Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya yesterday sad that the Executive Presidency would be abolished, in line with the NPP’s election manifesto....
Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that the suspension of duties imposed on Dr. Rukshan Bellana, Deputy Director of the...
The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump said, a week...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
GovPay, Sri Lanka’s Government Digital Payment Platform concluded the year 2025 by surpassing Rs. 2 billion in total digital transaction...
Devon Conway brought up a double-century and pushed New Zealand into such a strong position in Mount Maunganui that they...
At times during the first half of the third day at Adelaide Oval, England threatened to keep their Ashes hopes...
The landslide early warning center of the National Building Research Organisation [NBRO] has extended the landslide early warnings issued to...
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors for the majority of its business in...
Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime...
By Ifham Nizam A team of scientists from the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) who yesterday visited the MV BBC Naples, which was carrying Uranium Hexafluoride...
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” said Oscar Wilde who, through sharply ironic wit, often proclaimed the absolute truth. Cassandra...
If your answer is YES, this article is for you Dr. Saliya Jayasekara. Senior Lecturer Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Moratuwa Many passenger vehicles, including...
By Saman Indrajith An Indian printing company, Madras Security Printers Company of India, will pocket two rupees from every bottle or can of spirits or beer...
By DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA Attorney-at-Law Alisdair Pal of Reuters says of the recent UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, “the resolution allows the U.N. to “collect, consolidate, analyze...
By Dinasena Ratugamage The government had not only reduced the security given to him, but also released suspects arrested in connection with threats to his life,...
Rex Clementine at Pallekele Twenty years ago, Test matches against Bangladesh were a cakewalk for Sri Lanka. There was a game at SSC where Marvan Atapattu...
by Sanath Nanayakkare As a large number of investors in the stock market at the moment are local rupee investors rather than others, the exchange rate...
The Big Matches between popular schools in Colombo and main outstation cities are round the corner. In the past school sports was in the hands of...
I have written about this amusingly thought-provoking creature, the ‘post turtle’ to ‘The Island’ around three years ago (appeared in the opinion column of The...
Conservation Outlook Assessment: Significant Concern By Professor Emeritus Nimal Gunatilleke Continued from Yesterday Water diverted from Ampanagala reservoir to Muruthawela will be used to meet...
Irregularities, lapses, corruption erode public finance By Shamindra Ferdinando The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has summoned the Inland Revenue Department tomorrow (23) for an inquiry...
