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The official state ceremony for the traditional oil-anointing ritual of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year is scheduled to take place this morning (April 15) at the premises of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy. MORE..
15 Apr 2026 (6:30 AM)
A U.S. destroyer interdicted two oil tankers attempting to leave Iran on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump s blockade went into effect, and instructed them to turn around, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. MORE..
15 Apr 2026 (11:09 AM)
Based on the needs of passengers who travelled to their hometowns for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, steps have been taken to deploy additional buses to Colombo starting today (15), the National Transport Commission (NTC) has announced. MORE..
15 Apr 2026 (7:26 AM)
Three brothers who went to bathe in the Mahaweli River, which flows through the Somawathiya Reserve in Serunuwara, have drowned and gone missing. MORE..
15 Apr 2026 (8:02 AM)
US President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that the war against Iran is �very close� to completion. MORE..
15 Apr 2026 (8:51 AM)
The US will not renew a 30-day waiver of sanctions on Iranian oil at sea that expires this week, and quietly let a similar waiver on sanctions on Russian oil expire over the weekend, two administration officials told Reuters on Tuesday, as the U.S. imposes a blockade on shipments from Iranian ports. MORE..
15 Apr 2026 (1:36 PM)