Payment made to new account number outside agreement Civil society group ‘Free Lawyers’, which exposed the payment of USD 2.5...
Hambantota International Port (HIP) successfully handled container vessel MSC Marie Leslie, marking one of its highest-volume vessel calls to date....
Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington...
Playing the first IPL El Clasico of their career, Chennai Super King’s Sanju Samson (101 not out) and Akeal Hosein...
US President Donald Trump has said next week’s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla could help repair relations...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 23 April 2026, valid...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Kurunegala and Ratnapura effective from...
US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says. It comes as...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
During the “Ekwa Jaya Gamu – Api Galle” public rally held on Saturday (27) at the Galle Municipal Council Stadium, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced for the...
ECONOMYNEXT – The formal announcement of the presidential elections on Friday has triggered limitations on the executive that will complicate its uneasy relations with the judiciary...
A tense situation prevailed in Parliament on Friday after Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena declared that the restraining order issued by the Supreme Court preventing IGP Deshabandu...
by Hiran Senewiratne Eminent lawyer Presantha Lal de Alwis PC criticized the presidential pardon granted to convicted prisoners, particularly those sentenced to death, as a violation...
Rex Clementine at Pallekele Sri Lanka’s captaincy often has been decided on seniority in recent years. Muttiah Muralitharan never had a chance of captaining the side...
By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London The Sri Lanka High Commission in the UK in collaboration with the Association of Professional Sri Lankans in the UK...
By Rathindra Kuruwita All election monitors will work in coordination to ensure the optimal utilization of available resources, Rohana Hettiarachchi, Executive Director of People’s Action for...
The SLPP Politburo is scheduled to meet on Monday (29) in Colombo to make a final decision on whether they would field their own candidate or...
Tamil Political Leaders II by Rajan Philips The 1956 elections brought to the forefront of Sinhala-Tamil political divide two former classmates at St. Thomas’s College, SWRD...
By RANDIMA ATTYGALLE The Dutch Museum in Colombo, located at Prince Street, Pettah, was closed for several years for renovation. It was reopened to the public...
By a gazette notification issued on Friday, the Election Commission of Sri Lanka declared that the much awaited presidential election will be held on Saturday, September...
Cabinet of Ministers has approved President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s cabinet memorandum to implement the national agenda for anti-corruption, announced the President’s Media Division (PMD) in a press...
