Former Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake expressing concerns over the proposed abolition of...
Five suspects, including former Minister Johnston Fernando and his two sons, who were arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division...
A Sri Lankan innings that never really got going eventually parked itself at middling total of 219, as they were...
It is now official: Scotland have replaced Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup 2026 starting in India and Sri Lanka...
At least seven people have died and more than 80 others are missing after a landslide hit Indonesia’s West Java...
Ukraine has condemned a fresh wave of Russian strikes overnight which killed one person and injured 23 others, as talks...
Sri Lanka elected to bat first in the second ODI against England at the R Premadasa International Stadium Sri Lanka:...
Bangladesh cruised to a seven wicket victory to close out their group stage, with a three-for from Iqbal Hossain Emon,...
A five-wicket haul from Will Byrom helped Australia top Group A of the Under 19 men’s World Cup after they...
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invite for Canada to join his newly constituted Board of Peace, in the...
Two people have died and several are feared buried after landslides in New Zealand’s North Island. The deaths were reported...
Following a difficult Ashes tour, what is left of Bazball ran into an old-fashioned spin-bowling choke in Colombo. There were...
Undoubtedly, the greatest significance of the Vesak Poya in May is that the three most important events of Siddartha Gautama’s life occurred on this day six...
by Dr Nihal D Amerasekera My story begins more than a 100 years ago when the sun never set on the British Empire. As rulers they...
For far too long, the opposition in Sri Lanka has concerned itself with abstractions and ideals: presidential term limits, constitutional checks and balances, judicial independence, individual...
Lanka Hospitals PLC announced the opening of its multi-million rupee, luxury wing in keeping with world-class hospital service standards. The facility offers an unparalleled luxurious experience...
The mental health toll of COVID-19 pandemic is real. But many will recover. Trauma does not reliably produce illness, which is important to remember when looking...
by Rajan Philips The government may have wanted to change the political channel from gloomy pandemic news to hopefully sunshine Port City news. Instead, the government...
by Gamini Seneviratne Over 50 years ago in the aftermath of what is miscalled a six-day “war” through which the heavily armed Israeli armed forces slaughtered...
by Aparna Halpé I was mingling with the audience at a poetry reading in Toronto, where I had been reading some of my new poems, when...
By S Venkat Narayan, Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: Cyclone Tauktae is the third cyclone from the Arabian Sea to batter India’s west coast in as...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa inspected the Army improvised new Intermediate Care Centre (ICC) cum Hospital with 1,200 beds for Covid-19 patients at Seeduwa on Tuesday. The President...
by Kumar David Though paper money was invented in China during the Song Dynasty in the 11th century it is fast phasing out in consumer transactions;...
ECONOMYNEXT – Vaccination against COVID-19 will help bring the death rate down and minimize severe disease but the jab can take weeks to be fully effective...
