Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
A court in South Korea has sentenced the country’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to five years in jail after...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, yesterday (11) said Sri Lanka had no political prisoners. The ex-parliamentarian was responding to President Anura...
35th “November Heroes’ Commemoration” The 35th “November Heroes’ Commemoration” of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) was held yesterday at the New Town Hall in Colombo. The General...
One of the most puzzling phenomena lies beneath the Indian Ocean, south of Sri Lanka, where a massive gravity anomaly known as the Indian Ocean Geoid...
Sri Lanka has earned over 2.5 billion U.S dollars from tourism between 01 January and end October this year, a significant 59 percent increase compared to the corresponding period...
I thank Dr P. A. Samaraweera for giving me the opportunity to explain further why I think the new government is not different from previous regimes....
The inaugural session of the 10th Parliament would commence Nov. 21, Parliament announced yesterday. The parliamentary Communications Department has in a media statement said that the upcoming general...
A video that went viral yesterday captured a tense standoff between former Minister Harin Fernando and the police in Bandarawela. Fernando, who was campaigning with his...
Over 2,000 cases of cyberbullying have been reported in Sri Lanka so far in 2024, according to an official from the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness...
TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran on Monday alleged that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had transported thousands of Sinhalese for a campaign rally in Jaffna. In a post...
Sasen Premarathne, Sathiees Thuakar and Ashlin de Silva won their second-round matches of the ATF Under 16 boys’ and girls’ Week 1 tournament which commenced at...
The Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered the CID to take into custody former MP Sujeewa Senasinghe’s Toyota Land Cruiser V8 and produce it before the court. Fort Magistrate Thnuja Lakmali...
By AJA Abeynayake The Court of Appeal yesterday fixed for Nov. 19 the consideration of a petition filed by former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte, requesting his release on bail....
