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...
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...
A plane crash has killed the deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar, the country’s aviation regulator has...
A new circular has been issued by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to provide relief to micro,...
By Nimal Gunatilleke As a layman in the subject of political economy, nonetheless interested in discerning the real background to the historic debt crisis that Sri...
By Lynn Ockersz The one-time vivacious princess, Hailed as the Crown Jewel of the Orient, But ravaged by regal Sires of the Occident, And milked dry...
A news item in The Island of 31 May, under the caption, ‘Power and energy minister refuses permission for engineer’s foreign travel, says Minister for Power...
By Shamindra Ferdinando A COPE (Committee on Public Enterprises) meeting on May 25, chaired by Prof. Charitha Herath (SLPP National List), revealed the devastating truth about...
Wednesday 1th June, 2022 National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) President Dr. Rasitha Wijewantha, and NMRA CEO Dr. Sachin Semage have told the government a home truth;...
The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has written to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesingh, expressing its grave concern over recent media reports of intended ‘administrative restructuring’ of...
Many Russian tourists come to Sri Lanka for a holiday break. They come to rest their weary eyes, and taste the oriental cuisine and enjoy the...
By Saman Indrajith The incumbent government was a lottery win for Ranil Wickremesinghe and a breathing space for the Rajapaksas, Chief Opposition Whip Kandy District SJB...
Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris has briefed Deputy Head of Mission of the Japanese embassy in Colombo Katsuki Kotaro as regards the current difficulties caused by...
The year was 2001. A twelve-year-old was smashing the opposing bowlers all around the park in a Colombo suburb. The coach knew this was something special....
In one of the most historic mergers in Sri Lanka, LOLC Finance PLC, the largest NBFI in the country merged with its sister company, Commercial Leasing...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has donated fully-equipped IT labs to four more schools under its flagship community initiative, benefitting another 7,600 students with the facilities...
