NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya is set to make his USA debut at the 2026 T20 World Cup. The...
Time for the real quiz. As pleasing as it was for Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum to win a rare...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
The Three Sinha Group, a leading roller door company in Sri Lanka, has teamed up with Dialog Enterprise, the corporate ICT solutions arm of Dialog Axiata...
by Hugh Karunanayake The planting of rubber as a commercial crop took place several decades after tea production had almost reached its peak in the hill...
The Small Grants Programme (SGP) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka last week commenced a project empowering communities in compiling the strategy...
Parliamentary Women’s Caucus to counter hate speech The Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus is determined to initiate a policy dialogue in order to formulate strategies to identify, address...
by Prof. Tissa Vitarana The economic crisis that is affecting Sri Lanka has reached massive proportions and acquired novel social dimensions that threatens the very fabric...
I read with great interest the recent article by Mr. Arulpragasam (Sun. Island June 5) about his experiences as a Cadet in the Ceylon Civil Service...
by Amal JAYASINGHE Bankrupt Sri Lanka will reserve a portion of its scarce fuel supplies for the cremation of Buddhists, whose funeral rites have been disrupted...
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY: Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela says that this year’s Kandy Esala Perahera will commence on July 29 with the traditional “Kap” planting...
by Rex Clementine Respected Indian cricket writer R. Kaushik, who has authored several cricket books including autobiographies of VVS Laxman, ‘281 and Beyond’ and Gundappa Vishwanath...
Western Asian Youth Chess Championships 2022 Vinuda Shenal Gunathilake of Royal College, Desandi Dhihansa Gamage of Sirimavo Bandaranayake Balika Vidyalaya and young Hasadi Sethumsa of Sujatha...
by Shamindra Ferdinando A group of protesters on Thursday (16) demonstrated outside the entrance to the Indian High Commission, demanding cancellation of the proposed Adani Green...
The Ministry of Power and Energy yesterday said a Letter of credit (LC) for USD 42.6 million had been opened by People’s Bank to purchase a...
