A multi-day fishing trawler has gone missing after setting out from the Mirissa fishing harbor in Matara. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (3:53 PM)
A group of the world s top economists including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz have called for Sri Lanka s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (11:51 PM)
The fire that broke out this afternoon (21) within a three-storey building in Thihariya, Nittambuwa along the Colombo-Kandy main road has now been fully brought under control. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (6:06 PM)
At least nine people were killed and 10 others wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire at a tavern in a township near Johannesburg early on Sunday, in the latest mass shooting to shock South Africa. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (2:28 PM)
U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces even as backlash builds ahead of next year s midterm elections. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (10:29 PM)
The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) has directed the activation of a special Operations Room at the Army Headquarters to ensure public safety and security during the ongoing festive season. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (7:41 PM)