The Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa has warned that Sri Lanka could face a renewed risk of bankruptcy and called on the present government to immediately pursue a successor agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), cautioning against what he described as �arrogance� in economic decision-making. MORE..

24 May 2026 (5:03 PM)

Two workers have sustained injuries and admitted to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital after a section of a six-storey building collapsed along the E.L. Senanayake Mawatha in Kandy, police said. MORE..

24 May 2026 (4:53 PM)

At least 16 people have died of heatstroke in southern India so far this summer, officials said Sunday (May 24), as a heatwave grips swathes of the country following official health warnings. MORE..

24 May 2026 (4:39 PM)

A total of 12 state-of-the-art colposcopy machines have been introduced to government hospitals to improve the detection and treatment of cervical cancer, which ranks as the fifth most common cancer among women in Sri Lanka, according to the Ministry of Health. MORE..

24 May 2026 (4:13 PM)

An explosion on a railway track in Pakistan s Quetta killed at least 24 people, news outlet Al #8288;Arabiya reported on Sunday, citing officials. MORE..

24 May 2026 (4:02 PM)

The Sri Lankan community in Melbourne has pledged its support to the entrepreneurial vision proposed by the leader of the Sarvajana Balawegaya leader, Parliamentarian Dilith Jayaweera during a community event held in Australia. MORE..

24 May 2026 (3:44 PM)