British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday he would not walk away, vowing ​to fight any challenge from his leading party rival Andy Burnham and potentially ushering in a new bout of political instability.

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has stated that an allocation of Rs. 180 million has been made from the Central Cultural Fund for the conservation of Gallangolla Mulamaha Viharaya.

A passenger has been arrested today (19) at the Alawwa Railway Station for allegedly causing damage to railway property following a delay in train operations.

More details have emerged regarding a heated confrontation that occurred when a team of police officers from the Avissawella Divisional Crime Investigation Bureau attempted to search a house located on Noori Road in Deraniyagala.

Sri Lanka Police have uncovered more details regarding the discovery of a woman’s body inside a parked car in the Teldeniya area.

A discussion aimed at accelerating the implementation of the Sri Lanka Customs Paperless Document Processing programme has been held today (19) at the Presidential Secretariat...

A fire has reportedly broken out at a tea factory located at Wathurawila Junction on the Elpitiya –Mapalagama road.

Israel and Hezbollah have ​agreed to a ‌ceasefire set to begin at 4 ​p.m. local time ​on Friday, a senior ⁠U.S. official ​told Reuters.

Sri Lanka has reaffirmed its commitment to the objectives and principles of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) as an important platform for dialogue...

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has called for the establishment of a Presidential Task Force to combat the dengue epidemic in the country. MORE..

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Jay Shah, at the Presidential Office in Colombo this afternoon (19).

A territory-wide shutdown in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has brought daily life to a standstill after the region's deadliest unrest in years left at least 24 people ​dead in nearly two weeks of protests.

A senior World Health Organization official said on Friday that 75 medics in the Democratic ​Republic of Congo had been infected with Ebola and 17 ​of them had died since the current outbreak started ⁠there. MORE..

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered that the plaint filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against Member of Parliament Chamara Sampath Dassanayake over corruption allegations, be recalled on November 03, 2026.

A Sri Lankan passenger was arrested this morning (19) by Sri Lanka Customs officers while attempting to smuggle a consignment of “Kush” cannabis estimated to be valued at around Rs. 75 million through the “Green Channel”

At Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Kita Ward, the fire started around 11:00 am. It was almost extinguished in about one hour after burning about 200 square meters.

Sri Lanka Police has announced that the annual Perahera of the Urawatta Gangarama Viharaya, within the Ambalangoda Police Division, is scheduled to be held from 2.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. tomorrow (20) along the Galle–Colombo main road. MORE..

The General Manager of Lanka Salt Limited, Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Gunarathna, has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.