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China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make such an ambitious attempt. MORE..
4 May 2024 (4:54 PM)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s cabinet decided on Sunday to shut down Al Jazeera s operations in Israel for as long as the war in Gaza continues, on the grounds the Qatari television network threatens national security. MORE..
5 May 2024 (8:43 PM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe hailed the government s decision to grant freehold land deeds to Mahaweli settlers as unprecedented globally in granting land rights to its citizens. MORE..
4 May 2024 (2:41 PM)
The passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in India and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, which was launched in October 2023 by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), will resume on May 13, 2024 tentatively, the Indian High Commission in Colombo announced. MORE..
5 May 2024 (7:16 PM)
Sri Lanka won the Asian Rugby Division 1 Championship by defeating Kazakhstan 45-7 in the final at the Racecourse Stadium in Colombo. MORE..
4 May 2024 (10:48 PM)
