The final rites of veteran singer Priya Suriyasena were held at the Borella cemetery today with the participation of a large number of people including fellow singers.

The Department of Archaeology has taken steps to preserve an ancient tunnel which is located in the vicinity of Ananda Sastralaya in Kotte and is slated to fell the trees around it despite protests by the school’s Past Pupil’s Association.

Nasa announced on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe is ’’safe’’ and functioning as expected after achieving the closest approach to the Sun ever made by a human-made object.

A couple wanted in connection with massive frauds in Sri Lanka and on whom the INTERPOL had issued a red notice, was arrested on Thursday night (26) at the Bandaranaike International Airport upon their arrival in the country.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition, saying it was the only way to give the country a stable government

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended his deepest condolences following the passing of former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

The Ministry of Digital Economy has announced the introduction of a special programme to promote digital payments.

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe paid his last respects to former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi today.

An individual who appeared as a Ministry official of the Public Security Ministry had deceived Public Security Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala and Ministry officilals and fled after obtaining 17 new passports.

While drawing attention to the frequent road accidents caused by buses, the Transport and Highways Ministry plans to prepare and implement a set of criteria for passenger transport buses, including both private buses and those operated by the Sri Lan

A Palestinian TV channel says five of its journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip.

South Korea has voted to impeach its acting president Han Duck-soo, two weeks after parliament voted to impeach its President Yoon Suk Yeol.

A police sergeant was killed and another injured when a tipper truck knocked them down while inspecting vehicles at the Gal Oya check point on the Habarana-Trincomalee road last night.

The National Zoological Gardens Department has reported an income increase of over 150% compared to 2023, its Director General Ranjana Marasinghe said.

Amidst debates on claiming credit for debt restructuring, Minister of Labour Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando said yesterday that fundamental agreements on restructuring 99 percent of the total external debts had been reached during the previous governme

Former Tourism Minister Harin Fernando extended special thanks to the current government for continuing the efforts initiated by the previous government to achieve a target of two million tourist arrivals.

Showers may occur in the Northern, North-Central, Eastern Provinces and in the Matale district, the Forecasting Division of the National Meteorological Centre said.

A Sri Lankan woman with health issues caused a plane to make an emergency landing at the Erbil International Airport on Wednesday. She died in the Kurdish capital hours later, according to Sri Lanka’s honorary consul.

Efforts to capture and sterilize toque macaques planned by the government has hit a snag. This is due to the shortage of veterinary surgeons, transport facilities and other facilities at the Giritale Sterilizing Centre while an environmentalist said

Sri Lanka faces the risk of its entire wild boar population being wiped out because of African swine fever that has already killed around 100 of them as observed by the wildlife authorities, an official said yesterday.

The Road Development Authority (RDA) is poised to sustain a cost of Rs.900 million for the restoration of damage done to the electrification system of the Katunayake - Colombo expressway by drug addicts in their acts of thefts of copper cables, an of

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who governed the South Asian country for two terms and liberalised its economy in an earlier stint as finance minister, has died. He was 92.

An interesting contest brewed in Centurion as South Africa pushed to confirm their place in next year’s ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final.

Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake expressed interest in joining BRICS in a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the republic’s ambassador to Moscow Pakir Amza told RIA Novosti.

A gem merchant in Nivithigala has found a blue sapphire in the shape of Sri Lanka.

The Vavuniya Hospital performed a life-saving surgery to remove a wooden rod lodged in the neck of a man admitted in critical condition.

The Russian government has cautioned against promoting ’’hypotheses’’ about the cause of the crash of a Russia-bound passenger plane that killed 38 people in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Although Rs. 40 million is spent monthly on salary payments for the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH), the government does not intend to operate the hospital as a traditional government facility, Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jay