The Cabinet Ministers of the new government are scheduled to be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at 10.00 a.m. today (Nov. 18) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. MORE..

18 Nov 2024 (10:26 AM)

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter. MORE..

18 Nov 2024 (10:09 AM)

The Meteorology Department says showers will occur at times in the Northern and Eastern provinces, and fairly heavy showers about 50 mm are likely at some places. MORE..

18 Nov 2024 (9:58 AM)

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by its Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, has arrived in Sri Lanka this evening (17). MORE..

17 Nov 2024 (11:08 PM)

India has successfully tested a domestically developed long-range hypersonic missile, it said on Sunday, attaining a key milestone in military development that puts it in a small group of nations possessing the advanced technology. MORE..

17 Nov 2024 (10:12 PM)

Police have arrested four suspects in connection with an abduction incident based on information provided by a private informan during a nighttime patrol in the Mattakkuliya area last night (16). MORE..

17 Nov 2024 (8:09 PM)