Independent trade unions cry foul The government has launched a far-reaching overhaul of the electricity industry, breaking up the Ceylon...
Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla and Sri Lankan Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne recently discussed the possibility of expanding parliamentary...
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 Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) scheduled to be held at the Scottish Event...
UNP is to be handed over to a youthful team, which will take the party and the nation to a new era just like its founder...
THE KILLING OF A PRIME MINISTE by Sanjiva Senanayake PART II WHO SHOT THE PM ? The first point that had to be proved by the...
The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) has welcomed MP Rishad Bathiudeen’s “final release” in an official tweet last week acknowledging his bailing following his arrest under the...
by Uditha Devapriya Faced with the prospect of pauperisation, Sri Lanka’s lower middle-class is getting restive and radicalised. With hiking prices and plummeting incomes, they are...
The prohibition of cattle slaughter which has been bruited around for many moons was announced last week with our stablemate, The Island reporting on its front...
An Indian actress has lodged a complaint with Bengalaru Police that she had been duped into investing in a Colombo casino business by her best friend,...
By Ifham Nizam President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided not to give priority to the construction of new diesel and coal power plants in the country. The...
Excerpted from the memoirs of Chandra Wickramasinghe, Retd. Addl. Secy. to the President I was a member of the Public Service Commission when President Chandirka Kumaratunga...
by Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London Boots Piccadilly Circus branch headed by its General Manager Chaminda Ranasinghe Ratnayake won the Best Retail Team in the UK...
Anila Dias Bandaranaike, Ph.D. There is universal agreement that Sri Lanka is in an economic mess on several fronts. Even those in government, playing ostrich until...
ECONOMYNEXT – State Pharmaceutical Corporation Chairman Dr Prasanna Gunasena has decided to step down. He was appointed as SPC chairman on December 22, 2019 and took...
