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...
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,...
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...
Iran twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with New Zealand in an exciting World Cup clash at Los Angeles Stadium as protests against Tehran’s government...
United States sprinter Noah Lyles has set the world’s best-ever time over the rarely-run 150 metres race, clocking 14.67 seconds at the Golden Spike meet in...
An outstanding fifth-wicket stand and an even better sixth-wicket partnership electrified a Sri Lanka chase and propelled them to a tight final-over win against New Zealand....
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 17 JUNE 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 June 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in...
Rumesh Tharanga will head to the Doha Diamond League as the athlete to beat following a commanding victory at the Ostrava Golden Spike on Tuesday. Fresh...
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has complained to the UN regarding custodial deaths. Executive Director of the Committee, Attorney-at-Law Senaka Perera told The...
Responding to Sri Lanka’s request, India has approved military stores worth USD 5.5 million to Sri Lanka Army on gratis basis from Indian Army’s operational stocks....
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe on Monday (15) outlined the recent policy measures undertaken to strengthen the financial framework supporting INR-LKR transactions and emphasized the...
The UK’s Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka, Lord Hannett of Everton, is here for high level talks with the government and business leaders. The visit takes...
The ruling NPP is in a deepening dilemma over a hotly disputed move to extend the retirement age of superior courts judges. The party is also...
The Rainforest Trust of Sri Lanka (RToSL), is a Public Trust registered with the Public Trustee, established in 2004, to conserve and restore Sri Lanka’s fragile...
Wednesday 17th June, 2026 Some occupants of key positions in the public service unashamedly display their chameleon-like ability to adapt to changing political circumstances and please...
