A Sri Lankan postdoctoral research scientist Piyumi Wijesekara is among the new crew of four volunteers selected by NASA to participate in a simulated mission to Mars within a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Colombo District Court ordered the interim injunction issued preventing former President Maithripala Sirisena from functioning as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to be extended until May 09.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has demanded to know the reason for the delay in implementing the anticorruption mechanism wanted by bondholders to be in place.
Villagers staged a protest against the dumping of clinical waste at a private land at Ariyalai in Jaffna, forcing authorities to start disposing of the dump.
DP Education, the philanthropic initiative of MP Dhammika Perera’s DP Foundation, yesterday (17) opened the country’s first digital pre-school in Bibile in Uva province.
Member of the Communications Committee of the Archdiocese of Colombo Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando has been summoned by the Criminal Investigations Department for questioning on Friday, April 19.
The National People’s Power (NPP) says that, under its administration, proper legal action will be instituted against those implicated, either directly or indirectly, in the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed more than 250 people and injured hundreds of others.
Actress Damitha Abeyratne and her husband, who were arrested over alleged fraud, have been further remanded on the orders of Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.
The CTID has summoned and questioned the head of the Tamil Literary Forum after he organized the launch of a book based on the LTTE’s defeat of the armed forces in Elephant Pass 24 years ago.
Flights arriving into Dubai airport - the world's busiest for international travel - were temporarily diverted on Tuesday evening to other locations after the city-state was hit by major flooding following heavy rainfall.
