Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday (Oct 9) to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of US President Donald Trump s initiative to end the war in Gaza. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (9:54 PM)
The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality "to the point of madness." MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (6:26 PM)
The Cabinet of Ministers is expected to be reshuffled today (10), according to political sources. MORE..
10 Oct 2025 (10:24 AM)
The Police Media Division has stated that a false news report is circulating on social media claiming that retired Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravi Seneviratne told the Parliamentary High Posts Committee that the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday attacks has been identified and that India is behind it. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (3:23 PM)
Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Dr. Chandana Abayaratne, announced that a significant number of retired public servants whose salaries were not increased in the 2025 Budget will receive due benefits in the 2026 Budget. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (6:19 PM)
The Department of Meteorology announced that showers or thundershowers are expected to occur at several places in the Eastern, Central, Uva, Southern, and Sabaragamuwa Provinces, and in the Polonnaruwa, Mullaittivu, Kilinochchi, and Jaffna Districts after 1.00 p.m. MORE..
10 Oct 2025 (7:38 AM)