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...
By Ifham Nizam Plans were underway to lift the 202-year-old ban imposed by the British colonial rulers on popular indigenous martial art, Agampora, said Minister of...
The Lockheed TriStar L 1011 aircraft was well ahead of its time. It is said that the manufacturers, Lockheed built two automatic pilots first and then...
The return of Ranil (RW) has created an unnecessary media blitz of imagined relevance. Some in the media have attempted to create a tardigrade (a micro-animal...
Former Colombo District UPFA MP Duminda Silva and 16 LTTE cadres detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) were given a presidential pardon yesterday to...
Be Kind was the watchword of the successful handling of the Covid-19 onslaught on Aotearoa – NZ and the lockdown that contributed in no small measure...
Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says the government needs SLPP strategist Basil Rajapaksa’s organisational strength. The Gampaha District SLPP organiser said so after Basil Rajapaksa’s return yesterday...
If you’ve missed visiting libraries and bookstores, and have found it a challenge to keep your little one engaged and occupied at home, Wooks.lk offers a...
Friday 25th June, 2021 One of the main reasons for the collapse of the yahapalana government was the impotence of its leaders, who earned notoriety for...
The gulf in class between England and Sri Lanka in the game’s shortest format was clearly visible in Cardiff on Wednesday as the hosts cruised to...
I sang hallelujas in exultation when I read Dr Parakrama Waidyanatha in the Sunday Island of June 20 . I refer to his article titled: “GMOA...
Says this will be ‘less friendly’ to global trade The global investment cycle is set to become less dependent on China and more broadly supported as...
Abrupt changes in the number of living animals in past millennia? Major dips indicate mass extinctions following cataclysmic events (last one: picture above uc.sc). Minor dips...
