Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa has called for the appointment of a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to investigate the...
A land distribution programme benefiting families displaced by disaster in the Kandy District was held on April 24 at the...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Teheran intensifies diplomatic efforts...
In a battle between the bottom-placed teams, momentum shifted hands multiple times before Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Lucknow Super...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 26 April 2026, valid...
United States President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired...
Twelve days after defeating Rajasthan Royals [RR] by nullifying Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sunrisers Hyderabad [SRH] defeated them in spite of an...
Punjab Kings (PBKS) overpowered Delhi Capitals (DC) and pulled off the highest successful T20 chase in an IPL bash where...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 25 April 2026, valid...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 12.00 noon 25 April 2026 valid...
An exhibition of clean hitting by Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal ensured Sai Sudarshan’s measured 100 off 58 balls ended...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 24 April 2026, valid...
Munchee, the flagship brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) has once again stepped up to support the country’s national sport by sponsoring the annual ‘Munchee National...
By Ashley de Vos President J.R. Jayewardene was toying with the idea of creating a new parliament to accommodate the increased number of Parliamentarians that had...
Vaccine import should be state preserve – lab technologists By Rathindra Kuruwita The government could allow the private sector to import COVID-19 vaccines if the state...
Monday, 16 March 2020, Emirates flight EK 2503 took off from Dubai to Kuwait. Although operated on a Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft, EK 2503 carried no passengers...
Pestalotiopsis leaf disease, a new threat to rubber trees across the whole world, has now become a grave threat to the sustainability of the rubber plantation...
National Peace Council (NPC) yesterday welcomed the government’s announcement that proposed laws to ban the wearing of the burqa and closure of a thousand Muslim madrasas...
Under-19 Cricket by Reemus Fernando Rishi Adishtan scored a century inclusive of 12 fours and a six as Maliyadeva beat Prince of Wales by 36 runs...
Samsung, Sri Lanka’s No.1 smartphone brand, announced the launch of Galaxy A32. With a refreshed minimalistic design and stylish camera layout, Galaxy A32 comes with best-in-class...
By Rajitha Ratwatte fromoutsidethepearl@gmail.com A wonderful description (methinks) for the media feeding frenzy, sparked off by fading talk show hostess, an obscure soap opera actress with...
By Shamindra Ferdinando A section of Railway trade unions and the Transport Ministry are on a collision course over the latter’s plans to obtain further financial...
History was revisited once again when the Commercial Bank of Ceylon returned to the original location of its Jaffna branch recently, resuming operations at an address...
Friday 19th March, 2021 The government is struggling to rein in the runaway prices of essential commodities, especially rice. It may be compelled to consider importing...
