Two people were seriously injured and hospitalised after a part of a building on Cross Street, Kandy collapsed, Police said.

A suicide car bomb attack on a train carrying soldiers in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, has killed at least 24 people and wounded more than 50 others.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Netherlands, together with the Sri Lanka Tea Board, celebrated International Tea Day 2026 with a “Global Ceylon Tea Evening” held at the Embassy premises in The Hague on 21 May.

A team of officers from the Hatton Police Station has arrested the main suspect involved in the brutal double murder of an elderly couple inside their home-cum-shop in Dikoya, Hatton. The suspect was arrested along with a haul of stolen gold jewelry

The Ministry of Health and Mass Media will add 18 new colposcopy machines worth Rs. 114 million to the state hospital system this year to strengthen cervical cancer diagnosis and treatment services across Sri Lanka.

China will send an astronaut to its space station on Sunday for a year, a record length for the country, ​enabling the study of long-duration human physiology in space as Beijing works towards its ambition of a crewed moon landing by 2030.

The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents ​who have been in the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, citing concerns over Ebola.

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will ​have to do so from outside the country via ‌the State Department, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Friday, in a move criti

Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath is scheduled to undertake an official visit to New Zealand and Australia from 26 May to 3 June 2026 at the invitation of the two governments.

US President Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been ’’largely negotiated’’ and details will be announced soon.

The most powerful SpaceX starship ever launched has exploded in the Indian Ocean after a mostly successful test flight.

A man has been shot dead by Secret Service officers after opening fire on a security checkpoint near the White House, with a bystander also wounded in the gunfire.

The Sri Lankan Rupee continued to weaken against the US Dollar today, according to the latest exchange rates released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

The ‘Clean Cities’ National Waste Management Programme under the government’s “Clean Sri Lanka” initiative was launched in Jaffna yesterday (22), with authorities outlining plans for a nationwide waste management drive over the next three y

LAUGFS Power PLC has strengthened its renewable energy portfolio with the commissioning of the Kehelgamu Oya 2 MW Mini Hydro Power Project in Ginigathhena, further expanding its contribution to Sri Lanka’s clean energy sector.

Sarvajana Balaya National Organiser and Former Minister Dilum Amunugama has been summoned by Police to record a statement over controversial remarks made during a media briefing, following complaints that the comments may have prejudiced a minor link

Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Saturday said he had ordered a swift and intensive investigation into the abduction and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Coimbatore and assured that those involved in crimes against women and children would face sever

The United States has issued a Worldwide Caution Health Alert dated May 22, 2026, introducing new arrival restrictions and enhanced Ebola screening measures for travelers bound for the U.S. from select African countries.

The Irrigation Department’s Hydrology and Disaster Management Division has released the latest Islandwide Water Level and Rainfall Situation Report for major river basins as of 3.30 p.m. on 23 May 2026, indicating generally stable conditions across

The South-West monsoon is gradually establishing itself over the island, the Meteorology Department said.

A considerable amount of rainfall has been recorded in the catchment areas of the Kalu Ganga basin as of now, the Irrigation Department said.

Officials ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes in the Los Angeles ‌suburb of Garden Grove on Friday due to a failing chemical tank that was likely to either leak or explode, possibly releasing toxic vapor into the air, first

Pope Leo on Saturday called out companies who seek ’’dizzying’’ profits at the ‌cost of environmental pollution, on a visit to an area in Italy known as a hotbed for illegal dumping of toxic waste.

The Pentagon has released scores of UFO files, with descriptions of reported sightings of orbs, discs and fireballs spanning 80 years.

Showers or thundershowers are expected at several places in the sea areas off the coast stretching from Puttalam to Hambantota via Colombo and Galle during the next 24 hours, according to the latest weather forecast issued at 2.00 p.m. today (23).

The first five minutes after waking up in the morning are extremely important and should be used for reflection rather than immediately reaching for a mobile phone, Professor Diyanath Samarasinghe said.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Kathmandu celebrated International Tea Day 2026 under the theme “159 Years of Excellence in Ceylon Tea” at the official residence of the Ambassador in Kathmandu.

Lanka Police have uncovered extensive information regarding 21 criminal suspects who were deported from Dubai and brought back to the country early Friday morning (May 22), following coordinated operations with authorities in the United Arab Emirates

The United States Embassy in Sri Lanka said today that no special Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deployment has taken place in Sri Lanka to investigate cyber theft of $2.5 million from Sri Lankan Treasury funds, as well as another US$625,000 i