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today urged all schools to immediately stop inviting politicians to their school events.

It has been revealed that 29 vehicles from the 833 currently owned by the Presidential Secretariat are unaccounted for, the President’s Media Division said.

The government has taken action to resume the issuing of visas under the previous system, beginning from 12.00 midnight today (26).