The much-delayed Provincial Council (PC) elections cannot be held this year due to financial and legal constraints, JVP General Secretary...
More than 31,000 people across Sri Lanka have been affected by worsening weather conditions, as the southwest monsoon intensifies ahead...
Attacks on Ebola health facilities are intensifying in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the World Health...
Oil prices have fallen sharply amid tentative hopes for a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Brent crude,...
Chasing the fourth playoffs spot, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) entered their match against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Eden Gardens hoping...
US President Donald Trump says he has instructed negotiators “not to rush into a deal” with Iran, after earlier suggesting...
It was a must-win game, and they were in early trouble, but Jofra Archer pulled off one of the IPL’s...
A suicide car bomb attack on a train carrying soldiers in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of...
The National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has issued landslide early warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
A person has been shot and killed after they opened fire outside the White House, the US Secret Service has...
US President Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and details will be announced soon. The...
A firefighting 87 from Sophie Devine propelled New Zealand from a perilous 11 for 4 to a series-squaring 14-run win...
Rex Clementine in Sydney Imagine the International Cricket Council or Cricket Australia saying to the Sri Lankan captain you can play two games of the World...
SLPP MP Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera yesterday (27) told The Island that about two dozen SLPP lawmakers had been ready to vote against the 22nd Amendment...
Police have so far received 12 complaints against the head of Thico Group of Companies Thilini Priyamali for allegedly defrauding over Rs. 1.28 billion. Police say...
PAFFREL questions need for another PSC on electoral reforms The People’s Actions for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) has questioned the rationale behind the move to...
Secretary General of the Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake yesterday (27) said that the Committee on Parliamentary Business, which met under the chairmanship of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena,...
Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, on Wednesday (26) requested Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to recommend electoral reforms.The Justice...
By Uditha Devapriya In my essay on H. D. Premaratne, I pointed out that Premaratne and Vasantha Obeyesekere were responsible for much of the changes that...
LSSP leader and MP Prof Tissa Vitharana yesterday said that he was not against the 22nd Amendment to Constitution Bill (which has been renamed the 21st...
On the instructions of Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, arrangements have been made to conduct two mobile services at the District Secretariat, Jaffna and Skills...
The European Union (EU) Delegation in Sri Lanka and the Maldives together with its implementing partners have organised a series of activities under the broader campaign...
The District Court of Colombo yesterday (27) rescinded a ruling issued the previous day staying the Diocesan Council and elections of the Anglican Church (Church of...
Urban Development and Housing Minister and Gampaha District SLPP strongman Prasanna Ranatunga yesterday (27) said he wouldn’t switch allegiance to President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Minister Ranatunga gave...
