The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
by Uditha Devapriya Writing to the Daily Mirror of February 7, Ahilan Kadirgamar observes that the rise of pro-free market and neoliberal policy think-tanks signify “a...
– Oh! To be in Lanka, now that April’s here by ECB Wijeyesinghe This (the article was written in April 1978 – editor) is a month...
Sri Lanka has witnessed a five-fold increase in clinical waste due to the pandemic situation which has overwhelmed existing limited infrastructure and resources for health care...
by Rex Clementine When the England cricket team landed in Colombo in February 1982 for Sri Lanka’s maiden Test match, Ian Botham was their biggest...
KANDOS Chocolates, the Brand now renowned throughout Sri Lanka as the outstanding confectionary product for its excellence, won the National Industry Excellence Award – 2022. Under...
AIA Insurance launched the latest addition to their portfolio of Health and Wellness value added services. All AIA customers can now enjoy an exclusive discount of...
The title of Nalini Ellawala’s book comprehensively encapsulates the contents of its 373 pages, self published and priced at Rs 600/-. The photograph of her face...
by Gamini Seneviratne Jaffna was probably where the Kachcheri and its adjuncts in district administration functioned most smoothly. The GA enjoyed two advantages: ‘the ordinary people’ looked...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Censorship, the burning and banning of books and the persecution/murder of writers have been despicable crimes perpetrated by the human race through the...
by A. Patabendige This year is the 60th anniversary of the notorious attempted coup d’etat in SL. Jayantha Somasunderam and DBS Jeyraj have attempted to revive...
“… unacceptable to file cases against government servants alone as politicians were above them.” By Saman Indrajith Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector-General of...
The retail industry has been under tremendous pressure to deliver during the past one and a half years, mainly owing to closures and disruptions due to...
