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...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
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,...
The first case of a newer, more spreadable variant of mpox has been detected in the Republic of Ireland, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said....
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 07 FEBRUARY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 07 February 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some...
USD 7.9 mn spent on teaching Lankan journalists how to avoid “binary-gendered language” USAID has spent $7.9 million to teach Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid...
By A.J.A Abeynayake The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday (06) scheduled a hearing for 19 March 2025 regarding the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by former President...
By Saman Indrajith Minister Nalinda Jayatissa revealed in Parliament on Thursday (06) a list of 43 current and former Members of Parliament who received compensation totalling...
Rex Clementine in Galle Sri Lanka’s lower middle order showed some character and resilience, digging in to mount a spirited fightback, ensuring the hosts reached 229...
Minister assures adequate funding to tackle the problem By Saman Indrajith About 3,477 wild elephants and 1,190 people have died in Sri Lanka between 2015 and...
The Upali Group of Companies, its employees and sales agents countrywide, have made arrangements to invoke blessings on its founder, Upali Wijewardene, who disappeared in his...
Chairman of Sri Lanka’s Paddy Marketing Board (PMB), Manjula Pinnalanda, has revealed that successive governments since the year 2000 have failed to provide necessary resources for...
Friday 7th February, 2025 President Donald Trump has apparently inherited from his father a propensity to acquire real estate. What he did as a real estate...
by Neville Ladduwahetty Following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit, first to India and then to China, Foreign Policy analysts and Commentators of repute have cautioned the...
