Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya yesterday sad that the Executive Presidency would be abolished, in line with the NPP’s election manifesto....
Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that the suspension of duties imposed on Dr. Rukshan Bellana, Deputy Director of the...
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...
The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump said, a week...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
GovPay, Sri Lanka’s Government Digital Payment Platform concluded the year 2025 by surpassing Rs. 2 billion in total digital transaction...
Devon Conway brought up a double-century and pushed New Zealand into such a strong position in Mount Maunganui that they...
At times during the first half of the third day at Adelaide Oval, England threatened to keep their Ashes hopes...
The Merril. J Fernando autobiography Excerpted from The Story of the Ceylon Teamaker Ninety-three years ago – in 1930 – I was born to a middle...
by Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) will celebrate its 80th anniversary early next month. That will mark the 80th birthday not...
Excerpted from the authorized biography of Thilo Hoffmann by Douglas. B. Ranasinghe Set out below is an account of Thilo Hoffmann’s other work in nature conservation...
(Excerpted from Chosen Ground: The saga of Clara Motwani by Goolbai Gunesekera) Having British and American mothers also meant that we were spared much of the...
by Chandra Arulpragasam The first step in the implementation of the tenancy reforms under the Paddy Lands Act of 1958 was to identify the tenant cultivators...
Tomorrow, June 26, my father will turn 86. He’s ill and is in no condition to celebrate. My mother, brothers and perhaps some close relatives and...
(Excerpted from volume ii of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography) In the final years of the gerontocracy that ruled the Communist Party and the USSR we received...
A friend in Australia sent me this article from the Daily Telegraph of 15 June by Amit Roy, which I wish to share with the readers...
(Excerpted from the Memoirs of a Cabinet Secretary by BP Peiris) It is time to get back to D.S. It was early 1950. The Prime Minister...
Excerpted from Memories that Linger: My journey in the word of disability by Padmani Mendis Knowing how to teach using the scientific method gave me confidence...
Tammy Beaumont sat back in her crease, nonchalantly threaded the ball between gully and second slip and with that reached the highest Test score by an...
The Capital Maharaja Group (CMG) celebrated its achievements in supporting Sri Lanka’s economic and social progress during turbulent times, with the Group Review and 43rd Executive...
