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.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, strongly emphasised that decisions of the Attorney General in criminal matters should not be subject to review by political authorities, including the Cabinet

Five Senior DIGs, including Senior DIG Attorney-at-Law Waruna Jayasundara, who served as the Commanding Officer of the Police Special Task Force, and Senior DIG Ajith Rohana, have been transferred.

Although the storage facilities of the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) remain open for paddy purchases at the maximum support price announced by the government, farmers are reluctant to sell their produce to the state because private traders offer better

Referring to recent reports suggesting that three suspects were released in connection with the murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge, the Attorney General’s (AG) Department clarified that the decision was related to a separate case involving

Hasitha Jayawardena, son of late business tycoon Harry Jayawardena, has been redesignated as the Executive Chairman of Melstacorp and Distillaries Company effective 6 February.

Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) finds itself mired in yet another administrative turmoil, a crisis emblematic of the wider governance issues plaguing sports in the country.

In the wake of the Daily Mirror report over political appointments to diplomatic Missions, the Sri Lanka Foreign Service Association (SLFSA) expressed deep concern that several recent appointments to Head of Mission (HOM) positions have been made fro

Two people have died after a plane crashed into vehicles on a busy road in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.

While the Opposition came out with allegations against the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) on the steps it had taken with regard to Ministerial and MPs’ perks, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya indicated that Sri Lanka should adopt the Singa

The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) met Deputy Finance Minister Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando today (07) to demand a fixed allowance for extra duty payments and discuss specialist remuneration for Budget 2025.

Stasshani Jayawardena, daughter of late business tycoon Harry Jayawardena, has been appointed as the new Chairman of Aitken Spence PLC.

The Labour Department denied social media posts claiming employment recruitments by the department.

A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Mr. Yōhei Sasakawa, was held today (07) at the Presidential Secretariat, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Rare twin elephants, who were born at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka on August 31, 2021, have now become a major tourist attraction.

The imported hydrated lime with a high content of chromimum has not been released to any water purification plants in the country, Minister of Urban Development Anura Karunathilake informed Parliament today.