The final rites of Sri Lankan cinema icon and veteran actress Malini Fonseka, widely known as the "Queen of Sri Lankan Cinema," were performed with full state honours this evening (26 May) at Independence Square in Colombo. MORE..
26 May 2025 (7:48 PM)
The case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others was taken up for hearing once again before the Colombo High Court today (26). MORE..
26 May 2025 (5:40 PM)
Visiting Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters has welcomed Sri Lanka s application to accede to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. MORE..
26 May 2025 (3:03 PM)
Rados #322;aw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, in the context of Poland s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 28 to 31 May 2025. MORE..
26 May 2025 (10:28 PM)
US President Donald Trump has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has gone absolutely CRAZY" and that he is "not happy with what Putin is doing" after Moscow launched its largest aerial attack of its three-year war on Ukraine overnight. MORE..
26 May 2025 (11:50 AM)
Former Minister Mervyn Silva, former State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera and three others arrested and remanded for allegedly selling a plot of state-owned land in Kiribathgoda to a private party by forging documents, have been further remanded. MORE..
26 May 2025 (5:18 PM)