Colombo Times https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Wimal, Udaya, Dilith, Named in Contempt Case Sri Lanka’s fresh pineapples to be exported to Pakistan The Lasallian Annual Prize Giving 2026 – Phase III of De La Salle College held in Colombo Dr. Ruskan takes traditional medicine to an international stage South African High Commission commemorates National Women’s Day in Colombo Grade 5 Scholarship Exam To Be Held Sunday,August.9 Cinnamon Box Office’s Destination Event Calendar Set To Position Colombo As South East Asia’s Next Entertainment Hub Derana Colombo International Kite Festival takes flight at Galle Face Green at 1.30pm on Sunday, August 9 Shani Abeysekara promoted as DIG One prisoner killed when 40 inmates broke out of their cells at the New Magazine Prison in Colombo National Water Supply Board (Amendment) Bill Passed : Focus on Administrative Efficiency India Hands Over Next Set of Bailey Bridges to Sri Lanka under USD 450 Million Reconstruction Package Sri Lankan Government! Immediately hand over our ancestral lands to us!” Tamils in MANNAR clamour for their own lands Free Public Admission for the India Tour of Sri Lanka 2026 Test Series Nepal envoy bids ‘Good Bye’ to outgoing US diplomat Qatar Charity Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Science Laboratory Building at Kalutara Muslim Central College Soldiers Brave Mahaweli Waters amid Rising Flood to Save a Woman Weather Forecast: Heavy rains predicted in several areas on Friday,August 7 High Commissioner Meets Dean of the Sushma Swaraj Institute of ForeignService Bill to revise judges’ retirement age is gazetted on Friday, August. 7 Acorn Group Brings Next-Generation Airline Booking Technology to Sri Lanka Schools close on August 7 and reopen on September 7 Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shri. Vikram Misri meets leader of SLMC, Rauf Hakeem at India House President Anura Kumara Dissanayake meets with visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Dr. Harsha Suranga Fernando sworn in as new Central Province Governor Lightning kills Thai Footballer while at play Former Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam arrested to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). Sri Lanka Cricket to Conduct Annual Cricket Awards 2025 to Honour Cricketing Excellence Pakistan high commission observes “Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir” – Kashmir Day in Colombo Jammu & Kashmir and Abrogation of 370 , 35A Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Rumesh Tharanga Returns Home Four Lankans including two females leave for Saudi Arabia to take part in King Abdulaziz International Quran Memorization Contests Sri Lanka Association of Administrative and Professional Secretaries (SLAAPS) concludes its “Gift the Gift of Vision” Project Eight dead,11,800 affected due to adverse weather conditions Government to probe into hidden forces behind the chaos in Mahara prison Uzbekistan’s New Renaissance: Reviving a Golden Past with the Tools of Tomorrow Director- General of the United Nations of Sri Lanka (UNA-Sri Lanka) M.M.M. Rushanudeen will be contesting for Post of Vice President at the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Western Province Governor receives delegation from Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka U.S. Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan Meets Deputy Speaker Dr. Rizvie Salih at Parliament Ambassador (Prof.) Fazeeha Azmi visits the Permanent Secretariat of Asian Mayors Forum (AMF) in Tehran Pakistan High Commissioner . Maj Gen (R) Dr. Nayyar Naseer witnesses the T20 match between Pakistan & Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Teams Landslide in Polpitiya kills four people 111th death anniversary of national hero Edward Henry Pedris marked with book presentation Tamil Nadu Business Delegation to Visit Sri Lanka in September 2026 meets Deputy High Commissioner Dr. Ganesanathan Geathiswaran Flood Warning Issued for Kelani River Areas KPMG Tax Webinar on 5th August Peradeniya University informs students over flood risk as Mahaweli River swells The 2026 Eoullim K-Culture Festival is jointly organised by Far East University, South Korea, and IDM Nations Campus International on August 29 in Colombo Iran Cultural Counsellor meets with Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) Tony Ganlath elected President of the Sri Lanka-Malaysia Business Council (SLMBC) at its AGM