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12 Jan 2026 (11:20 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)
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)
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 Parliamentary Secretariat has refuted news articles circulated in media under the headline "Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has decided to take strict action regarding a group of employees using drugs, alcohol and cigarettes within the Parliamentary premises." MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (8:27 PM)
The general public has been urged to exercise extreme caution when using social media platforms owing to a surge in financial scams online. MORE..
12 Jan 2026 (6:30 PM)