Flawed, poorly planned and rushed education reforms could widen inequalities between urban and rural schools, teachers’ unions warned yesterday, criticising...
Former Minister Johnston Fernando, his two sons and two others were further remanded until 13 February by the Wattala Magistrate’s Court yesterday.The...
Myanmar’s military-backed party secured a sweeping victory in the country’s three-phase general election, according to state media, following the tightly...
The ICC and the global players’ body the World Cricketers Association (WCA) are locked in a fresh tussle over player...
Faisal Khan’s extraordinary century was the highlight of Afghanistan’s historic win over Ireland that helped them seal their spot in...
England continued to remain unbeaten in the Under-19 World Cup and sealed their place in the last four after swatting...
Sam Curran bounced back from a bruising opening spell to claim a memorable hat-trick, while Adil Rashid served notice of...
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...
By Rajitha Ratwatte There is an old joke that goes around regularly about Sri Lankans’ in hell. How absolutely no guards are needed to keep Lankans...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the all-India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 via video conferencing. Considered to be the world’s largest vaccination program,...
By Ifham Nizam Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweeera yesterday appointed an expert committee to conduct a scientific study on the Seruwawila gold, copper and iron ore deposits....
By Hiran H.Senewiratne CSE activities were positive and bullish throughout the day and they were mainly driven by the Hayleys Group headed by Dhammika Perera, which...
Sri Lanka says it looks forward to working with the new US administration led by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to strengthen the...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon was recently named among the‘10 Most Admired Companies in Sri Lanka’ in 2019-20 by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka...
The government seems to have forgotten the two main factors that propelled it to power. One factor was the threat to the national interest that developed...
By Saman Indrajith Finance, Money and Capital Markets and State Enterprises Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Parliament on Wednesday that around 62 billion rupees had been...
35MW Broadlands Hydro power plant expected to be completed next month By Ifham Nizam The Power Ministry will go all out to complete the 35MW...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Panadura Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya yesterday sentenced 52-year-old Mohammad Amir to six years rigorous imprisonment for spitting on PHIs who tried to take him...
By Gwynne Dyer When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Sunday after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB domestic...
Standard Chartered Sri Lanka announced the donation of LKR3,680,000/- (USD 20,000) to the Foundation of Goodness (FoG) to improve the digital literacy skills of students at...
