Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
United States President Donald Trump has said he has received assurances that the killings of anti-government protesters in Iran have...
The Federation of National Organisations has asked President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to put an immediate halt to the ongoing process of entering into an agreement with India,...
The American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (AmCham Sri Lanka) recently hosted its members and partners to its inaugural Christmas fundraiser – Yuletide Greetings 2021....
Colombo District Court on Friday (07) rejected a request by former President Maithripala Sirisena to release him from several lawsuits filed by the victims of the...
By Dr B.J.C.Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL) Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute...
The Hambantota International Port (HIP), which continues to come under attack by the Opposition, has said it expects an impressive growth in time to come. The...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana In recent times, no drug has aroused more controversy than Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic discovered in 1975, originally used in veterinary medicine. It...
Popular singer/entertainer, Desmond De Silva, passed away, in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday (09) at 6.00 pm (Australian time). He was 77. Born in Matara, in 1944, Desmond...
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would be forced be go for two-hour power daily cuts until May, a top official warned. “When the...
by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne President’s Counsel The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) has been faulted for not turning its attention to the process of constitution-making....
I was surprised, as one who worked at the Ministry for Power and Energy for nearly three decades, to read a newspaper advertisement calling for consultancy...
The national cricket team is facing a COVID scare prior to the three match ODI series against Zimbabwe that gets underway later this week. Following random...
Weekly Economic Indicators released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) for 1 – 7 January 2022 show crude oil prices taking an upward trend....
