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...
threatens legal action against errant officials All Opposition parties have called on the Election Commission (EC) to hold the local government (LG) polls by 19 March....
Text by PRIYAN DE SILVA Former member of the Election Commission, Prof Ratnajeevan Hoole, says members of independent commissions should be nominated by civil society, and other...
Canadian-American actor Ryan Reynolds says Hikkaduwa is his favourite movie shooting location of all time.Answering a Q&A session of a London-based TV talk show on Saturday,...
There was much disappointment for Sri Lanka’s players as the entire day two’s play of their warm-up game against New Zealand Board XI at the Bert...
The two-day annual feast of St. Anthony’s Church in Kachchativu was held on Saturday.The annual festival was attended by a large number of devotees from both...
The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) has called upon the government to pay teachers Rs 3,000 each for GCE A/L answer script evaluation. CTU General Secretary Joseph...
by Norman Palihawadane The STF nabbed a suspect with 225 live rounds of 9 mm during a raid in Balapitiya over the weekend.The 50-year-old suspect, from...
Monday, 6th March, 2023 The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe regime has been painting itself into a corner on the political front by going all out to scuttle the local...
By Sunil Dharmabandhu UK sunilrajdharm@yahoo.co.uk I left my motherland, way back in October, 1975, for the UK, in search of greener pastures, and heading straight towards...
Hospitals in Sri Lanka are being overwhelmed by a huge wave of Diabetes and Diabetes-related cases. It seems that many people, usually over the age of...
BY Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara Change is just a fact of life. We have to accept it and live with it. Impermanence is the cornerstone of...
The Navy seized over 1,111 kilos of smuggled Kendu leaves used for manufacturing beedi during a special search operation carried out at Kandakuda Junction in Kalpitiya...
