The world’s largest cruise ship has set sail from Miami, Florida, on its maiden voyage, amid concerns about the vessel’s methane emissions.

Somali pirates have reportedly hijacked a Sri Lankan multi-day fishing trawler with six fishermen aboard in the Arabian Sea.

The police has offered a Rs. 1.5 million cash donation to the family of late State Minister Sanath Nishantha’s security officer, Police Constable J.A.A. Jayakodi, who died in the accident on the Katunayake Expressway.

Two men and a woman were killed after a three-wheeler they were travelling in collided head-on with a lorry at Kivulgalla in Narammala this morning, Police said.

A body which was being cremated had been taken out and referred to JMO Wathupitiwala Hospital for postmortem examination.

A New York jury has decided Donald Trump should pay $83.3m (£65m) for defaming columnist E Jean Carroll in 2019 while he was US president.

“Australia Day is Dead!” Indigenous activist Gwenda Stanley chants into the loudspeaker, as a crowd of thousands breaks into applause.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amarasinghe yesterday (26) ordered the issuance of a red warrant in English, ordering the arrest of four suspects who are said to be currently abroad for aiding and abetting the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

People in the upcountry estates are living in constant fear of any possible danger to their lives from leopards frequenting in estates

In the wake of two fatal accidents including the pre-dawn crash that claimed the life of State Minister Sanath Nishantha, the Road Development Authority (RDA) is planning to expedite illumination of the expressway by laying aluminum transmission cabl

Sri Lanka cannot simply dismiss its engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasised while citing the complexities that could arise, if a decision is made to do so.

A young man who dragged a 12-year-old boy offshore and sexually abused him and a 16-year-old boy who aided and abetted it were arrested by Angulana Police yesterday.

Police Constable J.A.A. Jayakodi who was the security officer of late State Minister Sanath Nishantha, who died in an accident on the Katunayake Expressway, was posthumously promoted to the rank of Police Sergeant by the IGP with effect from January

Seventeen social activists have filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order directing the authorities to forthwith take steps to recover all arrears of tax due from all the liquor manufacturing companies.

Fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Colombo International School, Reshan Algama was recognised as the Most Outstanding Schools Golfer of the Year 2023 at the second Sportunleash Schools Sports Awards 2024, which took place at the BMICH in Colombo.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa.

The Uma Oya project is expected to add 120 MW of electricity to the national grid by February 15, Minister of State for Irrigation Shasheendra Rajapaksa said today.

English fast bowler Lauren Bell has opted out of the upcoming Women’s Premier League (WPL) season, prompting UP Warriorz to announce Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu as her replacement.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has prorogued Parliament till February 7, 2024.

The Parliament has informed the Chairman of the Election Commission in a letter that a Parliamentary seat has fallen vacant from 25 January 2024, following the demise of Puttalam District Member of Parliament Sanath Nishantha, the Parliament Media Di

President Ranil Wickremesinghe extended an invitation to all political party leaders in the Parliament to engage in discussions with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the implementation of the agreement with the IMF, t

Vendors in Colombo selling national flags ahead of the Independence Day celebrations. Sri Lanka will celebrate its 76th Independence Day on February 4. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) conducted the first crackdown on bribery in the private sector under the powers conferred by the new Anti-Corruption Act.

Several Ministers and MPs including former President Mahinda Rajapaksa paying their last respects to State Minister Sanath Nishantha while his remains lie in state at a private funeral parlour in Borella. The remains will be taken to Arachchikattuwa

It was circulating on social media that Malik’s contract has been terminated due to match-fixing suspicions

Once again this year, the Kedella exhibition and trade fair kicked off at Colombo BMICH, providing an excellent opportunity to shop for thousands of essential items for homes. The event, taking place from the 26th to the 28th of December, was officia

Police in Thailand have arrested a woman whose pet lion was pictured going on a joyride in the streets of Pattaya.

An Austrian national died and three other foreigners injured when the van they were travelling in collided against the back of a lorry on the Katunayake Expressway near the 27th kilometre post this morning.

Moscow and New Delhi on Wednesday held detailed talks on reviving the Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) connecting Vladivostok in the Russian Far East and Chennai on India’s eastern coast.

Alabama carried out the first American execution using nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, killing a convicted murderer whose jury had voted to spare his life and opening a new frontier in how states execute death row prisoners.