No-faith motion to be taken up today Former Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday (9) said that President Anura...
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has alleged that two recent coal tenders awarded for 2026 are illegal, citing irregularities in...
Zimbabwe Women are set for their maiden tour to Pakistan for three ODIs and three T20Is. The ODIs kick off...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced that they have decided to change match timings of the upcoming international assignments of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his government to begin direct talks with Lebanon, he said in a statement...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
In the lead-up to IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer believed that rookie <ukul Choudhary had the potential...
The Darts Regulation Authority has banned transgender women from competing in its women’s events with immediate effect. The DRA, which...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 09 April 2026, valid...
Peshawar Zalmi held their nerve to beat Hyderabad Kingsmen off the final ball in a tense four-wicket win in the...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has ruled that all the benched players are not allowed to...
Why did David Miller refuse a single off the penultimate delivery with Delhi Capitals needing 2 off 2? It’ll be...
AG didn’t object A few hours after Colombo Fort Magistrate re-remanded civil society activist and stand-up comedianne Nathasha Edirisooriya, arrested on a charge of insulting Buddhism,...
The Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered Ven. Rajangane Saddharathana Thera, arrested for making statements that could disrupt religious harmony, to be remanded further until 12 July....
By Saman Indrajith The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) would suffer a loss of Rs 12 trillion owing to the government’s domestic debt restructuring programme, Opposition and...
The French authorities are losing no time in ordering emergency funding for rectifying the material damage suffered by their country in the recent rioting and the...
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told Parliament yesterday that nearly one-third of cases, pending before the Magistrates’ courts countrywide, were related to child abuse and rape cases...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The government intends to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) by September this year and would be unbundling the sector to run all...
Sri Lanka has received USD 200 mn loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to implement a water management programme, the Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure...
By Prof. Susirith Mendis (First part of this article appeared in The Island Midweek Review of 05 June 2023) Is civil disobedience violence or a prelude...
‘Prez exploited Wimal’s claim to his advantage’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Patriotic National Movement (PNM) Secretary Dr. Wasantha Bandara said on Tuesday (04) that Sena Thoradeniya’s ‘Galle...
… frowns on Premadasa’s presence at COPF meeting By Saman Indrajith Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Parliament yesterday that the Leader of the Opposition could summon...
By Norman Palihawadana Police have questioned the boyfriend of a girl, who was found hanging in a room at a guesthouse on the Panawala-Rakwana road. Police...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Health Ministry’s Epidemiology Unit said yesterday that the number of reported dengue cases for 2023 had passed the 50,000 mark by 05...
