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The Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) states that 167,569 vehicles were transshipped and handled through the Hambantota International Port between March 2025 and September 2026. Accordingly, 86,389 vehicles were handled between…

Buddhist monks and supporters participating in the “Justice for the Robe – National Pledge Offering and Freedom March,” organized under the leadership of the Maha Sangha to demand the release of Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero,…

Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody in connection with investigations into the controversial ‘Krrish’ deal, has been brought before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. The case is scheduled to be taken up…

Police have obtained a court order from the Fort Magistrate’s Court prohibiting protests in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, citing its designation as a high-security zone, according to Sri Lanka Police. Buddhist monks and…

A Houthi missile attack on Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden killed five people and injured 16 others on Thursday, according to Yemen’s health minister. The strike targeted military command centres inside the Al-Maashiq…

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not ‌guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents. The additional charges, brought last Thursday,…

Seven of 12 crew members are missing after a drone attack left a chemical tanker ablaze off Romania's coast on Thursday morning, naval authorities say. The San Marino-flagged Wine Trader was 13 nautical miles (24km) east of the mouth of…

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said on Thursday that the country's Houthis had attempted to attack dozens of Saudi airports, ports ​and oil facilities, as fighting between the Iran-aligned group and Saudi Arabia ‌intensified.…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced yesterday afternoon (15) that opening batsman Pathum Nissanka will miss the upcoming tri-series ODI tournament in Pakistan due to injury. Nissanka sustained an injury to his left thigh during Sri Lanka’s…

Walk down the bustling streets of Kollupitiya (Colombo 03), Bambalapitiya (Colombo 04), or along the neon-lit stretches of Marine Drive and Slave Island (Colombo 02), and the demographic shift is unmistakable. Mandarin signage towers over…