Singapore s X-Press Feeders has hit back at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court s order to pay $1bn within a year over the 2021 X-Press Pearl casualty, warning the decision tramples on due process, scapegoats its crew, and poses a dangerous precedent for global shipping. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (6:26 PM)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 79 years of independence from British colonial rule. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (6:04 PM)
The newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP), Attorney-at-Law Priyantha Weerasooriya, met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this afternoon (15) at the Presidential Secretariat. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (11:29 PM)
Baseline Road has reportedly been blocked for vehicular traffic from the Cemetery Junction in Borella to Campbell Park due to a protest march. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (5:37 PM)
Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (16), the Department of Meteorology said. MORE..
16 Aug 2025 (7:59 AM)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that the secondary tariffs on India could go up if "things don t go well" during talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (12:07 PM)