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...
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...
Lionel Messi marked his record sixth World Cup appearance with his first hat-trick at a FIFA tournament as Argentina beat...
The Committee to Protect Journalists yesterday (13) joined 24 civil society organizations in urging recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to uphold press freedom. CPJ has...
by Jehan Perera The government has two sets of problems coming from the past, one external to it and the other internal, but both interconnected. The...
The Meda Maluwa Perahera of the historical Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya paraded the streets on Saturday night (11). Basnayake Nilame of the temple, Dhammika Attygalle, is...
Moscow seeks govt’s response Russia has strongly protested against the National People’s Power (NPP) government’s decision to allow anti-Russia exhibits at the ongoing World Press Photo...
A 31-year-old man who abducted an 18-year-old schoolgirl at Daulagala, Kandy, on 11 January, was taken into custody at the Ampara bus stand yesterday (13) morning....
Foreign Employment Bureau chief Koshala Wickremasinha said yesterday that Sri Lanka lost the 10,000 job quota offered by Israel in the agriculture sector there due to...
By A Special Sports Correspondent CR & FC kept their league title hopes alive by beating Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club by 27 points to...
Local vehicle assembly industry: Sri Lanka’s local assembly and automotive component manufacturing sector has become a significant pillar of the nation’s economy, driving job creation, conserving...
The ITF Asia 14 and Under Development Championships, which is the Regional Qualifying Event 2025 commenced at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association courts yesterday. The week...
Clouds by SOZO, in collaboration with the Rukmini Tissanayagam Trust, announces its partnership with the HSBC Ceylon Literary and Arts Festival. This partnership marks a shared...
Of late, we have had some internationally known acts, of a few decades ago, do their thing in Colombo. The most recent were the Gypsy Kings....
By Shiran Illanperuma Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the 21st century struggle for regional...
