… calls for modernising Inland Revenue Dept. Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday criticised the government’s proposed amendments to the Inland...
Adverse weather conditions prevailing across the country have severely affected 3,475 persons belonging to 1,113 families in seven districts, according...
Britain’s Health Secretary Wes Streeting has resigned from the ruling Labour government, deepening a crisis that threatens to topple Prime...
A new type of giant long-necked dinosaur has been identified by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand. The nagatitan,...
The Cuban government said CIA director John Ratcliffe met his Cuban counterpart at the interior ministry in Havana, after the...
Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) playoff chances took a serious beating after they lost their fifth game in a row, this time...
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been named in a 15-member India ‘A’ squad for the forthcoming one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka, scheduled...
Saudi Arabia is set to host its first franchise league later this year, with the ‘Dunes League T20’ due to...
After back-to-back ducks in his last two innings, Virat Kohli showed most emphatically that he had merely been out of...
A Special Coordination Committee meeting for the Badulla District was held on Wednesday (13) afternoon at the Badulla District Secretariat...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that both the political authority and public officials have a responsibility to ensure that the...
US President Donald Trump lands in Beijing for a high-stakes two-day visit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The red...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma over the last weekend quite clearly criticised the government’s much-touted Rs 229 bn relief package. Matara District lawmaker Alahapperuma...
By Chitra Weerarathne The Court of Appeal yesterday (18) fixed for tomorrow, 20 January, the bail application filed by Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Omer Hizbullah, remanded by the...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Sunday, declared open the Tomlin Park and the Municipal Car Park built for the convenience of pilgrims visiting the Temple of...
Person accused in case of whiskey turning to coloured water given bail By Shamindra Ferdinando Colombo District SLPP lawmaker Madura Vithanage yesterday (18) denied making an...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Health officials, involved in an ADB project, rejected an offer from Beijing Genomic Institute (BGI), a Chinese company considered a world leader in...
By Ifham Nizam The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) would release USD 30 million to purchase fuel from five ships anchored in Sri Lankan waters,...
Rex Clementine at Pallekele Sri Lanka were flirting with danger having named just four specialist batsmen for the three-match series against Zimbabwe and set a target...
Speech delivered by Dr. Sarath Gamini De Silva as the Chief Guest at the award ceremony of the “Integrity Icon 2021, Transparency International Sri Lanka”, at...
The importation of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides was banned by a Cabinet Memorandum, dated April 27, 2021, to promote the use of organic fertilizers and...
Is there no end to the torment inflicted on the ordinary people of Afghanistan, by the United States? Having being defeated militarily, and decamping ingloriously within...
Wednesday 19th January, 2022 Protests were expected at the inauguration of the current session of Parliament yesterday, but the Opposition behaved; it only boycotted President Gotabaya...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne A buoyant CSE in 2021 saw capital- raising increasing to a record Rs. 124 billion. The previous highest, in a 10-year time span...
