Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens aboard the Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, Spain s interior minister said in Madrid on Saturday. MORE..
9 May 2026 (11:11 PM)
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa claims that the government s decision to increase electricity tariffs is a way of placing the burden of importing substandard coal on the shoulders of electricity consumers in the country. MORE..
9 May 2026 (8:19 PM)
The leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya and former Member of Parliament, Udaya Gammanpila, has reportedly arrived at the Kuliyapitiya Police Station this morning (09) to provide a statement in connection with the recent death of a Treasury official. MORE..
9 May 2026 (12:43 PM)
The United States is strengthening its global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) by partnering with Sri Lanka to help shape the country s first national AI policy framework for higher education. MORE..
9 May 2026 (1:54 PM)
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, K. D. Lal Kantha, has confirmed that there will be no shortage of fertilizer for any crops during the ongoing Yala season. MORE..
9 May 2026 (12:15 PM)
An Amber advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for heavy rainfall in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-Central, Northern provinces and in Galle, Matara, and Kurunegala districts. MORE..
9 May 2026 (3:56 PM)