Police have stepped up their crackdown on organised crime, after securing Interpol Red Notices for 95 suspects believed to be hiding...
Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), Udaya Gammanpila, yesterday launched a scathing attack on outgoing United States Ambassador to...
President Donald Trump has named former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to his so-called “Board of Peace”, which is expected...
The ICC has decided to send officials to Dhaka this weekend to meet the BCB’s top brass in a bid...
Steven Hogan’s century, which included a 186-run stand with Nitesh Samuel, helped Australia brush aside Ireland for an eight wicket...
England Under 19s 210 in 46.5 overs (Ben Dawkins 33, Caleb Falconer 66; Ali Raza 2-36, Ahmed Hussain 3-38, Abdul...
Half-centuries from Faisal Shinozada, Khalid Ahmadzai and Uzairullah Niazai along with a combined bowling effort helped Afghanistan stun South Africa...
Royal Challengers Begaluru [RCB] completed a hat-trick of wins thanks to a 105-run stand between Richa Ghosh and Radha Yadav...
A court in South Korea has sentenced the country’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to five years in jail after...
West Indies kickstarted their campaign at the 2026 Men’s U19 World Cup with a drubbing of Tanzania for the first...
Five-time champions India began their 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup campaign with a six wicket win (via DLS) over United...
A fired-up UP Warriorz (UPW) side breathed some life into their WPL 2026 campaign by earning their first points of...
Hambantota District MP Namal Rajapaksa assumed duties as Minister of Sports at Reid Avenue yesterday. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ministers, sportsmen and women, coaches, sports officials...
Presentation of the Co-Branded VISA Debit Card. From Left to Right : Sunil Leeniyagoda, Director/Group Treasurer Prima Ceylon (Private) Ltd., . Ravindra de Coonghe, Head of...
By Shamindra Ferdinando The yahapalana Cabinet approved the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) USD 480 mn Compact in the run-up to 2019 presidential election amidst strong objections...
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon Group has reported mixed results for the first half of 2020, with robust top line growth negated by a combination of...
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider and the first and only network to offer Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi or WiFi Calling), VoLTE (Voice over...
By Dayantha Laksiri Mendis Dayantha Laksiri Mendis was the former Director of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS). He was also Ambassador to Austria and...
During the Yahapalanya Government, Sri Lanka suffered multiple scandals involving both the public and private sectors with colourful individuals playing their roles to perfection in the...
Prof. Peiris stresses a point during the discussion (Pic courtesy Education Ministry) Having assumed office, Professor G. L. Peiris, Minister of Education on Monday (17) discussed...
The Edtiorial in The Island newspaper of 17th August was brilliant and all animal lovers should present the Editor with a massive bouquet. Yes indeed the auctioning...
Two come from Welikada and B’caloa prisons to take oaths tomorrow … Chandrakanthan second ex-LTTE cadre to become lawmaker by Shamindra Ferdinando Among those scheduled to...
Wednesday 19th August, 2020 Why Sri Lanka’s efforts to eliminate the drug menace have not yielded the desired results, all these years, is clear. Some corrupt...
SLSCA to go ahead with Tier ‘A’, ‘B’ plan by Reemus Fernando The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association is compelled to cancel promotions and demotions and...
