UPDATE- The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) has confirmed that the substance recovered from the local multi-day fishing vessel is heroin. MORE..

17 Apr 2026 (9:02 AM)

The Ministry of Digital Economy has announced that all public services of the Department for Registration of Persons (ID Office) have been temporarily suspended today (17) following an unexpected system breakdown. MORE..

17 Apr 2026 (8:55 AM)

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that if a deal with Iran to conclude the war is reached and signed in Islamabad, he might go, and that Iran has agreed to almost everything. MORE..

17 Apr 2026 (7:49 AM)

Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven nations on Thursday said it was urgent to limit the cost to the global economy of an enduring Middle East war and �reaffirmed the pressing need #8288;to move toward a lasting peace.� MORE..

17 Apr 2026 (7:43 AM)

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Uva provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts after 1.00 pm, the Department of Meteorology stated. MORE..

17 Apr 2026 (7:36 AM)

Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was �being ravaged by a handful of tyrants� in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon. MORE..

17 Apr 2026 (12:00 AM)