The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentary group has decided to hand over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne on Friday, October 9, 2026, MP Ajith P. Perera told the media today.
The co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flydubai plane planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport or a tower block in the Israeli city, US and Israeli reports suggest.
An "unforeseen hand" is attempting to sabotage the rabies prevention programme being carried out by veterinary practitioners, three veterinary associations alleged yesterday.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed former Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force and former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Kolitha A. Gunathilake (Retd.), as the new Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath today rejected reports that the United States had pressured Sri Lanka not to provide food or water to Iranian vessels anchored in international waters, saying the Government had taken decisions independently while prot
The Colombo Stock Exchange extended its decline on 5 October 2026, with both benchmark indices closing sharply lower as selling pressure intensified across the market.
Hambantota International Port (HIP) has surpassed one million TEUs in cumulative container throughput since the commissioning of new quay cranes in 2025, marking a significant milestone in the rapid growth of its container operations.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Chathuranga Abeysinghe said today that the government would not implement proposals made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if they conflict with the policies of the National People's
American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in the brain.
India's National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) and the Sri Lanka Consumer Cooperative Societies Federation (COOPFED) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the supply of essential food items from India to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's decades-long approach to controlling rabies has come under fresh scrutiny, with veterinarian Dr. Chamith Nanayakkara questioning whether the country is spending too much public money treating people after dog bites instead of eliminating
The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters' Association (SLRSMU) has raised serious safety concerns over the resumption of train services on the Up-country railway line, alleging that operations resumed without approval from the National Building Research
Train services on the Up-country Line have resumed as normal after railway authorities cleared an obstruction caused by a train derailment earlier today.
Sri Lanka should take a leaf from India's Dr Manmohan Singh era. When India faced a near-existential balance-of-payments crisis in 1991, it turned to the IMF but Dr Manmohan Singh did not allow the IMF programme to become the country's economic strat
Colombo High Court Judge Rashantha Godawela today ordered that the bribery case filed against former Cabinet Minister Kumara Jayakody be taken up for further evidence on November 3.
Sri Lanka has held discussions with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on development priorities and projects to be implemented during the 2026-2029 period, with emphasis on making effective use of limited financial and technical resources.
Sri Lanka's financial literacy rate has increased from 35% to 58% due to positive measures taken by the Government, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said today.
A series of international developments, including unrest in the Suez Canal region and Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries, have contributed to a global surge in diesel prices, former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today.
The national programme to provide high-speed fibre internet facilities to all government secondary schools across the country is progressing successfully, with more than 3,600 schools already connected or currently being connected.
The Ceylon Petroleum Private Tanker Owners Association (CPPTOA) today urged the public not to engage in panic buying of fuel, assuring that there was no shortage or disruption to fuel supplies.
