A prison inmate serving a sentence at Welikada Prison has died after being hospitalised following an incident linked to an attempted escape. MORE..
4 May 2026 (8:55 PM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised the need for a country in which Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim communities live together in harmony and brotherhood and reaffirmed that the strong steps taken towards national unity will not, under any circumstances, be reversed. MORE..
4 May 2026 (5:58 PM)
Iran has said it stopped a US warship from entering the Strait of Hormuz. MORE..
4 May 2026 (5:20 PM)
US Central Command (Centcom) denies that one of its warships has been struck by two Iranian missiles. MORE..
4 May 2026 (6:17 PM)
Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa and visiting Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko held talks in Colombo on strengthening Sri Lanka s primary healthcare system and expanding the use of modern technology, including artificial intelligence in the health sector. MORE..
4 May 2026 (7:24 PM)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday (May 4, 2026) was defeated in his Kolathur Assembly constituency, a seat he had represented thrice since 2011. He is the fourth sitting Chief Minister in Tamil Nadu to lose an Assembly election. MORE..
4 May 2026 (7:08 PM)