At least 60 people have been killed and several more are missing in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, ...

It has been reported that indictments have been served on former Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella, his wife,  three ...

Deepti Sharma gave India the upper hand against England again, although in a more conventional style this time, with a ...

Bangladeshi security forces clashed with supporters of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leaving at least three people dead and many injured. Violence broke out Wednesday in the southern town of ...

Food intended to feed 27,000 starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will soon be incinerated in the wake of President Donald Trump’s closure of the United States’ aid agency. A senior US ...

An “unbelievably rare” piece of Mars – the largest ever found on Earth – has sold for $4.3m (£3.2m) at a New York auction on ...

Italy captain Cristiana Girelli scored a dramatic 90th-minute winner as they beat Norway to set up a potential Euro 2025 semi-final against reigning champions England. After a dominant first-half ...

Israel’s military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria on Wednesday, as deadly sectarian fighting in the mostly Druze province of Suweida continued ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 17 JULY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 July 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in the Sabaragamuwa province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and ...

A representative team of TikTok platform in Sri Lanka visited the secretary to the Prime Minister on Wednesday (16) at the ...

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the winner-takes-all third and final Twenty20 International against Bangladesh at R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday, ringing in two key changes to the XI ...

In a call to action for solar cooperation across Asia and the Pacific, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said ...