Parliament proceedings were disrupted yesterday when Opposition MPs staged a protest demanding an immediate debate on the delay in filling...
Climate change, pollution, deforestation and water degradation are no longer abstract environmental concerns but mounting economic threats already affecting Sri...
Daniel Munoz has fired Colombia into the World Cup round of 32 with a 1-0 win over the Democratic Republic...
The Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Legal Aid Act No. 27 of 1978 with the...
A series of political, economic, and administrative problems in the Eastern Province have arisen due to the misuse of government...
Ellyse Perry produced one of her best innings of a long T20 World Cup career to lead Australia to a...
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the...
Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 at New York New...
More than 5,300 people remain trapped in online scam centres in Myanmar near the Thai border, despite a multinational crackdown...
The United States Senate has passed a bill to pause President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran and seek congressional...
A merciless unbeaten 106 off 61 balls from captain Chamari Athapaththu sent Sri Lanka scorching to the target of 131...
After hectic double-headers and triple-headers, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 only has one game in store for us on...
About 80 vacancies in CIABOC probe arm The police headquarters has failed to fill the vacancies in the Investigation Unit assigned to the Permanent Commission to...
Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane has highlighted the significance of Sri Lanka’s economic partnership with the UK, under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), which provides duty...
By Sanath Nanayakkare The Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said on Tuesday that Sri Lanka had been hiding its bankruptcy which had actually...
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday (18) informed the Supreme Court that once nominations for Local Government polls closed on January 21, necessary measures would be taken...
Thursday 19th January, 2023 The prospect of having to face an election always fills an unpopular regime with horror and has a sobering effect on self-important...
The Chinese Embassy in Colombo has slammed US Ambassador here Julie Chung over her comments in an interview with the BBC. The Chinese Embassy has questioned...
By Saman Indrajith Ex-President Maithripala Sirisena and ex-Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonskea had a heated argument in Parliament yesterday over national security lapses that had...
Coming in the midst of a global economic downturn, Oxfam’s recent ‘shocking’ disclosures on widening wealth disparities within and among countries, it is hoped, would prompt...
Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal has sent the following response to the caption of our front-page picture yesterday. “I refer to the caption that...
‘Pongal assurance given with an eye to next national poll’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Rebel SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe should seek a...
Transparency International Sri Lanka has said that the proposed law, titled “Regulation of Election Expenditure Bill,” listed for its Second Reading in Parliament today (19), shouldn’t...
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena announced in Parliament yesterday the names of civil persons appointed to the Constitutional Council. The Prime Minister in his capacity as the...
