A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever collected from the surface of an asteroid has landed in the Utah desert seven years after the mission’s launch.
“We have a touchdown!” Flight Control announced this on Sunday.
The gumdrop-shaped capsule, released from the robotic...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today emphasised the need for the country's children to receive both modern education and knowledge about Sri Lanka's rich cultural history.
He expressed his commitment to ensuring that Sri Lankan youth are equipped with the skills and...
Sri Lankan-born Tamil Vijay Thanigasalam has been appointed as an Associate Minister in Ontario, Canada. He immigrated to Canada at the age of 14 and started high school in Scarborough while working multiple part-time jobs.
"I am deeply honoured to...
Kurunegala Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge, Bandhula Gunaratne, found a surgeon who was accused before the court of attempting to inflict injuries on a nurse using a pair of scissors guilty of the charge.
The incident took place in...
Former senior DIG, Sabaragamuwa Province, Lalith Jayasinghe, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment by Ratnapura High Court Judge Lanka Jayaratne today (25) while delivering the verdict in a case filed by the Attorney General against former DIG Jayasinghe.
The...
Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya informed us that the five-member expert medical panel appointed to perform a fresh post-mortem examination into the death of businessman Dinesh Schaffter has concluded its task, and its analytical report is to be submitted...
Surgeons in Baltimore have transplanted the heart of a genetically altered pig into a man with terminal heart disease who had no other hope for treatment, the University of Maryland Medical Centre announced on Friday.
It is the second such procedure...
Parliamentarian Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said yesterday that if he ever gains power, he will educate former President Maithripala Sirisena on how to deal with issues such as the Easter Sunday attack and about law and order.He stated that...
The Minister of Judicial Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reform has reportedly said that a sum of 8,90,000 US dollars has been received by the Treasury as an interim payment for the damage caused to the coastal belt by the...
Three dead bodies of Sri Lankan males were found in a shophouse in Senthul Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday according to the Malaysian Police.
Police have initiated investigations to track down the assailants.
The bodies were found with hands and legs tied together and...
Four police teams have been deployed to investigate the murder of businessman Lalith Wasantha Mendis in China Fort, Galle, yesterday night.
The victim is the father-in-law of State Minister D. V. Chanaka. Two gunmen who followed his jeep had opened...
The US ambassador in Colombo, Julie Chung, said yesterday that the US remains committed to a shared vision for the future—a world that is open, free, prosperous, and secure.
"A world where individuals are living in peace, free in their...
