The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a...
An ODI between Canada and Netherlamds in King City Toronto on Tuesday was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch. The...
Joshua Da Silva and Amir Jangoo have earned recalls to West Indies’ squad for the two-match World Test Championship series...
England’s spin attack, led by Sophie Ecclestone’s three-wicket haul, secured their second win in as many games as they beat...
Lionel Messi marked his record sixth World Cup appearance with his first hat-trick at a FIFA tournament as Argentina beat...
United States sprinter Noah Lyles has set the world’s best-ever time over the rarely-run 150 metres race, clocking 14.67 seconds...
An outstanding fifth-wicket stand and an even better sixth-wicket partnership electrified a Sri Lanka chase and propelled them to a...
Rumesh Tharanga will head to the Doha Diamond League as the athlete to beat following a commanding victory at the...
In the recent past, factors such as population growth, expansion of development activities, and deforestation in Sri Lanka have resulted...
Hosting the 21st Steering Committee Meeting of the Cooperative Aviation Security Programme – Asia Pacific and the 14th Regional Aviation...
Daiki Axis Corporation Japan with their local counterpart Daiki Axis Environment (Pvt) Ltd has invested USD 5 million to set up a Japanese package type waste...
The Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel P 627, which set sail for home from Seattle on Sept 3, called at the Port of Manila in the Philippines...
by Capt Elmo Jayawardena A few years ago there was an extremely popular book in North America called “What Colour is Your Parachute?” It is a...
by Lakshmi de Silva Those who have valued Manel Ratnatunga’s writing for its acuity of vision and the extent of her understanding of those impelled to...
Peradeniya Arts Faculty teachers say that that they “recognize the inalienable right of students to engage in political activities and to work towards constructive social and...
The United Kingdom (UK) has returned over 60 migrants from the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) – an archipelago of 58 islands covering some 640,000 sq...
The ICC and UNICEF have launched a global partnership to empower women and girls and promote inclusion and gender equality through cricket.Initiatives to drive greater gender...
By Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore, last British Governor of Colonial Ceylon Excerpted from HAJ Hulugalle’s British Governors of Ceylon I was born on March 16th, 1887,...
by ECB Wijeyasinghe One of the sights of London has disappeared with the death of Charles Victor Dhanapala, perhaps the best-known Ceylonese in international art and...
Dr. Upatissa Pethiyagoda The Aragalaya on Galle Face drew incredible support largely because of its peacefulness and cosmopolitan support. Perhaps it was the largest public rally...
EuroKitchens Trading & Contracting (Pvt) Ltd. (EKTC), Sri Lanka’s pioneering hospitality solutions provider, is experiencing a strong client-led growth, leading up to a doubling of its...
Rex Clementine in Geelong Having cruised past world’s number one ranked and number two ranked teams on their way to win the Asia Cup, a team...
