President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today held discussions with senior officials of the Department of Prisons, with special attention given to the recent unrest at the Negombo Prison and measures needed to prevent similar incidents in the future.

The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has launched a five-year programme to make the Kataragama sacred city, sacred site and the surrounding areas of the Menik Ganga a plastic-free zone by 2030.

Sri Lanka has called for stronger regional cooperation to address emerging security challenges in the Bay of Bengal region, with Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) emphasising the need for collective action among BIMSTEC me

Sri Lanka has become the first country in the world to complete LEAP Dog (Logical Evaluation and Action Plan for Dogs), a new international programme that helps countries develop humane and science-based plans to manage dog populations.

The Colombo Stock Exchange ended Friday’s session in negative territory, reversing the previous day’s gains as subdued trading activity and cautious investor sentiment weighed on market performance. The ASPI declined for the third consecutive tes

The United States and Sri Lanka have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral commercial relations and maritime security cooperation during a meeting between senior officials in Washington.

During today’s excavation at the Chemmani mass grave, 11 new skeletal remains were identified. Among them, a copper ring still attached to a finger bone was also discovered.

The Fort Magistrate’s Court today (17) ordered the arrest of Deputy Minister of Urban Development Eranga Gunasekara, MP Jagath Manuwarna and four others after they failed to appear for a scheduled hearing.

The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday, hitting bridges, electrical equipment and a tower at a key port, as President Donald Trump stepped up pressure on Tehran over its hold on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responde

The Court of Appeal today fixed August 4 to hear several intervention petitions filed both in support of and in opposition to the writ application filed by former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay.

Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez doesn’t just want to be appreciated for her looks. Instead, she wants to project the image of a reader and a reflective person. That’s why she is now launching an AI-based digital avatar.

US President Donald Trump has delivered a primetime address in which he accused China of interfering in the 2020 election and alleged ’’shocking vulnerabilities’’ in American voting systems.

Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has accepted a three-month period of ineligibility (which will be reduced to one month on completion of a substance of abuse treatment programme) for breaching the ICC Anti-Doping Code.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed that the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2026 will commence as scheduled this evening at the SSC Grounds in Colombo, despite the reported arrest of a co-owner of the Jaffna Kings franchise by the Special Investigation

Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) in charge of the Eastern Province, Waruna Jayasundara has been transferred as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of the Police Children & Women Bureau, with effect from yesterday.

The Railways Department has reopened the Andadola and Akurala railway sub-stations, restoring ticketing and other passenger services after both stations remained closed for several months.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today said that protecting and saving the lives of street animals is a shared responsibility, urging the public to stop abandoning pets in public places and to show greater compassion towards stray animals.

At least 20 schoolchildren and one adult have been killed after a bus carrying pupils on a study trip crashed in eastern Uganda, local officials say, in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents involving children in recent years.

Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingya asylum seekers left Myanmar’s Rakhine state on 29 June, and have not been heard from since. The equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people has vanished.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today ordered the further remand of Attorney-at-Law Rakitha Nirmala Rajapaksha, Samagi Jana Balawegaya Horana organiser Charitha Wasantha Kumara Abeysinghe, and former Civil Aviation Authority Airport Dir

A team owner of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) franchise Jaffna Kings has been arrested by the Sri Lanka Police Special Investigation Unit for the Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports over alleged match-fixing offences.

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne has died at the age of 63, in what is being reported as a suspected suicide.

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has introduced a new regulation requiring all processed liquid milk sold in Sri Lanka to comply with the maximum permissible aflatoxin limit from January 8, 2027.

He never prepared to take over the nation by himself during the crisis in 2022 but took over as it was his responsibility, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

Tehran has launched fresh attacks on US military bases in neighbouring Gulf states, while Washington continued to strike sites across Iran overnight.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has filed an intervention petition before the Court of Appeal seeking the dismissal of the writ application filed by former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, arguing that the pet