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...
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...
United States President Donald Trump has said he has received assurances that the killings of anti-government protesters in Iran have...
The 5th AGM of the LCBSL (Leasing Council of Bankers of Sri Lanka) was held recently where Kanchana Karunagama was appointed as the new President taking...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The government should temporarily suspend all ad hoc salary revisions and other corrective measures agreed with trade unions recently with immediate effect and...
Wednesday 7th July, 2021 The government has decided to reopen the state-run schools on a staggered basis after inoculating all teachers and school workers against...
Patients waiting for treatment at the National Hospital, Colombo, yesterday. (Pic by Thushara Atapattu). By Rathindra Kuruwita The Joint Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine...
‘Govt deprived Treasury of wherewithal to tackle crisis’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya lawmaker Kabir Hashim alleges that the Finance Ministry report for 2020 is...
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena receiving the report on the April 21, 2021,incidents in Parliament (Pic courtesy Communication Department) April 21, 2021 incidents in Parliament: A...
By Gunadasa Amarasekera “Once again the same anti-English Education lobby of two decades ago has won the battle. It is interesting how the same wheel turns...
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce commends the efforts taken by President, Ministry of Health and other relevant authorities to accelerate the process of vaccinating the population...
Nilani Ratnayake would have been the only homegrown talent to have reached qualifying standards for Olympics had she received the necessary backing at the right time....
By Chitra Weerarathne The Supreme Court recently issued notice on the IGP, the Attorney General and the Director CID to be present before Court on July...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The net foreign outflow at the CSE has come down in June compared to May this year in a positive signal for the...
Some years back, plastic trash bins were sold at a nominal rate and most city and urban dwellers purchased them. The idea was for householders to...
