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...
Wednesday 23rd June, 2021 A sardonic witticism attributed to Einstein describes insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. How...
This is to request President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to allow burial of COVID -19 infected corpses of Muslims in the burial ground close to the residence of...
Dec 09, 2017: A jubilant PM Wickremesinghe at the formal handing over of HIP to China. The UNP leader holds a cheque written in favour of...
The national Insurer Sri Lanka Insurance launches “Nagaraja” an exclusive medical insurance cover to provide protection for Buddhist clergy, their parents and siblings. The unique insurance...
The government yesterday submitted to Parliament for approval a supplementary estimate to the tune of Rs 200 billion for the expenses incurred in controlling the COVID-19...
SJB leader Sajith Premadasa flanked by colleagues march on the road leading to Parliament (Pix by Thushara Atapattu) The main Opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), yesterday (22) conducted a...
Manufacturing and packaging plant in Hambantota By Hiran H. Senewiratne The local Artemia rearing industry is poised to replace the necessity of importing cysts thus...
Non-food category also recorded an increase during the month Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on- year (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI,...
By Ifham Nizam More than 150 dead marine animals affected by the MV X-Press Pearl accident, have beached, officials and environmentalists say. By yesterday bodies of...
Easter Sunday carnage probe: … gems worth Rs 14 mn among cash, jewellery, etc., worth 340 mn recovered By Shamindra Ferdinando The Police Headquarters says Attorney General...
By Lynn Ockersz The Sri Lankan state will exercise sovereign control over the CHEC Port City Colombo project and would remain accountable to the people of...
‘Retail accounts for over one-third of the GDP and over 15% of the employment in Sri Lanka’ The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA), the apex body...
