An average of at least 47 women and girls were killed each day during the war in Gaza, according to figures published by U.N. Women on Friday, and the agency warned that deaths have continued six months into a fragile ceasefire. MORE..
18 Apr 2026 (8:20 AM)
U.S. President Donald Trump said the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran, after Tehran said it had fully reopened the strait to commercial vessels but threatened to close it again over the U.S. blockade. MORE..
18 Apr 2026 (12:43 PM)
A 55-year-old man, a resident of Maradan Kulama, tragically drowned last afternoon (17) after leaping into the Maradan Kulama Wewa in Mihintale to save his son and another child. MORE..
18 Apr 2026 (12:56 PM)
A fire broke out at an oil terminal in southern Russia s Krasnodar region, prompting a large firefighting operation, the region s emergency operational headquarters said early on Saturday. MORE..
18 Apr 2026 (8:13 AM)
Minister Vijitha Herath today categorically rejected claims that any fraud had taken place in the importation of coal, but admitted that the imported coal shipment was of substandard quality. MORE..
17 Apr 2026 (9:53 PM)
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser MP Namal Rajapaksa says that Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody s resignation, although welcome, comes a bit too late. MORE..
17 Apr 2026 (11:25 PM)