The government is under mounting pressure to release a foreign laboratory report on the controversial coal consignment imported for the...
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka yesterday (18) alleged that the US was terrorising countries with unfair tariffs to compel...
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...
The BCB and the ICC have not yet reached a resolution over Bangladesh’s refusal to play their 2026 T20 World...
Smriti Mandhana became the ninth player to enter the 90s in the WPL. For a large part of her knock,...
Vaibhav Sooriyawanshi scored 72 at better than a run a ball, and took an agile catch at the boundary at...
by Raja de Silva In my schooldays, everyone knew of Paul Deraniyagala, ‘Cambridge Boxing Blue’, who was a familiar figure judging the boxing at the Stubbs...
by Rex Clementine The cricket fans of Sri Lanka are truly amazing. They know pretty well that the chances of the team reaching the semi-finals in...
Hambantota International Port launched its first integrated solid waste management initiative on last Monday on the Company Day of China Merchants Group (CMG), the parent company...
Finance Minister rules out bailout package for CPC By Rathindra Kuruwita Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has told Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila that the Treasury is...
(Some errors had crept into this letter, which was first published on 14 October under a different headline. This is the correct version. We regret the...
Ex Prez can assist inquiry By Shamindra Ferdinando JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says a comprehensive multi-agency investigation is required to get to the bottom of...
Saturday 16th October, 2021 Hardly a day passes without huge increases in commodity prices being reported. Prices are rising so rapidly without any discernible increase in...
Inter-provincial travel restrictions have been extended to October 21, the Presidential Media Division (PMD) said issuing a press release yesterday. The PMD added that President Gotabaya...
By Chathurrdhika Yogarajah Sri Lanka’s macro-economic outlook amidst the COVID-19 pandemic came under the spotlight at a webinar panel discussion held on October 11, to mark...
By Tharindu Muthukumarana (Tharindu Muthukumarana Author of the award-winning book “The Life of Last Proboscideans: Elephants” tharinduele@gmail.com) On Tuesday, 05 October, 2021, as the sun rose...
The Pandora Papers have moved away from the focus of politics and the fight against corruption. We can await the report of the Bribery and Corruption...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed health and security officials to isolate areas affected by COVID-19 cases to prevent any large outbreaks. Addressing the anti-COVID task force...
