A large number of commuters are reportedly arriving at the Makumbura Multimodal Centre (MMC) since early this morning (11) to travel to their hometowns via the expressways ahead of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year holidays. MORE..
11 Apr 2026 (11:00 AM)
Iran s negotiating team arrived in Islamabad on Friday for peace talks with the United States, even as Tehran insisted on measures it said needed to be addressed first, throwing last-minute doubt over the meetings. MORE..
11 Apr 2026 (8:54 AM)
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, North Western, Southern and Uva provinces and in Anuradhapura, Mannar, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts after 2.00 p.m., the Department of Meteorology stated. MORE..
11 Apr 2026 (8:06 AM)
President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the U.S. will have the Strait of Hormuz �open fairly soon� but did not elaborate and acknowledged that it will not be an easy step. MORE..
11 Apr 2026 (8:43 AM)
Europe will suffer jet fuel shortages in just three weeks if the the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen, the trade body for the continent s airports has warned. MORE..
11 Apr 2026 (1:13 PM)
Artemis II s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. MORE..
11 Apr 2026 (8:15 AM)