“Auditor General’s reports a matter for Legislature not the Executive” Former Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Charitha...
The National Joint Committee (NJC) has urged the government to seek compensation for the environmental damage caused by the US...
Minister of Power and Energy Kumara Jayakody and Ministry Secretary Prof. Udayanga Hemapala have resigned from their respective positions today...
Rwanda will host the inaugural Women’s Challenge Trophy, which starts on April 18 in Kigali with Rwanda taking on Italy,...
The ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) is investigating allegations of corruption involving Cricket Canada, one of which focuses on a game...
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the United States and Iran were in discussions – through Islamabad – to...
The leaders of Israel and Lebanon have agreed a 10-day ceasefire, US President Donald Trump has said, starting from 17:00...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 16 April 2026, valid...
Three Sri Lankan leopard cubs that were born at the Singapore Zoo on Jan 1 have now made their public...
The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a local multi- day fishing trawler, it’s four man crew together with a consignment...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at...
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowled Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) out for 146 and chased it down with nearly five overs...
Continuing his efforts to promote dialogue with Heads of Mission of Islamic countries concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka from New Delhi, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka...
Health authorities say there is no risk of Listeriosis caused by Listeria spreading in the country yet. Chief Epidemiologist of the Department of Epidemiology of the...
(Mongabay) Crop damage by wild animals in Sri Lanka during the first half of 2022 totaled around 144,989 metric tons of 28 types of crops, including...
Ampitiya is a village just two miles from Kandy. The road to Talatuoya, Marassana, Galaha and turning left from Talatuoya to Tennekumbura and Hanguranketha and beyond...
by Prabhath Withanage The Customs on Thursday seized a container of foreign cigarettes with an estimated street value of more than Rs. 6 billion, Customs Spokesman...
by C. Narayanasuwami (Formerly of the Ceylon Civil Service and Retired Senior Professional of the Asian Development Bank) My recent visit to Jaffna after several years...
By Ifham Nizam The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) on Friday said that a recent study by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) has found that Lankan...
Excerpted from Goolbai Gunasekera’s Chosen Ground first published in 2006 (Continued from last week) In Louisville, Kentucky, my mother, Clara Heath, was growing up meanwhile in...
by Padmani Mendis Excerpted from Memories that linger…….My journey in the world of disability (Continued from last week) I was going to be a doctor. Instead,...
by Usvatte-aratchi The president’s rhetorical claims on Galle Face Green on February 4, 2023, amplified in Parliament on February 8 that there have been no dehydrating...
March 26 marks the 51st death anniversary of Philip Gunawardena, one of the most colourful political figures of the last century. Dubbed the ‘Father of Marxism’...
By Rajan Philips There is a new dichotomy in the Sri Lankan political formation. The JVP appears to be outrunning others in the political race by...
