Former State Minister and ex-MP Nimal Lanza was remanded until 12 September by the Negombo Magistrate’s Court after ...

Kandy Myst by Cinnamon, the newest addition to the Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts portfolio developed in partnership with Indra ...

The sun is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August to 07th of September due to its apparent southward relative motion. The nearest places of Sri Lanka over which the ...

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was discharged from the Colombo National Hospital yesterday afternoon (29) after receiving inpatient treatment. Doctors have advised him to continue resting at ...

NDB Bank, in partnership with NewsFirst, celebrated the Grand Finale of the Sri Lanka Vanithabhimana Awards on 20 August 2025, honouring extraordinary women across the island and marking a milestone ...

The Digital Innovation Fund (DIF), managed by BOV Capital and powered by Dialog Axiata PLC, has successfully exited its investment in IFINITY, a pioneering Sri Lankan fintech company dedicated to ...

The head of the European Union’s executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has spoken of her outrage at Russia’s deadliest ...

A discussion on the 2026 Pre-Budget for the tourism sector with private sector stakeholders was held this afternoon (29) at the Presidential Secretariat, under the patronage of President Anura Kumara ...

In a landmark achievement for Sri Lankan science, a team of local researchers has identified Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cinctellus, a rare mosquito species, in the country for the very first time. The ...

Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), a new commemorative Rs. 2000 currency note was presented this morning (29) to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the ...

It has been reported that former Member of Parliament  Athuraliye Rathana Thero who appeared before the Nugegoda Magistrates Court today (29) has been remanded until September 12th. A warrant for his ...

The number of animals infested with New World screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating parasite, has risen by 53% in the four weeks to mid-August, Mexican government data reveals. While infestations by the fly ...