The NPP government is trying to maintain a balance between continuing demands for releasing north-east land held by the military...
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lahiru de Silva yesterday granted bail to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on...
The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday. Neither has released...
Scotland take on West Indies in Leeds at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT) in Group 2 of the Women’s T20...
Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones...
Oil prices have dropped following the United States and Iran’s signing of an interim peace agreement, resuming a slide interrupted...
Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on...
Ghana’s fans and players celebrated wildly as Caleb Yirenkyi finished a sweeping counterattack with a tap-in goal in the fifth...
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has...
A game that began with the prospect of a chastening defeat for Pakistan at South Africa’s hands did, indeed, end...
Australia gave themselves another significant net run-rate boost by dispatching Bangladesh with ease at Headingley, restricting them to 77 for...
In overcast Headingley conditions, an all-round performance from Shafali Verma, who scored her first fifty at a T20 World Cup,...
The Agency Sri Lanka’s Talent, Nimmi Harasgama, has been nominated for Britain’s 2021 National TV Awards in the best “Drama Performance” category for her portrayal of...
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s return to parliament has been greeted with dismay and delight in various quarters. The timing couldn’t have been better for the UNP, and conversely...
Twelve years have passed since June 22, 2009 when we lost our dear friend Haji Omar to a massive heart attack. When I think about my...
by Rajan Philips June 24 was Poson Poya Day. The Daily Mirror and the Daily News editorially reminded Sri Lankans of the significance of Poson, the...
Sybil Wettasinghe was not merely an example of an imaginative, quality illustrator of her generation, but much more. A journalist, a creative artist, a woman of...
More than 16 government hospitals and MOH offices around the country have received medical equipment and personal protective gear so far under an initiative implemented by...
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean-rows will I have...
By Suresh Perera The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has so far not agreed on the respective price increases sought by Litro Gas Lanka and Laugfs Gas...
by Sanjeewa Jayaweera In a recent TV talk show “Face the Nation”, a panel of economists mostly with experience in the private sector delivered an insightful...
As the world faces recovery from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of LPG as the clean, green and efficient energy has become...
This, the third death in as many months among those of us who entered Royal in 1949: Dr. Ranjith Ratnapala and Laki Senanayake passed away earlier....
No danger to SL due to the distance – MEPA By Ifham Nizam A fire had broken out in the engine room of a container ship...
