Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
A court in South Korea has sentenced the country’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to five years in jail after...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
Excerpted from the memoirs of Senior DIG (Retd) Edward Gunawardena Reference has already been made to the return of trained LTTE cadres who had fled to...
Milinda Moragoda urges Special Relationship with India BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, July 30: Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner-designate to India Milinda Moragoda...
Being vaccinated does not mean that we can throw caution to the wind and put ourselves and others at risk, warns Dr. Palitha Abeykoon, the WHO...
Gem and Jewellery Authority Chairman says By Suresh Perera A local ‘mafia’ has unleashed an organized campaign of misinformation to thwart the sale of the star...
by Uditha Devapriya Having shot itself in the foot, the government seems to be picking up. It may well be too little too late, but this...
A collective of 10 human rights groups including the Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have called for the release of lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah and...
(21 Jan 1936 – 23 July 2021) It is with much sadness that I record the demise of Dr Nalini Kappagoda, lately of Bundanoon and Killara....
The Alumni Association of the University of Colombo launched its Second Annual Online Art Competition, ‘Creativity Uncontained 2021’ last week under different themes inspired by current...
by Krishantha Prasad Cooray It was early 2005, a few months after I had been made the CEO of Rivira Media Corporation, founded by Richard Pieris...
by Suren Sumithrarachchi The government has proposed to rapidly convert to organic from synthetic fertiliser used in domestic agriculture, and has banned the import of synthetically...
The longstanding and strong bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and further enhancement of economic, trade and investment cooperation were discussed in detail during a...
CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY By Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil Today, instead of chronologically narrating another episode from my career, I will write something different....
