Parliament proceedings were disrupted yesterday when Opposition MPs staged a protest demanding an immediate debate on the delay in filling...
Climate change, pollution, deforestation and water degradation are no longer abstract environmental concerns but mounting economic threats already affecting Sri...
The Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka was established under the Legal Aid Act No. 27 of 1978 with the...
A series of political, economic, and administrative problems in the Eastern Province have arisen due to the misuse of government...
Ellyse Perry produced one of her best innings of a long T20 World Cup career to lead Australia to a...
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors who have been stranded in the...
Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 at New York New...
More than 5,300 people remain trapped in online scam centres in Myanmar near the Thai border, despite a multinational crackdown...
The United States Senate has passed a bill to pause President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran and seek congressional...
A merciless unbeaten 106 off 61 balls from captain Chamari Athapaththu sent Sri Lanka scorching to the target of 131...
After hectic double-headers and triple-headers, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 only has one game in store for us on...
The ICC, UNICEF UK and the ECB will host a “special match day takeover” at Lord’s when England and West...
The newly appointed High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to Malaysia Air Chief Marshal Sumangala Dias (retired) assumed duties at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Kuala...
Economists and financial experts from diverse sectors highlighted the need for building consensus at multiple levels on Sri Lanka’s growth strategy and implementing sustainable solutions to...
Siyapatha Finance PLC, a fully owned subsidiary of Sampath Bank PLC, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DIMO Agribusinesses, the agriculture arm of DIMO,...
The Catholic Church has declared that it will not be represented by the Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at Independence day celebrations today...
Our National Anthem is a most evocative and inspiring song of praise to our beloved Sri Lanka. Its phraseology, melody, and music are almost overpowering; and...
Just as Cassandra sat down to word process her weekly Cry on Tuesday, February 1, she heard fighter jets, or whatever stream pass, with a violent...
Friday 4th February, 2022 The government has pulled out all the stops to hold the Independence Day celebrations on a grand scale while the country is...
The Indian High Commission says that an inter-governmental MoU is being finalised to grant USD 15 mn for the promotion of India’s Buddhist ties with Sri...
By Chitra Weerarathne The Court of Appeal has dismissed a Writ Application filed by public litigation activist/lawyer Nagananda Kodituwakku, requesting the Court to issue a mandatory...
Minister Lokuge says there will be no price increase By Ifham Nizam Public Utilities Commission Chairman Janaka Ratnayake says the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) cannot go...
Minister of Tourism, Prasanna Ranatunga, has declared the arrival of large numbers of foreign tourists here. He says about 82,327 of them came here in January,...
By Neville Ladduwahetty The Island of 31 Jan. 2022 carries a report which states: “The Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and launched...
