The Department of Prisons has taken steps to grant a special opportunity for open visits to prison inmates in view of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (8:46 PM)
Pope Leo XIV said today he has �no fear of the Trump administration� and will continue to speak out after the US president criticized his comments on the war with Iran. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (4:52 PM)
An individual who had gone to climb �Katusu Konda� in the Hanthana Mountain Range and went missing has been successfully rescued by the Sri Lanka Army. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (9:20 PM)
Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned today that �no port in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be safe� if its own ports are threatened, Iranian state media said ahead of a proposed US blockade. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (4:18 PM)
The Chairman of the Lanka Coal Company (PVT.) Ltd. Jayantha Rathnayake has issued a statement regarding an alleged telephone conversation between himself, the General Manager of the Lanka Coal Company and a representative of a coal supplying company, which is currently circulating on social media. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (4:09 PM)
The US military has commenced a blockade of ships entering or leaving Iran s ports at 7-30 p.m. (1400 GMT), after weekend talks on ending the war broke down. MORE..
13 Apr 2026 (9:06 PM)