A simmering confrontation between the government and the powerful Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) trade unions intensified yesterday, with the latter...
Of over 37,000 held in country’s prisons, nearly 27,000 are suspects Dumbara Prison built to accommodate 699 persons is now...
In Windhoek, Sri Lanka strode to 267 for 5, with Vimath Dinsara hitting 95, and Chamika Heenatigala hitting 51. That...
South Africa monstered the Tanzania side over in Windhoek, Muhammed Bulbulia and Jason Rowles hitting hundreds to get South Africa...
Pakistan quick Ali Raza rattled Scotland with his pace early on, before left-arm wristspinner Momin Qamar helped take down the...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya departed Sri Lanka on this morning (19 January) to participate in the 56th Annual Meeting...
Several people have been killed in a blast in Afghanistan’s Kabul, the Taliban Interior Ministry said. The explosion occurred on...
Senegal stormed off the field in protest at a penalty awarded against them before returning to beat hosts Morocco 1-0...
At least 21 people have been killed after a crash involving high-speed trains in southern Spain, as authorities warn the...
Contrasting half-centuries from Oman Sadat and Mahboob Khan set up Afghanistan’s 13 run win over West Indies. They wrapped up...
England have confirmed their place in the Super Sixes of the Under 19 World Cup 2026 after crushing hosts Zimbabwe...
A little over a year since winning their first-ever Test series in this country, New Zealand have beaten India in...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sixteen health sector trade unions commenced a 24-hour token strike yesterday over some longstanding grievances and complaining of the Health Secretary’s bias towards...
Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda says that though he is strongly opposed to bottom trawling in Sri Lankan waters the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency...
By Saman Indrajith State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self-Employment and Business Development, Shehan Semasinghe told Parliament yesterday that the government had commenced a...
Rex Clementine in Dubai There’s no better sight in cricket than Marvan Atapattu in full flow. Technically sound, naturally gifted but mindset bit unsettled; five ducks...
By Ifham Nizam Fifteen deaths were reported due to inclement weather in 15 districts on Monday and Tuesday. More than 28,263 people belonging to 7,529 families...
Wednesday 10th November, 2021 A beggar woman has been arrested for going on a shopping spree by using a credit card that a kind-hearted lady happened...
By Saman Indrajith Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that the country was heading for a grave food shortage owing to the government’s move to...
The Central Bank has implemented several schemes to assist COVID-19 affected borrowers through Financial Institutions (FIs) supervised by it. The schemes included extended repayment periods, concessionary...
This account of JR Jayewardene’s political life is a unique departure in Sri Lanka, for we have no tradition of analytical biography. This book tries to...
‘Opposition group within govt. not acceptable’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday (08) declared that the government wouldn’t, under any circumstances, succumb...
Capt Elmo Jayawardena Elmojay1@gmail.com Remember the bygone years! Daughters got married and became pregnant a few rounds more than the current rate. The average production line...
Police Scotland must stop training Sri Lankan officers if allegations of state-sanctioned torture are confirmed, according to the UN investigator behind an excoriating report into alleged...
