NATA to be given more powers The Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Health, Mass Media and Women’s Empowerment has agreed...
The hunger strike launched by a group of Development Officers demanding their absorption into the teacher service entered its fourth...
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Shehan Jayasuriya is set to make his USA debut at the 2026 T20 World Cup. The...
Time for the real quiz. As pleasing as it was for Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum to win a rare...
Viran Chamuditha’s 94-ball 110 helped Sri Lanka Under 19 chase 262 and keep their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya said that she hoped that the...
Pavan Rathnayake has re-entered Sri Lanka’s T20I squad following his 121 off 115 balls in the third ODI against England....
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup after beating West Indies by 22 runs in Harare courtesy...
The Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya participated in the official launch of the National Strategic Action Plan to monitor and...
Shiyam Dube hammered the third-fastest fifty by an Indian batter in T20Is, finishing with 65 off 23 balls, but it...
A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Keon Hee to one year and eight months in prison...
McLarens Group recognized for the fifth consecutive year McLarens Group, one of Sri Lanka’s largest diversified conglomerates with a rich corporate heritage spanning over seven decades,...
Prof. Peiris and Ambassador Sugiyama at the opening of the new facility in Kilinochchi (pic courtesy Education Ministry) Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (5) emphasised...
Sri Lanka Chess Grand Prix 2021 by Reemus Fernando Minul Doluweera took a seemingly unassailable lead when he won his tenth round game of the...
by Saman Indrajith The SJB has urged Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to take action to help MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who is serving a jail term, to...
105th Colombo Championships Wenuka Kithnula and Hesara Kuruppu advanced from the first round of the Men’s Singles by registering wins on day one of the 105th...
In 2013, India started using Neonicotinoid pesticides to protect a crop that Monsanto had promised the Indian farmer he would not have to use pesticides on....
No pressure to settle swap facility from India – CBSL The Central bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yesterday said that it had settled its Swap facility...
Seylan Bank, the bank with a heart, offers its customers the opportunity to avail a 12 month 0% instalment easy payment plan (EPP) on credit card...
The editorial in The Island of 04 Feb. 21 titled ‘Independence’ made me virtually run for my pen and ink bottle, so to speak. The editor...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday inaugurated the ‘Waari Saubhagya’ National Irrigation Programme at the Mahamgaswewa in Palugaswewa, Anuradhapura. The government aims to renovate 5000 small irrigation systems...
…reissues 246 mining permits to operate in Kalu Ganga By Ifham Nizam The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the exploitation of geological resources for prioritised development...
Saturday 6th February, 2021 The government apparently does two things efficiently—printing money and issuing gazettes. Nobody seems to take these gazette notifications seriously, especially those pertaining...
