… five senior officials suspended President’s Counsel Maithri Gunaratne has urged the Parliament to intervene in an ongoing investigation conducted...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest former SriLankan Airlines board member Shasheendra...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Kurunegala and Ratnapura effective from...
US forces have boarded a ship carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, the US military says. It comes as...
Advisory for Severe Lightning Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology Issued at 12.00...
Standing on top of a customised van on a hot and humid afternoon in Tirunelveli, about 600km (373 miles) south...
When Gary Kirsten coached India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011, 20 million Sri Lankan hearts were shattered. Now,...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
US Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. His departure will be “effective...
Israeli attacks have killed five people in southern Lebanon, including a journalist, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, further straining...
South Africa completed their highest successful chase in T20Is and sealed the five-match series against India with two matches to...
It wasn’t the high-scoring spectacle that people might have expected, especially with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the house, but that didn’t...
by Rex Clementine Singhalese Sports Club yesterday honoured one if its stalwarts Michael De Zoysa by naming the indoor nets after him. Michael was SSC’s go...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The government will continue 289 infrastructure projects worth more than rupees five trillion despite current economic challenges, State Minister for Money and Capital...
by Shamindra Ferdinando Foreign Secretary Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage on Monday (25) night revealed that the government was having discussions with the UK-led Sri Lanka Core...
By Dr Janaka Ratnasiri Several reviews of President Barack Obama’ book, A Promised Land have recently appeared, and in one of them Obama is called a...
The credit of elimination of many deadly diseases in the known history – smallpox, malaria and polio – goes to western science. When the malaria epidemic...
‘A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books’ – Francois Mitterand By Usvatte-aratchi I was delighted to read Haris’...
Chief Guest for the event Money and Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal, CBSL Deputy Governor and National Payments Council chairperson...
I am writing this in response to the news item in your paper of 26 January 2021 under the caption, “GMOA seeks university admission for medical...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa shakes hands with Justice Nawaz after appointing him as the President of the Court of Appeal on January 20, 2021 (pic courtesy PMD)...
The UK has raised human rights concerns with Sri Lanka including forced cremation of COVID-19 victims. High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton OBE said in...
Text and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVA National Coordinator of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Manjula Gajanayaka, who visited the polling districts of Puttlam...
Amidst the turbulent and challenging year Sri Lanka Insurance has closed year 2020 on a positive note recording phenomenal revenue growth with exceptional service innovations. Sri...
