An Indian rocket carrying 16 loads of equipment and experiments including an earth surveillance satellite went off track after liftoff on Monday in a fresh setback to the workhorse launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (7:27 PM)
Iran said on Monday it is keeping communications open with the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, which pose one of the stiffest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (10:12 PM)
The highest temperature recorded in the country today (12) was 31.5°C, reported from the Katunayake Meteorological Station, the Department of Meteorology noted. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (8:56 PM)
Four persons have died in a road accident along the Paranthan-Mullaitivu road in Murasumoddai, Kilinochchi, this evening (12), police stated. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (8:02 PM)
The inauguration of Rebuilding Sri Lanka national programme will take place in Colombo tomorrow (13). MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (5:46 PM)
Earlier in the day, new US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, offered a positive outlook on India-US trade deal talks, claiming negotiations will start tomorrow, January 13. Gor also claimed US President Donald Trump may visit India next year. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (6:13 PM)