The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) wouldn’t be amended in view of the...
Sri Lanka’s economy has “stabilised decisively” under its International Monetary Fund (IMF)-supported programme, with growth rebounding, tax revenues doubling, and...
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,...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that food safety practices should not be confined merely to the school curriculum, but...
In case you haven’t noticed, clogs are having a moment – and we’re here for it. These ’90s “it shoes” have been popping up everywhere, from...
Thursday’s farcical re-election of Ranjith Siyambalapitiya as the Deputy Speaker of the incumbent Parliament is a clear demonstration, if any is needed, that it’s business as...
Crisis-struck Sri Lanka’s vital tea exports have dropped to their lowest level in 23 years, official figures showed Wednesday, hit by a fertiliser ban and the...
by ECB Wijeyesinghe Holland has been mentioned so often in these columns recently that one cannot help lamenting the almost mass exodus of a small but...
By Rex Clementine Some of Sri Lanka’s best cricketing moments while touring England have come in Leeds, the capital city of Yorkshire. During the 2006 tour,...
Franklyn Amerasinghe The caption is to focus attention on the significance and importance of the workers day this year, and secondly on the tragic situation employees...
by Savitri Goonesekere (Speech delivered at the launch of Nihal Seneviratne’s Memories of 33 years in Parliament) We meet this evening at the launch of a...
Saturday 7th May, 2022 Yesterday’s hartal crippled the country, which needs work stoppages like a hole in the head amidst the worst-ever economic crisis it is...
Hartal cripples country By Rathindra Kuruwita Trade unions, which held yesterday’s strike, warned they would launch a continuous strike unless the President and the government resigned...
Sri Lanka’s Test record against Bangladesh is one of near-complete dominance, but could that be about to change in the World Test Championship? The WTC returns...
The administration of the fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine will commence for those above 60 years, from Monday, Health Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana, said yesterday. Health...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) yesterday instructed filling station owners to limit issuing kerosene to five litres per customer. It said that fishers...
