A janitorial supervisor of the National Hospital in Kandy has been injured and hospitalised following a shooting incident at Gohagoda, in Katugastota, according to police.
4 May 2026 (9:38 AM)
Amsterdam has become the world s first capital city to ban public advertisements for both meat and fossil fuel products. Since 1 May, adverts for burgers, petrol cars and airlines have been stripped from billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations. MORE..
4 May 2026 (11:35 AM)
The United States will launch an effort on Monday (May 4, 2026) to �guide� stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping effort to help hundreds of vessels and some 20,000 seafarers. MORE..
4 May 2026 (7:39 AM)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised Mission Drishti by GalaxEye, calling it a major achievement in India s growing space journey. MORE..
3 May 2026 (9:51 PM)
The official state reception ceremony for Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, who arrived in Sri Lanka, yesterday (04), on a three-day official visit, is scheduled to take place today (04). MORE..
4 May 2026 (9:08 AM)
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-western and Eastern provinces and in Polonnaruwa, Galle and Matara districts after 2.00 pm, today (04), the Department of Meteorology said. MORE..
4 May 2026 (7:32 AM)