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...
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...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her ThaiPongal day message, called upon all Sri Lankans to build a new Sri...
Bangladesh’s cricketers have threatened a boycott of all forms of cricket unless BCB director M Nazmul Islam tenders his resignation,...
Daryl Mitchell and Will Young powered Bew Zealand’s highest successful chase in India to end their eight-match losing streak against...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma Americans everywhere are celebrating America’s birthday, Independence Day. Americans, especially white Americans, believe that the nation was born on July 4, 1776 of...
by Zanita Careem Raffealla (an internationally recognized photographer) believes art is how you want to see the world. Passionate about art since her school days in...
Remember two weeks ago I wrote of the name given to the malaise people generally feel due to lockdowns and worries caused by the cursed Covid...
by Kumar David Here is my 4th of July special for readers surprised by zesty trends in America. Biden’s economic programme, Bidenomics, is shaping up, but...
The structure has a definite Eastern flavour. Bawa commented, “I just wanted the building to fit into the site. You must run with the site, after...
By Rex Clementine President J.R Jayewardene in July 1981 pardoned underworld kingpin Gonawala Sunil, a convicted rapist. Just a reminder that Presidential pardons were nothing new....
The National Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (NISOH), the authority concerned with ensuring work place safety, recently invited applications for its 2021 Awards. These felicitate...
JO/SLPP accused of foiling previous bid to amend PTA By Shamindra Ferdinando The government has briefed the EU on action taken to address the latter’s...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Joint Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine yesterday warned that they too would be compelled to take union action from 06 July...
By Dr UPUL WIJAYAWARDHANA Perhaps, I should have titled this “US Ambassador, please mind your business” as she seems to be the busybody, doing her utmost...
Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 5.2 per cent in June 2021 from...
Saturday 3rd July, 2021 The government has, in its wisdom, chosen to fight on several fronts simultaneously while putting up resistance against an elusive yet formidable...
