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...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
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,...
The report on Channel 4 carried in yesterday’s issue of this newspaper was based on a previously published story recirculated on social media. The Sri Lankan...
It was encouraging to note the ongoing consultations of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on the review of election laws, chaired by the Minister of Public...
A leading Australia-based sustainable energy solutions company, ‘365 Future Energy’, is now exploring possibilities to enter Sri Lanka to provide sustainable energy solutions to Sri Lanka...
BATTLE OF THE GOLDEN LIONS A match bag of nine wickets and 75 runs by Hirun Mayunga and a patient 104 off 127 balls by Janiru...
“A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.” — H.L. Mencken Summary During a recent...
Celebrating the spirit of Vesak, Serendib Flour Mills served the community through a Tea Bun Dansala and Plain Tea Dansala held near the Orugodawatta Bridge on...
A fine all-round performance by Reshon Solomons guided S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia to a convincing eight-wicket victory over Holy Cross College, Kalutara in their Under-17...
The elderly poor are the worst hit, In the stormy Isle’s rising food crisis, And unsurprised should we be to find, Many of them hitting the...
The UNP has suggested that a parliamentary delegation visit Maj. Gen. (retd.) Suresh Sallay to take stock of the situation. The UNP has said that such...
Siyapatha Finance PLC has appointed Deshal de Mel and Nishani De Zoysa as Independent Non-Executive Directors to its Board with effective from the 18th May,2026. Deshal...
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara yesterday told Parliament that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) would be abolished within two months and a new law introduced. The...
The Supreme Court has determined that several provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Bill are inconsistent with the Constitution and, therefore, require approval by...
