Drug controversy: “Setting up state-of-the-art drug testing facility will cost Rs 5 billion” Activists call for legal action against politicians,...
Air quality in Sri Lanka has deteriorated in recent days, with Air Quality Index (AQI) levels rising, particularly in the...
New Zealand 575 for 8 dec (Devon Conway 227, Tom Latham 137, Rachin Ravindra 72*; Alex Greaves 2-83) and 306...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to further jail terms following a...
The US has seized an oil tanker that had recently departed from Venezuela, according to the US Department of Homeland...
There was a little bit of rustiness as India returned to action 50 days after becoming ODI world champions, but...
Opener Sameer Minhas blitzed his way to 172 off 113 balls, setting up Pakistan’s demolition of India in thDeepeshe Under-19...
In the third Test, they rose again, but there was to be no Christmas miracle. Despite a gutsy fight from...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that steps are being taken to abolish the Executive Presidency and establish a parliamentary...
The full speech delivered by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament (2025-12-19) “Today, we have presented to Parliament the largest...
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...
By Ifham Nizam Nearly 200,000 people in 320 Grama Niladhari Divisions in Kelaniya, Peliyagoda, Biyagama, Kandana, Pamunugama, Katunayake, Katana, Mahara, Kadawatha, Ragama, Welisara, Ja-Ela, and Ekala...
By Neville Ladduwahetty The arrival of US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo days before the US presidential election has been a cause for much speculation. Judging...
A reply to letter by Prof. Rohini Fernandopulle I wish to bring the following facts for your kind attention. In August 2020, for the first time...
Presidential election By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP National List MP Gevindu Cumaratunga yesterday (5) said that he strongly believed Sri Lanka should adopt a system similar to...
The GMOA has quite rightly given an ultimatum to the Ministry of Health that it will withdraw from the Technical Committee for Covid-19 control, if Geographical...
A police officer was killed yesterday morning when his car crashed into the clock tower at Anamaduwa while giving chase to a vehicle that was illegally...
The Central Mail Exchange was closed yesterday after it was revealed that one of its staff members had been infected with COVID-19. After it was established...
Recipe for reform: By K.L Gunaratne (chairman, Sri Lanka Federation of Tea Smallholders) With nearly 500,000 smallholders in total, the tea smallholder sector is a significant...
By Ifham Nizam The government had no intention of increasing bus fares, State Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama said yesterday in response to a request made...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne Fully integrated rubber glove manufacturer and exporter, Dipped Products PLC (DIPD), is enjoying an exceptional year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the...
From M.A. Kaleel, Kalmunai Corr. Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna, C. Satkunarajah has given strict instructions to the Deans of its faculties to ensure that...
Offering customer’s greater avenues of convenience coupled with a future-fit payment security model Genie, Sri Lanka’s first PCI-DSS-certified payment app, powered by Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri...
