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...
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,...
Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a...
An ODI between Canada and Netherlamds in King City Toronto on Tuesday was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch. The...
Joshua Da Silva and Amir Jangoo have earned recalls to West Indies’ squad for the two-match World Test Championship series...
England’s spin attack, led by Sophie Ecclestone’s three-wicket haul, secured their second win in as many games as they beat...
Lionel Messi marked his record sixth World Cup appearance with his first hat-trick at a FIFA tournament as Argentina beat...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Prof. Nalin de Silva has questioned the absence of a ‘mechanism’ to implement President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s strategies. The academic, in his regular piece...
Journalist Tharindu Uduwegedara yesterday (08) said that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) had informed him that an inquiry had got underway...
Twenty eight Land Cruisers and one Prado are among vehicles and equipment handed over by Japan to Sri Lanka yesterday for what the Japanese Embassy called...
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) top management yesterday said that their Chairman M. M. C. Ferdinando would stay on as Chairman, because President Gotabaya...
Sri Lanka Youth Chess Grand Prix 2022 Maleesha Savindu Weerathunga of D.S. Senanayake College and Dulnith Sanviru of Royal College were leading Group ‘A’ and ‘B’...
Continuing efforts to transform Sri Lanka into a vibrant cashless economy, HNB PLC conducted a QR activation programme to onboard merchants in Gampaha to its digital...
By Saman Indrajith Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday that there was a cold war within the SJB for the Opposition...
If you happen to be at an airport outside of Sri Lanka and you see someone you think you might know, what’s the easiest way to...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka receives only a limited number of rapid antigen test kits, Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. Hemantha Herath told The...
By Dr. C. S. Weeraratna csweera@sltnet.lk Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial crisis. According to media reports there is a short supply of essential items...
‘Unresolved conflict over fishing rights is a constant irritant in bilateral relations’ India’s support has made a ‘world of difference’ to Sri Lanka’s economic situation, said...
By Saman Indrajith Former Chairmen of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Prof. Charitha Herath and Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) Prof. Tissa Vitharana have been reappionted...
