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Retired Senior Professor and Anunayake Maha Thera Ven. Kotapitiye Rahula Thera has requested the Prisons authorities to allow Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera to remain in his robes and to appear in them whenever he is brought outside his place of detention. ..
New Democratic Front (NDF) MPs Rohitha Abeygunawardhane and Anuradha Jayaratne have exchanged their memberships in the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA). ..
Australia’s conservative opposition coalition has proposed to slash temporary and humanitarian visas while prioritising skilled workers in what it called the ’’biggest cut to immigration’’ in the nation’s history. ..
The government is willing to take up the debate on the no-confidence motion (NCM) against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne this week itself, Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake told Parliament today. ..
It is one the worst air disasters in recent years in Africa’s most populous country. The passenger aircraft was on a ’’routine mission’’ from Benin City in southern Nigeria to the economic hub of Lagos when it went down at Igbokoda in southwestern Ondo state shortly after 9:00am (0800 GMT), the president and the air force said. ..
Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka last night (5) after completing a visit to Singapore. ..
Former Colombo Municipal Councillor Mahinda Kahandagama and another person have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) over alleged drug trafficking, police said.
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. ..
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentary group has decided to hand over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne on Friday, October 9, 2026, MP Ajith P. Perera told the media today. ..
The co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flydubai plane planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport or a tower block in the Israeli city, US and Israeli reports suggest.
The co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flydubai plane planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport or a tower block in the Israeli city, US and Israeli reports suggest. ..
An “unforeseen hand” is attempting to sabotage the rabies prevention programme being carried out by veterinary practitioners, three veterinary associations alleged yesterday.
An “unforeseen hand” is attempting to sabotage the rabies prevention programme being carried out by veterinary practitioners, three veterinary associations alleged yesterday. ..
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed former Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force and former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Kolitha A. Gunathilake (Retd.), as the new Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU). ..
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath today rejected reports that the United States had pressured Sri Lanka not to provide food or water to Iranian vessels anchored in international waters, saying the Government had taken decisions independently while protecting the country’s sovereignty, independence and neutrality. ..
The Colombo Stock Exchange extended its decline on 5 October 2026, with both benchmark indices closing sharply lower as selling pressure intensified across the market. ..
Hambantota International Port (HIP) has surpassed one million TEUs in cumulative container throughput since the commissioning of new quay cranes in 2025, marking a significant milestone in the rapid growth of its container operations. ..
Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe said today that the government would not implement proposals made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if they conflict with the policies of the National People’s Power (NPP). ..
American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in the brain. ..
India’s National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) and the Sri Lanka Consumer Cooperative Societies Federation (COOPFED) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the supply of essential food items from India to Sri Lanka. ..
