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 leading non-bank finance company, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, has appointed Mr. Shamindra Marcelline as its new CEO/GM with effect from November 20, 2020....
Responds to The Sunday Island reports Referring to the two separate news stories on the cross-country pipeline project published in The Sunday Island on December 13...
Uncorking the Sinhala genie: by Uditha Devapriya In the annals of horribilis, 2020 wasn’t just an annus horribilis. It was much more and much worse. Sri...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena emerged a few days ago from a long hibernation, interrupted only by his participation in the last parliamentary election to retain his...
The Sunday Island of 20th December featured part one of the article captioned “Sir Donald Bradman and His Men in Ceylon” written by my late Uncle...
I wish all my readers a happy Christmas season as far as Covid 19 restrictions allow. In the midst of so much controversy, fear and menace...
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN, Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, December 26: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is examining an ambitious plan to allow internal migrants...
This has been a devastating year. More than 1.6 million people have died in the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 75 million cases and tens of...
by Timothy A. Edward This Christmas becomes a kairos season as heaven and earth are called to witness Emmanuel – God with us! Planetary Conjunction There...
AMERICA’S SURVIVAL NOW DEPENDS, YES, ON . . . by Selvam Canagaratna “All that we do is done with an eye to something else.” – Aristotle,...
by Neville Jayaweera (Continued from last week) A great deal has been said about Bradman the batting genius and the records and statistics place his prowess...
Rajapaksa’s forced cremations of minority victims worsen human rights record MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent COLOMBO — Predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka’s ultranationalist government is forcing families...
