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...
New Zealand 575 for 8 dec (Devon Conway 227, Tom Latham 137, Rachin Ravindra 72*; Alex Greaves 2-83) and 306...
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...
By Dinasena Ratugamage The Jaffna District Secretariat will release 30 acres of land, previously held by the Army in Kankesanturai, to 21 families. The District Secretariat...
Dialog Axiata PLC, the first telecommunications service provider in the South Asian region to demonstrate 5G capabilities in 2018, has once again achieved a 5G milestone...
9th General Deshamanya Dennis Perera Oration Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera recalled the pioneering work done by General Deshamanya Dennis Perera to establish a Defence...
By Sanath Nanayakkare If Sri Lanka cannot arrive at an agreement with the foreign bond holders to restructure the foreign currency debt owed to them by...
The new Chief of Staff and Deputy General Secretary of the Parliament, lawyer G.K.A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne assumed duties recently. Kularatne took his oaths before Secretary...
Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to Iran M.M. Zuhair, PC has warned that the proposed Counter Terrorism Act could be utilised by the government to crush even...
Sri Lanka’s failure on the Geneva front has facilitated a high profile project to undermine the country’s unitary status. The Geneva role in the controversial bid...
The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday (19) announced that it would move court against the Anti-Terrorism Bill. The declaration was made by SJB MP...
The net result was the recalibration of capitalist rule in Sri Lanka, which was threatened with anarchism. The new class alignment was consummated with departure of...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared strategic tripartite Aukus security pact, involving Australia, Britain and the US, ‘a mistake’ while dismissing concerns over Chinese influence on Sri...
Killing of Sikh activist Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat Monday (18) as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government...
Going through my old paper clippings, I came across the following news item which is more applicable today when the country is facing a severe energy...
