The wife of retired Major General Suresh Sallay has lodged a further complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri...
The Supreme Court yesterday (9) upheld a Colombo Commercial High Court order directing former Minister Wimal Weerawansa to pay Rs....
The annual rugby encounter between Dharmaraja College and Kingswood College, played for the William Weerasinghe Memorial Trophy, is set to take...
It has been reported quoting family sources that veteran singer Mariazelle Goonetilleke has passed away this morning (10) at the...
The US and Iran again traded strikes in exchanges that continued into Thursday, as observers reported a “dramatic” drop in...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney paid a visit to Saudi Arabia, marking the first state visit in more than a...
Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele were on target as France surged past Morocco 2-0 to book their place in the...
The third meeting of the Cabinet Subcommittee appointed to oversee the development of 25 Technical and Vocational Colleges under the...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the Government plans to allocate a separate contingency fund for every district under the...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has written to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after the governing body deemed...
Morocco’s plans for their World Cup quarterfinal against France have been shaken up after it was confirmed that star forward...
Pakistan has urged “all parties” in the escalating United States – Iran conflict to exercise restraint after a fragile ceasefire...
By Hiran H. Senewiratne Sri Lanka plans to repay a US $1 billion bond, keeping intact its reputation for honouring repayment of debts, as concern mounts...
Sithumina Jayasundara, Chief Operating Officer of HNB General Insurance Limited has been elected as the 19th President of the Sri Lanka Insurance Institute (SLII). The appointment...
Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva says a special programme would be implemented next week to vaccinate all Lankan migrant workers waiting to leave for foreign...
As per a news item in The Island of 23rd July 2021, US Embassy officials, led by Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz, held discussions with SLMC leader...
By Jehan Perera The government comfortably overcame a vote of no-confidence in one of its key ministers over the rise in the price of fuel. ...
CFA Society Sri Lanka, University Outreach committee recently organized a series of guest lectures at the Department of Finance, University of Kelaniya in association with Acuity...
By A.J.A. Abeynayake Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya yesterday remanded the wife of former minister Rishad Bathiudeen and three others until Aug 09 in connection...
By Jayampathy Molligoda/ Chairman, Sri Lanka Tea Board During the last 18 months, we have seen excellent performance by Sri Lankan tea industry, especially due...
By Lionel Rajapakse lrajapakse@hotmail.com Following the onset of Covid-19, people nave realised the importance of quarantine as it helps to prevent or at least to slow...
Sumathi Information Technologies (SiT), a subsidiary of Sumathi Holdings – a large and extensively diversified business conglomerate in Sri Lanka, is a well reputed and established...
Badminton national champion Niluka Karunaratne and South Asian Games gold medallist Chamara Nuwan Dharmawardena were eliminated from their respective competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on...
Masks at weddings, in our part of the world, is never seen AbIt’s hard to imagine how irresponsible some of us can be. When Covid-19...
