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...
by Rex Clementine The fun filled festive season has many highlights and one of them obviously is the Boxing Day Test match. There were three happening...
Ukrainian budget carrier SkyUp Airlines operated the first charter flight carrying 186 tourists to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on December 28. The Airline operating a Boeing...
… says its constitutional proposals ready By Dinasena Rathugamage TNA leader MP R. Sampanthan has said his colaition will not be accepting a homegrown solution to...
Book Review “I Flew Over the Mountain” is the just published autobiography of a fellow Richmondite, Raja Arambawela of Galle.. Youngest (“bada pissa”) in a family...
By Wimal Nanayakkara Although Sri Lanka has provided universal free education since 1939, around one-fifth of poor children drop out of school after the age of...
The National Joint Committee (NJC) has urged the government not to lease the East Container Terminal (ECT) to India or any other country. The NJC, in...
Wednesday 30th December, 2020 Importers who find themselves on the wrong side of the law have to face legal action. Most of them have to pay...
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY – Twenty-year-old K.P.G. Nirmala Randiwela of No.23B, Keppetipola, Makelwala near Mawanella is suffering from acute kidney failure. Dr. Keerthi Bandara of the...
Pasikuda is known as ‘Green- Algae Bay’ which is located approximately 35 kilometers away from the town of Batticaloa. The natural beauty of this beach with...
… recoveries nearly 34,000, deaths 195 The Health Ministry yesterday (29) said 704 more had recovered from COVID-19 and the total number of recoveries had reached...
By Dr. Prasanna Cooray Kali is at centre stage, again for the wrong reason. I wrote an article about her in The Island on 26.11.2016, under...
By A. HETTIARACHCHI hetti-a@sltnet.lk In October the second wave of Corona infections appeared in Sri Lanka and started spreading at a much higher rate than the...
