Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

S. Thomas’ College trounced Trinity College by an innings and 114 runs in their Inter-Schools Under-19 cricket encounter, with more than a session to spare at Mount Lavinia.

CR and FC emerged champions of the Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament last Sunday when they defeated Kandy Sports Club in the last fixture, which was a potential title decider.

Russia’s internal security and intelligence agency has arrested a woman who holds dual Russian and United States nationality in the Ural district for committing “treason” by raising funds for Ukraine.

The largest ever multi-country survey on the side-effects of COVID vaccines – from the houses of Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca – claims to have found that these life-saving shots exacerbated 13 different medical conditions.

SLPP MP Gunatileke Rajapaksa has been temporarily ordained as a Buddhist monk. The MP is now called Venerable Harispathuwe Dhammarathana Thera.

Janaka Wakkumbura has been appointed as the State Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Environment.

Sugishwara Bandara, who served as the private secretary of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has resigned from his position.

The government is planning to provide the Galle Face agitation site where the ’GotaGoGama’ Aragalaya was conducted, to establish a casino centre, NPP MP Vijith Herath alleged today.

The government must inform Parliament wether the statement made by Tourism Minister Harin Fernando in India that Sri Lanka was part of India was the government’s official stance or his personal opinion, Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa said.

State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya today informed Parliament that the imports of vehicles will be continued.

The government approved reducing the deviation tax currently charged on passengers leaving Sri Lanka by passenger vessels and ships.

Former Maldives State Minister of Finance Mohamed Ashmalee and 16 other suspects have been released from the magisterial inquiry relating to the alleged sexual exploitation of a 15-year old girl in 2021.

The Supreme Court has informed the Speaker of Parliament that some sections of the proposed Anti Terrorism Bill are inconsistent with the Constitution and should be approved with a special majority and through a referendum.

Sri Lanka’s men’s cricket team will tour Bangladesh during March–April this year to take part in an all-format tour, Sri Lanka Cricket said.

The Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdullahian arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) last night for a three-day official visit.

The resistance to restructuring the state-owned enterprises is a common narrative but the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) has made it clear that it is not opposed to reforms.

A person was injured in a shooting near an apartment complex in front of Borella Magazine Prison last night and was admitted to the m National Hospital, Colombo for treatment, police said.

In the wake of an influx of tourists particularly from Russia following the implementation of a visa-free entry programme, concerns have been raised regarding the involvement of some Russian female tourists, engaging in illegal activities such as pro

In completion of seven years of truth-seeking agony to learn the whereabouts of their missing kith and kin during the war, the family members of the enforced disappearances are to stage a mass procession in Kilinochchi this morning.

The way that the present chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) conducted the affairs of the public consultation regarding the electricity tariff revision was not appropriate and unacceptable at all, former PUCSL chairman Ja

If Sri Lanka is to adopt a nuclear energy generating project, then the country should first have a firm legal framework in place, was the opinion of an international atomic energy expert.

The health sector workers who staged a protest at the National Hospital, Colombo (NHC) today demanding the removal of the National Hospital’s Deputy Director, had reportedly signed for overtime payments.

The Archdiocese of Colombo today assured that the fisheries harbour in Pitipana, Negombo will be handed over to an authority.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday named Sri Lankan Dushmantha Chameera as a replacement for England pacer Gus Atkinson for the 2024 Indian Premier League.

United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka said the recent incident involving the alleged harassment of Russian tourists at a beach hotel in Sri Lanka is deeply regrettable and unacceptable.

A woman and two children riding on a motorcycle were killed in an accident when a train travelling from Puttalam towards Chilaw collided with the motorcycle at a railway crossing in ​​Arachchikattuwa.

In a remarkable courtroom moment that has sparked conversations countrywide, three policemen tendered an apology while falling on their knees during a Supreme Court hearing involving an 88-year-old senior citizen they had previously arrested.

The office of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today denied allegations by a Buddhist monk that government payments and pensions have been allocated to former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa.

Ratnapura High Court judge Lanka Jayaratne imposed the death sentence on a convict who was indicted for double murder at Kotakethana in Ratnapura.