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 IMF Executive Board approved emergency financing under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), providing Sri Lanka with immediate access to...
In response to severe weather impacts, the Sri Lanka Navy conducted a diving and technical assistance operation on Friday (19...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
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...
Sri Lanka’s longest rivalry in schools cricket comes alive this May as premier boys schools Royal College Colombo and S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia, will battle...
by Sanath Nanayakkare Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange market has been volatile even after China has generously extended its helping hand to Sri Lanka with a US$...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, April 19: Former Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan underwent an angioplasty in a Chennai hospital on...
By Saman Indrajith Matara District SJB MP Buddhika Pathirana yesterday told Parliament that the Finance Ministry and Excise Department officials had misled Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa...
by Sanath Nanayakkare Sri Lanka’s Foreign reserves had dropped to USD 4.1bn in March 2021, the lowest since August 2009, on the back of over US$...
By Saman Indrajith Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday accused the Opposition MPs of abusing parliamentary privileges to mislead the public by propagating...
Conservation Outlook Assessment: Significant Concern By Professor Emeritus Nimal Gunatilleke The IUCN World Heritage Conservation Outlook Assessment in its latest assessment cycle of 252 global Natural...
The unprecedented surfacing of the COVID-19 pandemic has left a lasting scar on the global population and economy. With no precise warning on the horizon, businesses...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE witnessed a steep decline following worries over the possible outbreak of a Covid 19 third wave in the country and the continuation...
by Usvatte-aratchi Ediriweera Sarachchandra, the most celebrated man of letters in our country in the 20th century, wrote the prescient novel ‘With the begging bowl’. I...
by Chitra Weerarathne The Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill would not help Sri Lanka’s economy as it seeks to allow all profits of the venture...
I read with much interest the letter by Mr. Nissanka Warakaulle, regarding the above matter, in the issue of the Sunday Island of 18th April 2021....
