BASL condemns Ranjan Jayalal for obstructing lawyer The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday strongly condemned Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan...
Electricity consumers have opposed a government plan to obtain loans from the World Bank to meet the cost of repairs...
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...
The Landslide Early Warning Centre of the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has extended the Landslide Early Warning issued to...
The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump said, a week...
Pakistan marched into the final of the Under 19 Asia Cup with a clinical eight wicket win over Bangladesh in...
Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George’s patient half-centuries helped India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-reduced game and set up an...
Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to...
by Dr. Dayanath Jayasuriya P. C. When the Institute of Fundamental Studies was set up in Kandy in the 1980s, its second Chairman Professor Cyril Ponnamperuma...
by Saman Indrajith The fast spreading Covid-19 virus and the increase in the number of deaths have left people with two choices — either to die...
LYNETTE TAN ROBINSONS Singapore, one of the oldest retailers in the Republic with more than a century in business, will close down for good following losses...
by Prof. Liyanage Amarakeerthi Many people knew that the 20th Amendment will pass. I was one of them. When the debate on it was taking place...
There has been much discussion on the need to have a more literate and well informed Membership in our Parliament. Yet when a new entrant displays...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma The final week before the most important election in the history of the United States started on Monday, October 26, with both campaigns...
When leaving Sri Lanka, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, tweeted: “My meetings with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Gunawardena reaffirmed Sri Lanka’s pivotal role...
The United National Party (UNP) expressed grave concern over, what it called, the “government’s delayed response in curbing the fresh outbreak of Covid-19 in the country”....
The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) held its 17th Annual General Meeting on October 21 virtually using the Zoom web-conference platform, attended by representatives of its...
It was on Tuesday October 20 that I received the sad news from Romesh that his dad, Mr. Raymond Paranavitharne, had passed away in Melbourne that morning...
Sri Lanka is awaiting an expert from abroad to fix a high capacity Coronavirus testing machine which is out of order and is delaying test results...
Fox Resorts, the leisure wing of the Capital Maharaja Organization, has completed its second photography awards competition, “Kandy Through Your Lens” for images from the Kandy...
