Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has launched a scathing attack on the government for the 50% Customs duty surcharge...
A Bill seeking to repeal the Chief of Defence Staff Act No. 35 of 2009 has been published in an...
A discussion between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and senior officials of the Urban Development Authority (UDA) was held this afternoon...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya departed on an official visit to the United Kingdom to participate in the 22nd Annual...
Taking a decisive step towards safeguarding Sri Lanka’s maritime heritage, a high-level discussion was held today (18) at the Ministry...
Four crew members are in stable condition after two fighter jets collided mid-air during a US air show, officials say....
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency...
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran the “clock is ticking” as talks to bring the war to an end...
Delhi Capitals (DC) kept their slim hopes of making the playoffs alive by beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) by five wickets...
For the longest time, Punjab Kings seemed to be a lock in for the playoffs, possibly even a top-two spot....
Bangladesh ruled the second day of the Sylhet Test, going to stumps with a healthy 156-run lead and only three...
Fatima Sana will lead Pakistan at a T20 World Cup for the second consecutive edition after the PCB announced the...
The JVP is planning to meet the IGP on a statement by SLPP MP Arundika Fernando saying that 150 of some 400 persons taken into police...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka may face higher food prices and shortfalls of foods after authorities banned open account and DA/DP (Documents against Acceptance/Documents against Payment) trade,...
by Rajan Philips Whatever may have been the subjective intentions of Ranil Wickremesinghe in becoming Prime Minister for a beleaguered President, the objective outcomes of the...
SJB says that they are still ready to join an all-party government if President Gotabaya Rajaapksa is not a part of it. Chief Opposition Whip and...
By Uditha Devapriya Lenin once remarked that there are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen. Much more than a decade passed last week...
by ECB Wijeyesinghe When I was a schoolboy of eight at St. Benedict’s College, Colombo, I was made to stand on a platform and recite “The...
As Sri Lanka experiences an unprecedented economic crisis – including spiraling inflation and a shortage of basic necessities – women are among the most vulnerable to...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, like all politicians, is fond of publicity. He may perhaps be like a former outspoken UNP minister in the 1965 UNP administration,...
Lanka Special Steel Limited (Lanka SSL), a fully owned subsidiary of E.B. Creasy & Company PLC, continued its winning streak with its teams Awanetha, Target, Shakthi,...
by Bhikkhuni Dr W Suvimalee When Bhikkhuni Suvimalee phoned me to say she had completed another book, this time about a dedicated Bhikkhuni she admires very...
Thousands of Tamils killed in war were commemorated on Wednesday for the first time outside the minority’s heartland in the north and east of the country....
ECONOMYNEXT – Local politicians handpicked more than two-thirds of officers in charge of police stations, a move that backfired on ruling party stalwarts when angry mobs...
