… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 30-03-2026 to provide relief by granting up to rupees 20/-...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital...
The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 06 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 28 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places over most parts...
‘I haven’t sought US visa for more than 15 years’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday (27) said that he had not...
Continuing his discussions with large-scale Indian investors and corporate leaders, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with IndiGo airline’s co-founder and Managing Director...
By Saman Indrajith The Opposition was not in a position to back the IMF/EFF facility at the vote scheduled to be taken on Friday (28) as...
Rex Clementine in Galle There are quite a few Cinderella stories in Sri Lankan cricket. Players with numerous economic hardships and challenges going onto become...
Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhary is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on 01 May 2023...
By saman Indrajith Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday told Parliament that there was a shortage of over 100 types of essential drugs in government hospitals. Rambukwella...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says the special committee it appointed to review the Anti-Terrorism Bill, gazetted on the 22nd of March 2023, has...
Friday 28th April, 2023 Ruling party MPs and their Opposition counterparts never see eye to eye on anything other than ways and means of feathering their...
The ongoing controversy over sunken X-Press Pearl has taken a new turn with former State Minister Dr. Nalaka Godahewa contradicting Justice Minister Dr. Wjeyadasa Rajapaksa, PC,...
Cassandra received an email a couple of days ago, parts of which she quotes below, after googling to verify facts. A news item on Monday 24th...
By Emeritus Prof. Nimal Gunatilleke University of Peradeniya Chronological and Administrative/Legal History There has been a long-drawn-out legislative battle between the government bureaucracy and politically influential...
