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A huge ancient rock structure has been found deep beneath Sri Lanka, giving scientists new clues about the island’s geological history more than 500 million years ago.
Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa told Parliament that 33 of the country’s 618 essential medicines are currently out of stock, while all 13 life-saving drugs remain available.
With memories of Cyclone Ditwah’s devastating floods and landslides still fresh, Sri Lanka could be heading into a critical October-November period, with meteorologists warning that El Niño conditions would intensify the country’s usual rainfall, strong winds and landslide risks.
Over 650,000 Sri Lankans have migrated for temporary reasons, and a bulk of them are for employment, according to a survey done in 2024.
Police have arrested the driver of a luxury car and two women following a police pursuit in Pannala town. According to police, officers from the Giriulla Police fired shots after the vehicle allegedly failed to stop despite repeated signals to pull over.
Iran must ’’end its arming of and support’’ for the Houthis in Yemen, the foreign ministers of G7 nations have said in a joint statement.
Sri Lanka and Qatar have discussed measures to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in labour and foreign employment during a meeting between Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Arun Hemachandra and Qatar’s Minister of Labour, Dr. Ali bin Saeed bin Smeikh Al Marri.
Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today announced that the Supreme Court has held that the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution does not need to be approved by the people at a referendum.
Police have deployed special security arrangements at the Hulftsdorp (Aluthkade) court complex today (22), ahead of the scheduled delivery of the final verdict in the case concerning the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.
The US plans to re-establish a Cold War-era military base in southern Greenland and set up another on the east coast, now used by the Danish dog sled patrol, under a deal to be signed with Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) have arrested a Development Officer attached to the Uva Provincial Council over an alleged Rs. 8.1 million bribery transaction linked to the export of phosphate.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued President Donald Trump and other members of his administration on Monday for banning them from White House grounds, saying it violated their rights to free speech and a free press under the US Constitution’s First Amendment.
The Colombo Stock Exchange opened the week on a weaker note on 21 September 2026, with both benchmark indices closing lower amid subdued activity and broad-based selling pressure.
Nimal Perera, who is alleged to have given money to Namal Rajapaksa in connection with the Airbus deal, must face legal action over the Central Bank bond scam and alleged insider trading in the share market, Convenor of the organisation called ’’Purawesi Paliha Collective’’ Attorney-at-Law Sanjeewa Weerawickrama said.
Nimal Perera, who is alleged to have given money to Namal Rajapaksa in connection with the Airbus deal, must face legal action over the Central Bank bond scam and alleged insider trading in the share market, Namal Rajapaksa’s lawyer Attorney-at-Law Sanjeewa Weerawickrama said.
The Government has taken a series of measures to address the escalating human-elephant conflict in the Ampara District, including the establishment of 14 new Elephant Control Units in high-risk areas.
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath is scheduled to make a special statement in Parliament tomorrow regarding the case of Sri Lankan national Sivarasa Anojan, who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Mayadunna Sri Mevan Anthony Edirimannasuriya Corea as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal.
Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka today assured that fuel prices will not be increased in the upcoming price revision at the end of this month.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met the parents of Sivarasa Anojan, a Sri Lankan national sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, at the Presidential Secretariat this morning.
