Drug controversy: “Setting up state-of-the-art drug testing facility will cost Rs 5 billion” Activists call for legal action against politicians,...
Air quality in Sri Lanka has deteriorated in recent days, with Air Quality Index (AQI) levels rising, particularly in the...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland...
There was a little bit of rustiness as India returned to action 50 days after becoming ODI world champions, but...
Opener Sameer Minhas blitzed his way to 172 off 113 balls, setting up Pakistan’s demolition of India in thDeepeshe Under-19...
In the third Test, they rose again, but there was to be no Christmas miracle. Despite a gutsy fight from...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that steps are being taken to abolish the Executive Presidency and establish a parliamentary...
The full speech delivered by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament (2025-12-19) “Today, we have presented to Parliament the largest...
The IMF Executive Board approved emergency financing under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), providing Sri Lanka with immediate access to...
In response to severe weather impacts, the Sri Lanka Navy conducted a diving and technical assistance operation on Friday (19...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, MP, has drawn the attention of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the humiliation caused by travel restrictions imposed on senior serving and retired...
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe ought not to handle the country’s foreign policy the way he mismanaged the UNP...
by Rex Clementine The Sri Lankan team’s injury woes during the World Cup is continuing as they were forced to replace fast bowler Lahiru Kumara with...
nearly 180 arrested, 27 trawlers taken into custody this year Regardless of continuing protests in Tamil Nadu, the government is going ahead with naval operations to...
Naval troops yesterday (29) intercepted a three-wheeler carrying 104 kgs of Kerala cannabis. Navy headquarters said that troops have taken two persons into custody, along with...
Former Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) (retd.) Ravi Seneviratne, who once served as the senior officer in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has been...
Monday 30th October 2023 Troubled by the increasing demoralisation of its rank and file, and the rapid erosion of its support base, besides the prospect of...
by Eng Parakrama Jayasinghe parajayasinghe@gmail.com Electricity consumers reeling from the massive increase in tariff in February (adjusted somewhat in July 2023) were naturally appalled by the...
By Dr. Dayantha Laksiri Mendis “Multilateral treaties are the bones and sinews of global politic, making it possible for states to move from talk through compromise...
Text by PRIYAN DE SILVA St Servatius’s College, Matara felicitated two of its past pupils, Major General G. Ajith Munasinghe RSP, Director General, Directorate of Ordnance...
National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, MP has recently warned that the country will have to pay a very heavy price for violating bilateral agreements....
Urban Development and Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has warned that the two housing projects funded by China for the benefit of low income families could be...
