BASL condemns Ranjan Jayalal for obstructing lawyer The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday strongly condemned Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan...
Electricity consumers have opposed a government plan to obtain loans from the World Bank to meet the cost of repairs...
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...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump said, a week...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
* Anton Goonetilleke (ex-Jade – Philippines) It is with a heavy heart that I follow what is going on in Sri Lanka today. Our political system,...
Three major developments in the latter part of the last century have changed the economic, political and ideological context of the Sri Lankan economy for good....
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his address to the nation, proposed to set up a National Council consisting of the Speaker, the Prime Minister, the Leader...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka will have to import around 700,000 metric tons of rice as the paddy harvest will drop by 50%, this Yala season,...
Monday 30th May, 2022 There seems to be no end to ominous warnings in these troubled times. The government has warned that electricity tariffs may increase...
Death of girl in Bandaragama By Norman Palihawadane and Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon Investigations by the CID, Kalutara Divisional Crime Investigations Unit and the Bandaragama police into...
By Norman Palihawadane Police said yesterday that no complaint had been made about an incident where Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa was attacked at Galle...
World’s first all-organic farming nation faces worst-ever crisis By Faraz Shauketaly There are queues for petrol, diesel, gas, kerosene, etc. Husbands, wives and children wait in...
By Panduka Karunanayake Sri Lanka’s political landscape has been torn asunder by ‘party politics’. This is, of course, not a recent phenomenon, but it has taken...
by Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon Chairman of the Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association Gemunu Wijeratne said that instructions had been issued to the members of his association...
Bangladesh missed a lot of their key bowlers but it was the batters, who made life hard after the top-order collapsed twice, according to coach Russell Domingo....
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) and the Australian Government-funded Skills for Inclusive Growth Program (S4IG) managed...
