Three men have been arrested by the Unawatuna Tourist Police for allegedly mistreating turtles while displaying the animals to tourists and attempting to collect money from them.

The owner of a company in Borella has been fined Rs. 300,000 for selling expired cosmetics, perfumes without marked prices and cosmetic products that did not carry the required information.

Leaders of BRICS countries at the 18th BRICS Summit adopted a joint declaration in New Delhi, the capital of India, on Saturday, reiterating their commitment to inclusive global governance and strengthening multilateralism...

Two Indian-born women in their 40s, adopted as babies by different families and raised near each other in the Netherlands, have now discovered they are biological sisters.

The 2026 China-Sri Lanka Media Cooperation and Exchange Seminar opened Friday in Colombo, drawing more than 80 government officials, journalists and scholars from both countries.

Princess Astrid of Norway, the sister of the late King Harald V, has died at the age of 94, two days after attending his funeral, the country's royal palace has announced.

To mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, the Pathfinder Foundation, in collaboration with the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka, is hosting a series of lectures on the legacy of America’s Founding Fathers.

Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Americans paused on ​Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania...

A dress worn by Princess Diana to a party in London hours after a documentary was televised in which the then-Prince Charles admitted to committing adultery during their marriage is going up for auction.

Iceland's government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the ​only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling.

A landslide struck a car park on Japan's Mount Fuji, with the final day of the volcano's summer climbing season on Thursday (Sep 10) marred by downpours and dense mist.

Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) attended a reception hosted aboard the visiting Indian Navy ship ‘Udayagiri’ at the Colombo Port.

Italian naval vessel ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi has arrived at the Port of Colombo on a replenishment visit, with the Sri Lanka Navy welcoming the visiting ship in accordance with naval traditions.

The United States Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Pathfinder Foundation will jointly present the “Founding Fathers Lecture Series 2026” over the final three months of this year, as part of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence.

Four people, including a police sergeant have been killed in four separate road accidents reported in Keppetipola, Koslanda, Kotawila and Matara yesterday (8), police said.

Four paintings by the impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been stolen from a museum in the south of France.

The boss of the biggest UK-headquartered tech firm has said that artificial intelligence will find a cure for cancer that humans cannot in our lifetimes.

Singapore's government says it will raise the annual salaries of its ministers and other office holders, including its prime minister who is the highest paid political leader in the world.