WEATHER FORECAST FOR 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces.

Pakistan developed required ‘intel’ for operation By Shamindra Ferdinando The US Embassy in Colombo declined to comment on a special police probe into the recent narcotics detection, jointly made at ...

LAWASIA, the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, has stated that in court proceedings of exceptional constitutional significance, the basis upon which a Bench is constituted should be ...

Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena yesterday (16) ordered SLPP National Organiser Namal Rajapaksa, MP, to be further remanded, until September 23. The Magistrate issued the order when Rajapaksa ...

General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera appeared before the Colombo High Court yesterday in a case filed by the Attorney General over statements allegedly insulting Islam. The case was ...

Sri Lanka Police has just marked 160 years. The parades were in order. The sentence that should have followed them has not been written with enough force. A police service that is pulled by politics, ...

Hayleys Mobility Limited, the mobility segment of Hayleys Fentons Limited, has marked the delivery of its 1,000th vehicle, a milestone achieved within its first 9 months of operation and a clear ...

The Bahrain National Cricket Team after a dissapointing performance at the Asian Cricket Council Men’s Premier Cup group stage matches played in Malaysia a few days back arrived in Sri Lanka to ...

Nations Trust WNPS Monthly Lecture 17 September, 6 pm Jasmine Hall, BMICH Lecture to be delivered by Ranjan Marasinghe, Director General, Department of Wildlife Conservation The Wildlife and Nature ...

History was made under the lights on 05th September, as Joheirry Mola Dominguez, of the Dominican Republic, was crowned Miss World 2026 by outgoing queen Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand at April 2nd ...

Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha While on holiday last month I was lent a book by a friend, who had borrowed it in turn from my former Dean, Leslie Mitchell, into whose retirement home he too has now moved. It ...

Emirates and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) have renewed their partnership in order to amplify efforts aimed at benefiting the country’s tourism industry. The world’s largest ...