… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
By Ifham Nizam Chief Incumbent of the Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya Ven. Bellanwila Dhammarathana Thera yesterday said some animal lovers had dragged in Rohitha Rajapaksa to...
EC-political parties powwow By Shamindra Ferdinando The Election Commission has requested political parties to submit their annual accounts, changes in respect of office-bearers and amendments to...
The site plays the role of a virtual bank branch by offering intelligent solutions online via a live chat option, Seylan Bank launched the revamped website...
The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina B. Teplitz, says she was deeply disappointed with the appalling incidents in Washington on 6 January. Thousands of angry supporters of...
By Rathindra Kuruwita Over 2,000 people who were in public places of the Western Province, without wearing masks, had been subjected to PCR and rapid antigen...
Controversy over LTTE memorial By Shamindra Ferdinando Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (11) said that monuments of any kind couldn’t be built within university premises...
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena complemented outgoing High Commissioner of Seychelles in Colombo, Conrad Vincent Mederic, for his outstanding and significant contributions towards enhancing Sri Lanka- Seychelles relations during his tenure, including the...
Accordingly, as the regulator for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) in the country, the FIU imposed penalties amounting to Rs. 2.3 million...
by Hiran H.Senewiratne Trading activities of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) were bullish yesterday where JKH, Browns Investments and Expolanka contributed more than 70 percent or...
By Rienzie Wijetilleke (rienzietwij@gmail.com), and Kusum Wijetilleke (kusumw@gmail.com) There was a period in the late 80s and early 90s when Sri Lanka’s banking sector was beginning...
By Prof Kirthi Tennakone (Email: ktenna@yahoo.co.uk ) Hardly a day passes without the letters, PCR, – the acronym for polymerase chain reaction — being mentioned. To...
Sheru, who was in the spotlight last week, and now performing in the Maldives, where her brother is the Vice President, sent us a note of...
