… 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),...
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 30-03-2026 to provide relief by granting up to rupees 20/-...
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Digital...
The Galle fort which has been declared as a World Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return...
The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly by and witnessing a total solar...
Matheesha Pathirana and Wanidu Hasaranga are among 15 Sri Lankan players under central contracts yet to take their mandatory fitness...
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 06 April 2026, valid...
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...
Kiriella: Why should we go to reinvent the wheel? By Shamindra Ferdinando Chief Opposition Whip and senior Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday (20)...
By Gwynne Dyer Ten years ago, this week Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage...
By M.C.M. Iqbal PhD The decision to make cremation the mandatory form of disposing the COVID-19 dead in Sri Lanka was based on the premise that...
Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sought to ridicule the ongoing vaccination programme to beat coronavirus. He has said Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was fraught with danger of...
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Quite a number of my distinguished colleagues have written about the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) or held press conferences lately, but...
Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi on Friday said that the medical administrators had been the pillars of her strength and helped her fulfil duties as the Minister...
The JVP yesterday renewed its accusation that the government was planning to issue two new liquor manufacturing licences to SLPP’s cronies. Addressing the media at Anuradhapura,...
Should we open or close the country/economy with regard to Covid-19? by Dr. Sumedha S. Amarasekera Virtually all the articles, news bulletins, discussions that I have...
By Harim Peiris Generally, the post budget period of mid to late December is always a slack time in terms of politics and policymaking as December...
Sri Lankan cricketing fraternity woke up on Saturday for the shocking news of the death of former S. Thomas’ cricketer Shashi Ganesan. His funeral took place...
Sampath Bank PLC extended the debt moratorium to COVID-19 affected businesses and individuals for a second time, from 1st October 2020. This extension was well appreciated...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has announced the appointment of former Chief Justice Kanagasabapathy Sripavan as Chairman and senior academic Prof. A. K. W. Jayawardane...
