Environment Minister Dammika Patabedi said yesterday he had ordered an inquiry into the withdrawal of China-based Amber Adventures (Private) Ltd.,...
Balangoda Kassapa Thero, held in Trincomalee remand prison over alleged violations of the Coastal Conservation Act, reportedly refused meals yesterday...
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...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the board’s finance committee, following the CWAB’s player boycott...
A crane collapse has killed two people on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, one day after a falling crane...
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups...
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to its director M Nazmul Islam over his “objectionable comments”...
Sadio Mane fired Senegal into the final of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 victory over seven-time winners...
United States President Donald Trump has said he has received assurances that the killings of anti-government protesters in Iran have...
By Sarath Manula Wickrama The first Chancellor appointed from Rajarata area was warmly welcomed on July 24. The highest position one can attain in university field...
by Malinda Seneviratne Consolation prizes there will always be. All it takes is a poker face, ability to cherry-pick and a veneer of analytical sophistication. Well,...
Washington tweets its concern of the strategic island’s indebtedness to Beijing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother have a difficult economic path ahead of them...
by Kumar David It has been a constant if annoying refrain of this column that there are powerful class, political, military, cultural and racial-religious forces pushing...
A tree planting campaign organized by the Sustainability Unit of DFCC Bank was held last weekend at Vihara Mahadevi Park, Colombo 7 with the participation of...
The Iranian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Hashem Ashjazadeh congratulating President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on winning Sri Lanka’s General Election, has called for...
by Dr. Upatissa Pethiyagoda We are constantly reminded of the sorry state of our Economy. This is simply to say that we are broke. We are...
by Nilakshan Perera (continued from last week) On July 23, 1983, when the LTTE ambushed 14 Army personnel including Lt Waas Gunawardena, we were at Ratmalana...
BY SURESH PERERA With Admiral (Retd.) Jayanath Colombage appointed Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ravinatha Aryasinha, who served in the top position earlier, will...
by Vijaya Chandrasoma The only predictable thing about Trump is his predictability. He failed in his efforts to con his way to a Nobel Peace Prize,...
I was watching midday BBC World News on August 4 when the visuals of an explosion were flashed on screen as ‘breaking news’. It was repeated...
Amana Bank recently commissioned a digitally enhanced Self Banking Zone at its Dehiwala branch with the aim of providing a convenient self-banking experience to its customers,...
