Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne said Sunday it had been “a very emotional day’’ after his 100th and final Test ended with a defeat to Australia.

Sigiriya has been crowned the world’s most welcoming city for 2025 by Booking.com, based on over 360 million of its verified customer reviews.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake departed Sri Lanka for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today (Feb. 10) on an official visit.

Four suspects, including a woman, have been arrested by Jaffna police in connection with the kidnapping of a youth from Ariyakulam and a financial fraud involving Rs. 8 million.

The country will experience constant power cuts for the next few days because of the breakdown of the Norochcholai coal power plant as a result of yesterday’s blackout.

Sri Lanka was once again plunged into utter chaos yesterday morning when an islandwide power outage hit the districts at around 10.45 am, disrupting the lives of its citizens and causing millions of losses to businesses and industries that were opera

Senior DIG K.V.D.A.J. Karavita has been transferred from the Senior DIG Community Police, Tourism and Investment to Senior DIG of the Criminal Investigation and Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) with effect from February 12.

Four people have reportedly died in a tragic accident involving two passenger buses in the Thorayaya area of Kurunegala.

Supreme Court Justice Yasantha Kodagoda, President’s Council (PC), has called on Sri Lanka’s corporates to appoint a ‘Chief Integrity Officer’ within their organisations to foster a culture of integrity and zero tolerance for bribery and corr

Four individuals were admitted to the Bogawantalawa Divisional Hospital today after inhaling smoke from a generator.

The Basaveshwara Nagar police in Bengaluru Saturday arrested a man who allegedly lured a businessman to invest in casinos in Sri Lanka and cheated him of Rs 25 crore. The accused, Ramakrishna Rao, a resident of Banashankari, is the father of Rahul Th

Power has been restored to more than 50% of the country, the Ministry of Energy said.

Bollywood megastar Salman Khan recently ventured into the podcast space, making his debut on his nephew Arhaan Khan’s YouTube channel, Dumb Biryani. During their discussion, the Dabangg star recounted a harrowing experience that could have turned f

World Test Championship Final-bound Australia on Sunday (February 9) ended a 21-year wait for a Test series white-wash in Sri Lanka with a thumping 9-wicket victory over the hosts in the 2nd Test at the Galle International Stadium in Galle.

A sudden power outage across the island has led to disruptions in the water supply.

A group of monkeys who entered the Panadura Power Station had ended up in a spat, interfering with the power grids, causing an islandwide power outage, sources from the Power and Energy Ministry said.

A sudden power outage has affected areas across Sri Lanka.

A police constable attached to the Mount Lavinia Police Station has fled with a T-56 firearm and 30 rounds of ammunition.

A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury Department records, according to court documents.

Muscat: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oman will launch the second phase of the electronic authentication service in India and Sri Lanka on February 13.

A bisexual woman has been granted New Zealand asylum because she is afraid of her soldier ex-girlfriend in Sri Lanka who has threatened to shoot her mum and dog.

India’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC), IndiGo Airlines (6E), has unveiled plans to launch new Jaffna flights. The airline plans to strengthen its presence in Sri Lanka with non-stop flights from Bengaluru (BLR).

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean Sea triggering tsunami warnings for a number of countries, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said.

The first shipment of vehicles will arrive between February 25 and 27 following the relaxation of import restrictions on February 2, president of the Vehicle Importers’ Association of Sri Lanka (VIASL) Prasad Manage said.

A couple, including a teacher, has been arrested for abducting and assaulting a deputy principal of a school in Biyagama..

The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is set to undergo a significant redesign of its arrival lobby to improve passenger experience, particularly for the growing number of tourists visiting Sri Lanka.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration announced plans to establish a new office in Jaffna and decided to increase the number of passports issued daily.

The US Coast Guard has said the wreckage of a small plane that went missing in Alaska on Thursday has been found, with three people confirmed dead.

The opening ceremony of the ninth edition of ’AMAN’, the multinational maritime exercise, kicked off at the Pakistan Navy Dockyard in Karachi on Thursday (February 7).

The Sri Lanka Air Quality Index (SL AQI) recorded moderate air quality levels in most cities yesterday.