The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a...
An ODI between Canada and Netherlamds in King City Toronto on Tuesday was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch. The...
Joshua Da Silva and Amir Jangoo have earned recalls to West Indies’ squad for the two-match World Test Championship series...
England’s spin attack, led by Sophie Ecclestone’s three-wicket haul, secured their second win in as many games as they beat...
Monday 15th June, 2026 Sri Lanka apparently has more than its fair share of extreme weather events, ranging from floods to droughts and now the disruptive...
A new study by researchers from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Ministry of Irrigation argues that strengthening the knowledge and adaptive capacity of tea...
The Ministry of Environment and Sri Lanka Customs on Friday launched a joint initiative to strengthen the country’s biosecurity framework, combat illegal wildlife trafficking, and address...
The release of the 2025 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination results is likely to be delayed, the Department of Examinations has said. A Spokesperson for the...
Pathfinder Foundation Founder Milinda Moragoda met with Yale University historian Prof. David C. Engerman in Colombo, author of The Apostles of Development: Six Economists and the...
Medical prescriptions were written on palm leaf manuscripts. Bhesajja Manjusa (Casket of Medicine) is the oldest medical manuscript written in Sri Lanka. There is a Sinhala...
On June 2, 2026, the U.S. government once again proposed a new tariff on 60 economies, including Sri Lanka, because these countries have failed “to address...
‘Goodbye to guesswork, hello to hard numbers for a more secure financial future’ Sri Lanka has just secured a coveted seat at a high-powered global table...
Sri Lanka’s leading digital payment platform, Payable, has been acquired by regional tech firm Short Circuit to accelerate the country’s digital payments landscape. Since its founding in 2016, Payable...
On June 11, Sea Master Group inaugurated its second Integrated Logistics Centre (ILC) in Hendala, Wattala, just 8–9 kilometers from the Port of Colombo. The total investment...
Fresh from his historic record-breaking performance in Rome, Rumesh Tharanga will be one of the headline attractions in the men’s javelin event at the Ostrava Golden...
Sri Lanka bounced back from the first T20I defeat by putting on an all-round show that earned them series parity in Kingston. Kamil Mishara’s unbeaten 61...
